Eating microwave popcorn increases the level of PFAS in body

Re:Eating microwave popcorn increases the level of PFAS in body by op00to on Friday June 23, 2023 @06:44AM (#36445092)

My conjecture: salt grinders create more irregular shapes than provided by commercially made table salt. Irregular shapes mean more surface area, which means faster absorption into the body, which means tastier food.

Totally without evidence.

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Re:Eating microwave popcorn increases the level of PFAS in body by zo1 on Friday June 23, 2023 @08:07AM (#36445710)

I'm a big fan of tomatoes, and one of my favorite dishes is sliced tomatoes, salted, and eaten with cheese.

For some reason, normal salt just sticks on the top of the tomato despite it being wet and I can "taste" the salt not just saltiness. However, with crunched salt crystals, they basically dissolve and disappear into the moisture of the tomato. This just tastes better too.

Don't ask me why or how it all happens, it's just what I've found using my taste buds.

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Re:Eating microwave popcorn increases the level of PFAS in body by oh_sigh on Friday June 23, 2023 @10:38AM (#36447395)

Probably the anti-caking agents in the normal salt absorb some of the wetness and have it stay clumped up instead of diffusing through the tomato liquid

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Re:Eating microwave popcorn increases the level of PFAS in body by op00to on Friday June 23, 2023 @04:40PM (#36451934)

Why would anti-caking agents clump up? Isn't their purpose to not clump up?

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