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babtangee
Joined: 18 Dec 2004
Location: OMG! Charlie has me surrounded!
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 Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 5:28 am Post subject: All major brands of korchu jang/karu have "metals" |
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Saw a report on it on the idiot box this evening.
Apparently the government investigated the korchu karu (chilli powder) factories and claimed their products were clean. This program checked the products for metals using magnets. The magnets visibly moved the metal within the chilli powder/paste. When they presented this evidence to the government food authority, the government dismissed their method of metal detection. Great!
You can buy some expensive brands that are metal free. Okay, but how the hell am I supposed to eat kamjatang again without going to a restaurant??? |
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venus
Joined: 25 Oct 2006
Location: Near Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 5:18 pm Post subject: Re: All major brands of korchu jang/karu have "metals&q |
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| babtangee wrote: |
Saw a report on it on the idiot box this evening.
Apparently the government investigated the korchu karu (chilli powder) factories and claimed their products were clean. This program checked the products for metals using magnets. The magnets visibly moved the metal within the chilli powder/paste. When they presented this evidence to the government food authority, the government dismissed their method of metal detection. Great!
You can buy some expensive brands that are metal free. Okay, but how the hell am I supposed to eat kamjatang again without going to a restaurant??? |
What are the health implications here?
Serious....?
could this be in part why Korea has such a high rate of bowel cancer...?
Should we be concerend....?
Anyone....? |
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babtangee
Joined: 18 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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Good questions... I'm not sure myself.
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| While iron is essential for health, too much iron can be harmful � even deadly. As with iron deficiencies, there are two conditions that overload the body with iron, one genetic and one acquired. |
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| Occasionally, people acquire iron overload. This can result from multiple blood transfusions, for example as treatment for inherited blood disorders such as thalassemias. Iron is common in tobacco products, so heavy smokers are at elevated risk for acquiring iron overload. Welders can also inhale excessive amounts of iron, though the problem remains confined to the lung. Those who consume large quantities of red meat and use tobacco products are at increased risk of developing the condition. An excess of vitamin C in the diet is also known to promote the absorption of dietary iron. Acquired iron overload in these cases is generally mild, and can be treated by simply avoiding or reducing the main sources of iron ingestion |
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~toxmetal/TXQAfe.shtml |
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Pak Yu Man
Joined: 02 Jun 2005
Location: The Ida galaxy
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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Gorchu? WTF is that? If you are going to write another language, in English at that, you should try to make it a bit similar to the original.
Should be go-chu, or go-choo. Or you could just say red chilli or red pepper.
As for health...anything is good in small quantities, even arsenic and other 'bad' stuff. To much of any metal will lead to heavy metal poisoning.
If you're going to get too much of something iron is the way to go.
It takes 'huge' quantities to get 'poisoned' and the treatment is easy and safe.
The thing about the red pepper powder...it it actual chunks of metal that can be seperated or is it iron in the plants?
If it's just small pieces of metal it'll just go through your system. |
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