Warning to parents about CapriSun!!

[churchyreal]

1. One lady just brought up a pretty good point: Because if there was one leak that resulted in a bizarre fractal mold growth, imagine how many smaller, albeit harmless, molds you've probably sucked up unknowingly because they didn't have enough mass that you would feel them through the package?

Now THAT makes me feel ill.

2. (Though it may sound extra-deep or whatever, God has really been dealing with me this year about his intentions for our bodies and taking better care of our temples, etc.), this is all the more reason for Christians to take better care with what we put into our bodies. I think I told y'all yesterday that another lady reported another mold incident with CapriSun within a day or two, and she lived in a totally different state. A commenter on a blog reported that a few years ago, she was at a high school party and half-way through a jug of store-bought tea, a big glob of brown slime came out of the jug... of course this is after others had already drunk half the jug. She hasn't bought tea since.

I think much of these food issues we have today could be avoided if we made more of our own foods and beverages. But yeah, values have changed... and we don't have time for that. We don't have time to fill our bodies with the food God provided for us, so we get a bunch of processed stuff and wonder why we end up eating mold, salmonella, e coli, sand, ungodly doses of salt, sugars we can't even pronounce, food coloring and all kinds of other stuff.

I'm obviously not about to go "back to Eden" with my food consumption. But I can start somewhere. If God be my help, I will make my own beverages... maybe except when I have my semi-annual Dr. Pepper craving. I already started baking my own bread. But seriously, take a look at our refrigerators and cupboards and freezers. Everything we have is processed. We can't even make french fries. We gotta buy those frozen. Everything. By the way, I can't believe I - the Queen of All Things Unhealthy - just typed that. God is really working on me. LOL It's just ridiculous. We need to get our values back.  When I was growing up, we did have Kool-Aid, but my mom made sweet tea, fresh lemonade, orangeade, watermelon juice, fresh squeezed orange juice, and all kinds of other stuff every other day or so.... Nowadays, we don't have time because we gotta work more to make more money to buy more stuff to look more better to get more opportunities to make more money. Where does it end?



And "more better" was intentional.

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[SirTJ]

1. One lady just brought up a pretty good point: Because if there was one leak that resulted in a bizarre fractal mold growth, imagine how many smaller, albeit harmless, molds you've probably sucked up unknowingly because they didn't have enough mass that you would feel them through the package?

Now THAT makes me feel ill.

[B3Wannabe]

Sweet.

Now, you know producing your own is sometimes more expensive than buying....unless you're going to start from the root, and grow it as well.

I read an article that if everyone planted a small garden, it would drop our carbon emissions, because there would be less vehicles needed to transport food.

I also read another article that foraging pretty common in rural Missouri. I used to see old ladies foraging in Korea, picking wild greens from the grass on the military post. Apparently, there is a lot of food growing wild, even in the cities. We just don't know how to recognize it and prepare it, so we're stuck buying foods that are chosen and picked for us--a sort of food dependency not unlike our oil dependency. We did a lot of research on this last year, but we haven't went anywhere with it.

[LaylaMonroe]

I'm dying to see that pic. Is it just me??

Sweet.

Now, you know producing your own is sometimes more expensive than buying....unless you're going to start from the root, and grow it as well.

I read an article that if everyone planted a small garden, it would drop our carbon emissions, because there would be less vehicles needed to transport food.

I also read another article that foraging pretty common in rural Missouri. I used to see old ladies foraging in Korea, picking wild greens from the grass on the military post. Apparently, there is a lot of food growing wild, even in the cities. We just don't know how to recognize it and prepare it, so we're stuck buying foods that are chosen and picked for us--a sort of food dependency not unlike our oil dependency. We did a lot of research on this last year, but we haven't went anywhere with it.

It probably won't be for me. My entire list of beverages consumed are:

water
tea (hot or cold)
coffee (I'm not growing coffee beans, so I'll continue to buy whole beans and grind them as I have been for years)

Orange Juice
Minute Maid Citrus Punch

Dr. Pepper
A&W Cream Soda
Fanta Strawberry

The first group (water, tea, coffee) makes up about 90% of my beverage consumption. When I have a taste for a punch or juice, I will make orangeade or watermelon juice, which I love. I will know exactly what is in it.

