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Hot Food In Plastic Packets Can Make You Blind?
How
it
works:
Hot
foods
poured
into
plastic
packets
for
home
delivery
can
cause
microscopic
melting
of
the
plastic.
The
melted
plastic
releases
compounds
called
"plasticizers" into
the
hot
food.
These
plasticizers
are
eaten
by
us
along
with
the
food
we
eat.
Since
these
are
small
compounds,
our
intestine
absorbs
them
and
takes
them
into
our
blood
stream.
These
compounds
pass
through
the
blood
vessels
and
get
clogged
in
the
"end
arteries"
of
the
eye.
They
clog
into
the
end
arteries
of
the
eye
because
these
vessels
are
really
tiny
and
do
not
let
these
compounds
flow
through.
These clogged blood vessels cause waste materials to accumulate in the retina and degeneration sets in. This causes classical Age Related Macular Degeneration to occur in relatively younger persons.
Plasticizers also cause male sterility. (Other disadvantages of food delivered in plastic packs).
Evidence:
Lot
of
medical
journals
have
studied
and
reported
this
occurrence.
But
of
late,
these
articles
have
started
disappearing
form
literature
presumably
due
to
pressure
form
the
plastic
industry
in
the
US.
What
you
can
do:
Avoid
putting
hot
food
into
plastic
containers.
Use
steel
vessels
instead.
Dr. Ashley Mulamoottil is the Medical Director & Chief Surgeon in Mulamoottil Eye Hospital & Research Center, Kozhencherry, Kerala. You can interact with him from his Facebook page.
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