1832 BP Ailing

There was a news story recently about another possible cause of obesity. This time it wasn't sugar. Or even high fructose corn syrup. It was BPA. That's right, bisphenol A, that great little chemical that's worked its way into ever facet of our existence. From hardening plastic to printing on receipts.
BPA is a hormone mimicker as far as the body is concerned. In this case the hormone is none other than estrogen.
Some studies link BPA with messed-up fertility in men, low sperm counts and such like. Not to mention mammary development. Who'd have thought filling up at the self-service island and ripping off a receipt would do so much damage? From a tiger in your tank to no stork in your future, all 'cause you filled it up with Ethel.
In any event, scientists found a correlation between that same BPA and obesity. But it was a problematic study. Since all kinds of fast food comes wrapped in or served from BPA-laced packaging, who's to say?
Maybe it's not the wrapping, maybe it really is the Twinkie inside.
As another great mind pointed out, "It's the Ding Dong dodo."
Coincidentally, Twinkies were also much favored by users of that other estrogen-mimicking mammary developing drug---Marijuana. But Twinkies backfired with LSD users. The cream filling was known to cause many a bad trip as it slowly extruded from the clutching grip of a acid tripper hanging on for dear life.
If you try squeezing a Twinkie with your bare hands you’ll see it takes you back to toddlerhood. And they said LSD was mind-expanding.
Funny, baby-boomers have gone from voluntarily altering themselves with one set of letters to involuntarily with another. LSD to BPA.
From expanding minds to expanding bodies.
My initial reaction? Better living through chemicals...
America, ya gotta love it.