I'm not much of a soda drinker at all (maybe once every other month or so). So I'll continue to indulge for now.

I don't think that will be more expensive for me.  And to add to my previous post, although many of them still have preservatives and sugars and coloring, if you use those frozen juice concentrate cans, at least you know what's in the container when you pour it for your kid (or yourself). I just hate that we feel we don't have time for all that... trading health for convenience. That's what it is.

[SirTJ]

I'm dying to see that pic. Is it just me??

[B3Wannabe]

Wait. You're drinking water now?

I'm still behind on that one. I probably did about a quart of water last month.

[LaylaMonroe]

Wait. You're drinking water now?

I'm still behind on that one. I probably did about a quart of water last month.

Yeah, not a lot though. I'm averaging about a bottle a day (which is about 23 oz, I think).

I've never been a thirsty kind of person. A typical day for me is a cup of coffee, breakfast, lunch, dinner, and maybe one bottle of water (or sweet tea). I don't drink with each meal. I don't get thirsty during the day. I don't drink with snacks or anything like that. Other than coffee, I typically just drink one time during the day.

[SirTJ]

AH, FORGET IT!!!

*Mad and slightly embarrassed*

[LaylaMonroe]

I forgot to post this: WARNING - it's similar to the first pic. Apparently, another woman found mold in her apple juice back in 2009.

http://purplerubberbandit.multiply.com/journal/item/20/Look_what_I_found_in_my_apple_juice

[under13]

I think these people are overreacting.

[LaylaMonroe]

I think these people are overreacting.

Are you kidding me???

Dude. I promise you with everything in me... that if I were two seconds away from drinking something or two seconds away from feeding it to my child, niece, nephew, grandchild, or neighbor... and found a 3-inch round, fleshy, human-tissue looking, odorous object in the drink, I would probably have to be sedated at least for a few hours.

And I'm not kidding at all.

That experience can be very traumatic. Finding ANYTHING in your food can be traumatic, let alone something HUGE and gross and smelly and unidentified. It could've been something toxic. Or a human body part. Or an animal body part. For nearly two weeks, they didn't know what on earth it was!!  These people aren't suing. In fact, they didn't even start a public campaign or anything. They posted pictures on their FB page (which any random person would've done) and others picked up the story.

I don't see how you can say they're overreacting.

I may be overreacting. My chest is pounding right now as I think of it. But I definitely don't see how you could say they are overreacting.

[B_XALTED]

Are you kidding me???

Dude. I promise you with everything in me... that if I were two seconds away from drinking something or two seconds away from feeding it to my child, niece, nephew, grandchild, or neighbor... and found a 3-inch round, fleshy, human-tissue looking, odorous object in the drink, I would probably have to be sedated at least for a few hours.

And I'm not kidding at all.

That experience can be very traumatic. Finding ANYTHING in your food can be traumatic, let alone something HUGE and gross and smelly and unidentified. It could've been something toxic. Or a human body part. Or an animal body part. For nearly two weeks, they didn't know what on earth it was!!  These people aren't suing. In fact, they didn't even start a public campaign or anything. They posted pictures on their FB page (which any random person would've done) and others picked up the story.

I don't see how you can say they're overreacting.

I may be overreacting. My chest is pounding right now as I think of it. But I definitely don't see how you could say they are overreacting.

I swear on a box of Capri Sun's that I could hear your voice when you were saying this.

[Fenix]

Well I have NO intention of looking at the picture. I get grossed out easily by fungi, mold, maggots, e.t.c.

Sadly I love CapriSuns. I've been having them as a child. I am officially switching to ONLY juices encased in a clear, transparent container.

[under13]

Are you kidding me???

Dude. I promise you with everything in me... that if I were two seconds away from drinking something or two seconds away from feeding it to my child, niece, nephew, grandchild, or neighbor... and found a 3-inch round, fleshy, human-tissue looking, odorous object in the drink, I would probably have to be sedated at least for a few hours.

And I'm not kidding at all.

That experience can be very traumatic. Finding ANYTHING in your food can be traumatic, let alone something HUGE and gross and smelly and unidentified. It could've been something toxic. Or a human body part. Or an animal body part. For nearly two weeks, they didn't know what on earth it was!!  These people aren't suing. In fact, they didn't even start a public campaign or anything. They posted pictures on their FB page (which any random person would've done) and others picked up the story.

