According to the current issue of Biological Chemistry, research by Dr. Barbara Ehrlich of Yale University shows that too much testosterone kills brain cells.
Another academic giving us food for thought at the moment is Dr. Michael Jacobsen of the Pritikin Institute for Longevity, Miami (F.L.A. as the song goes) who is reported by the South Florida Sun Sentinel as having analysed a Hardee's Thickburger and found this menu item contains 1,420 calories and 107 grammes of artery blocking saturated fat, twice the safe daily intake for an adult. High levels of saturated fat are associated with artereo - sclerosis which of course impedes the distribution of oxygen to the brain leading to a loss of cognitive skills and deterioration of attention span, memory and I.Q.
We can only speculate about the kind of person who would choose such a meal byt there's a clue in its name. THICKburger. Some testosterone charged loser who having lost half his brain cells is in a hurry to kill off the other half maybe.
Can't you picture him in your mind's eye?
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I've always felt motorcycle helmet laws were silly. Anyone dumb enough to ride a motorcycle without a helmet on clearly has no brain to protect.
Thanks for this article, Ian.
Great comments, its good to see some humour around gather.
JAN, thin burgers are fine, especially if you make your own and though I don't usually post cooking items at Gather I'm sure Kevin and I could have a rare argument about the best recipe.
BERT, I had the opposite problem, working in a high stress environment made my adrenals hyperactive. I was turning into The Incredible Hulk. So I'm on a testosterone blocker. The main benefit apart from itsparing my brain cells and curbing my desire to eat inappropriate burgers is my chest look more like Sherwood Forest than the Matto Grosso.
We had supersize Morgan over here, it was an eye opener although things were not so bad in Britain. Still it inspired "Naked Chef" Jamie Oliver to start a campaign to ban junk food in school lunches. This has been quite successful although there are some kids who will just never eat cous - cous :-)