Disease Proof : Disease Proof : Health & Nutrition News & Commentary : Dr. Joel Fuhrman

Food safety is a serious matter. Between salmonella and E. coli, we’ve got our hands full, but that doesn’t mean we can’t rock and roll! Check out Salmonella and the Pathogens belting out a silly version of "Heartache Tonight” by The Eagles:

I’m an Eagles fan, so my heart is with the original, but food music is pretty popular nowadays. For example, this funny looking guy can make wind instruments out of carrots, asparagus and broccoli. Clearly, he has way too much time on his hands.

Via SeriousEats.

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Scrubs might be the greatest show on television. In fact, Dr. Cox is my favorite doctor. Now, in this clip the gang is confronted with a carrot devouring donkey boy:

For more veggie-based hilarity, check out John Legend and Stephen Colbert singing about nutmeg, sweet, sweet nutmeg! Oh, and don’t forget the Christmas pickle.

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Ripe bananas only $0.75!

Apples and a pear $1.00.

And my mom found these baby carrots for $1.50.

Grand total just $3.25. Very cool.

Okay, those bananas are going into smoothies, apples and pears make great snacks and I'm sure my mom will do something cool with the carrots.

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Okay, I’ve had success growing big tomatoes, but a 19-foot carrot. How the heck do you dig it up! Joe Atherton of Mansfield Woodhouse in Nottinghamshire, England, figured out how. He’s the Guinness World Record holder of the longest carrot ever recorded at exactly 19 feet and 1.875 inches. Wow!

Oh, the other carrot was found at a supermarket in Tokyo, Japan. It’s packed with an extra big load of beta-carotene. And can be used to thwart burglars! Bugs Bunny is moaning with ecstasy.

Via Neat O Rama.

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In a statement last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said genetically engineered animals, not including cloned animals, hold substantial promise for improving public health, i.e. these creatures can enter the food supply, but not before rigorous scientific testing. However, the FDA will not require companies to label that their meat has come from genetically engineered animals, outraging consumer groups. One organization claims the FDA is disregarding consumers' right to choose; CNN investigates.

There’s a bizarre compulsion in this country to futz with what Mother Nature took millions of years to perfect, like do we really need purple tomatoes infused with snapdragon genes or carrots with scorpion parts? I doubt it. Not to mention, an experiment in 2007 showed rats fed genetically modified corn developed signs of kidney and liver disease after 3 months.

And as for cloned meat, it won’t be labeled either and many health experts don’t want it.

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Dining on a Christmas goose is not exactly part of a vegetable-based diet. But don’t fret. You can have your veggies and your goose. This chef just needs some squash, carrots, toothpicks and a sharp knife. And presto, twin veggie geese!

I’m tempted to try this myself. But given my artistic abilities it’d probably turn out to be a lame duck. Stop by tomorrow for one last holiday post. Quack, quack.

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