I don't see how you can say they're overreacting.

I may be overreacting. My chest is pounding right now as I think of it. But I definitely don't see how you could say they are overreacting.

I honestly would not have even opened it or drained it. Once I saw it was sticky and leaking, I would have just put it in the trash and would have never known that there was mold in there. *shrug*

I told my Mother about this as she buys these a lot for the kids, and she said that this happened to her with a bottle of Iced-T. She said she drunk all of it only to find a big thing of Mold at the bottom....

[B3Wannabe]

I honestly would not have even opened it or drained it. Once I saw it was sticky and leaking, I would have just put it in the trash and would have never known that there was mold in there. *shrug*

I told my Mother about this as she buys these a lot for the kids, and she said that this happened to her with a bottle of Iced-T. She said she drunk all of it only to find a big thing of Mold at the bottom....

....So this is pretty common.

Key paranoia and drama prairie dog.

Dramatic Chipmunk

[B_XALTED]

I told my Mother about this as she buys these a lot for the kids, and she said that this happened to her with a bottle of Iced-T. She said she drunk all of it only to find a big thing of Mold at the bottom....

A friend of mine from high school drank a 7-UP from 7-11 and got sick from mold in the bottom of the bottle. His mother sued, they were millionaires. Its pretty gross that this could happen. I mean, I hear of instances when you open a soda, and if you or someone drink from the bottle and put it back in the fridge or wherever, then mold can set in from your saliva that gets into the bottle. But sheesh, unopened containers/ bottles. Thats is kind of scary to me.

*drinking a Capri Sun*

I wonder what causes it.

[LaylaMonroe]

Again, if people eat and drink the way God intended, we wouldn't have as much to worry about.

[nessalynn77]

I honestly would not have even opened it or drained it. Once I saw it was sticky and leaking, I would have just put it in the trash and would have never known that there was mold in there. *shrug*

I told my Mother about this as she buys these a lot for the kids, and she said that this happened to her with a bottle of Iced-T. She said she drunk all of it only to find a big thing of Mold at the bottom....

I just got a little sick reading that.  Seeing as how I'm drinking tea as we speak... It's green tea in a clear bottle, though.

Again, if people eat and drink the way God intended, we wouldn't have as much to worry about.

I don't know, Rue.  I mean we buy our water because they say the stuff at home is bad, if stuff bottled at the plant is also bad, I guess we're screwed, lol.  I just do the best I can, and be sure to pray over it.

[under13]

I just got a little sick reading that.  Seeing as how I'm drinking tea as we speak... It's green tea in a clear bottle, though.
 I don't know, Rue.  I mean we buy our water because they say the stuff at home is bad, if stuff bottled at the plant is also bad, I guess we're screwed, lol.  I just do the best I can, and be sure to pray over it.

Yeah, I vaguely remember that situation. She said she got sick just thinking about it.

I think she wants us to go to the well, or maybe the nile river and get water.

[LaylaMonroe]

Nah, I'm thinking more spirit of the law, not really letter of the law. I mean, I'm not going to go out and kill a turkey for dinner, nor am I growing my own potatoes to make french fries.

That's not quite what I meant.

I just think that we have grown over the last several decades (before many of us were even born) into a society that relies too heavily on processed foods and beverages. We trade in nutrition for convenience, and are willing to pay a price for it, too. All because our values have changed.

Please don't get me wrong. I'm a junk food addict. Love Doritos, Dr. Pepper, Taco Bell, McDonalds, Hot Pockets, and all that stuff... I'm not sitting on a high horse preaching to the folks on the ground. It's not that at all. I just believe that we have taken this whole consumerism thing a bit too far, and I'm concerned that there's really no end to it.

Personally, I drink bottled water for convenience. I'm definitely not concerned about all that stuff they say about tap water. I grew up drinking tap water and so did my parents and their parents... and we're all still alive. LOL  When I don't have a bottle, I drink regular tap water. I don't boil it or anything special. I just drink it. I guess that's the NYer in me because our water in NY was very clean coming up. We were always on the lists of cleanest tap water in the US. I don't think it's as clean in the south, but I'm not sure.

But really I just mean eating more natural foods (and making more stuff at home) and fewer processed foods with all these preservatives and additives and stuff. It's just not good.