Ever Read what you're eating? "vector" energy bars

[vampyrewolf]

Ok, just out of curiosity, today I read the back...



55g bar... 200cal, and a whole bunch of vitamins... no biggie... then it gets interesting...



400mg potassium = 7.3 x 10^-3

70mg sodium = 1.3 x 10^-3

300mg phosphorus = 5.5 x 10^-3

40mg mangesium = 7.3 x 10^-4

3.9mg iron = 7.1 x 10^-5

2.83mg zinc = 5.15 x 10^-5

0.03mg iodine = 5.5x 10^-7

0.024mg biotin = 4.4 x 10^-7

42mg chloride = 7.64 x 10^-4

0.33mg copper = 0.000006

0.99mg manganese = 0.00018

0.008mg selenuim = 1.5 x 10^-7

0.008mg chomium = 1.5 x 10^-7

0.016mg molybdenum = 2.91 x 10^-7



"not for sale outside of canada" 1-888-876-3750



and I eat these things every day.





edit: percentages too! don't mind the sci notation, just how qbasic spits them out.



My Word, My Honour, is my Life.



Edited by - vampyrewolf on 6/11/2003 7:09:43 PM

[chinook]

Isn't that the formula for S30V? <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

Disguised as a Responsible Adult

[vampyrewolf]

I'm trying to figure out what the hell they're putting in the food... &quot;vector&quot; energy bar.

might have to figure out percentages even...

My Word, My Honour, is my Life.

[connor]

vampyrewolf,

what is wrong with this stuff? <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>
Those were mostly trace elements the human body needs.

If it really makes sense to put those into energy bars is another story. *g*

-Connor

[vampyrewolf]

conner&gt; I'm no health freak, and if I was a non knife knut the elements would mean nothing to me... but it got my attention.

I eat what I want when I want, don't gain any weight(when I'm at my &quot;natural&quot; 185lbs), and don't count calories.

My Word, My Honour, is my Life.

[java]

VW,

I started reading a bowl of Cheerios but it got pretty monotonous so switched to alphabet soup. Here's what I got out of it.

SFEJTLVHWFVJKSGTWTWUQWERTYUIOPLBZTYOEIDWAVBNJ
EDSEUFMSWOQQWLKJHGFERTTGFVBUIOLMNBVDTFUOTGDEW
WQWRUIOPPKNCBSBWKELFCMMYPYPKJEBXFLGIYRTUKLKMN
BVCXSERTYHUIOIUYTREDFTUPOYWSXFGHNJIKOLPUYREDD
SDGKOPOIUJTWSCRFGIIOOPOTGYOOIYTTEWDFGHJKMNBRW
FTU



&lt;font color=&quot;BLUE&quot;&gt;&quot;A hole-less knife is soul-less knife is a whole less knife&quot; - Javanese proverb&quot; &lt;/font&gt;

Wow! That really broadened my outlook! Whatever happened to text wrap?!? Okay the next message got harder to read. Reset text.....






Edited by - java on 6/12/2003 9:28:46 PM

[Sword and Shield]

First off, that qualifies as one obscenely long word, Java. That explains why it won't wrap.

You want fun? Try taking all the meat products present at the average concession stand and attempt to find one an Orthodox Jew can eat. A kosher stamp wasn't enough for this fellow.

The burgers are easy, as the box is stamped, but then the guy mentioned he was allergic to chicken protein, so back to the list. Eventually found something, and he slipped the stand a $20 tip for our time. <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

Round and around and around.... <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

By the time you read this, you'll have already read it.

[java]

Resplendent One,

Yeah…..I figured that out. Text wrap works okay in Word even with the obscenely long. Thought it was cool when it skewed the forum format. Still a neat to expand your horizon - laterally if not literally. <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

I’ve been reading the copy of &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Doublespeak&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; that Allen Treat sent me and there is a good chapter there on marketing and food ingredients. VW’s post got me to reading labels again to see if there were any new quality chemical stimulants worthy of a javaesque overindulgent binge level. Found some of the same high powered chemicals we enjoy using here in the semiconductor wafer fabrication process and immediately dumped the box of Twinkies I was reading, went home, emptied the house of Ding Dongs, Slim Jims, Little Debbies, Double-Stuff Oreos, and others of the highly processed ilk while hoping none of them would combine in a pyrophoric reaction before the garbage men could haul the HazMat mixture away. Mixed myself a clover honey, fresh nectarine, wheat germ, and 2% low fat smoothie only to find the homogenized Vitamin D fortified bovine mammary lactate fluid was imbued with dimagnesium phosphate, potassium sorbate (to maintain freshness), and a myriad of other “preservatives and fortifiers” along with the usual alphabet of vitamins, biotins, and polyphenolic compounds possessing 15 carbon atoms arranged in two benzene rings joined by a linear three carbon chain. What the heck! Whatever doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger. I must be the chemical equivalent of the Hulk by now.

I remain, ever caffeinated,

Java

Got tired of scrolling to proof this post so reset the text a bit. Thanks for allowing me this diversion!


&lt;i&gt;It just goes to show you can never tell when you least expect the most!&lt;/i&gt;

Edited by - java on 6/12/2003 9:33:47 PM

[vampyrewolf]

Ya know john, you can get a speel checker for internet... just click on the icon up top and she goes over word for word. saves a lot of time on long posts... or lazy ppl for short ones too.

My Word, My Honour, is my Life.

[dialex]

Vector? I like the Vector. Microtech's, of course. <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

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[java]

VW,

A speel chicker eez kewel! Dannelle posted about an internet spell checker on BFC a while back and Esav Benyamin posted this cool poem in response:


&lt;b&gt;SpelCheckr 1.0

Eye halve a spelling chequer,
It came with my pea sea.
It plane lea marques, four my revue,
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.

Eye strike a key and type a word,
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write;
It shows me strait a weigh.

As soon as a mist ache is maid,
It nose bee fore two long,
And eye can put the err or rite,
Its rare lea eve err wrong.

Eye halve rune this poem threw it,
I am shore your pleased two no
Its let her prefect awl the weigh.
My chequer tolled me sew. &lt;i&gt;- posted on BFC by Esav Benyamin on 5/27/2003&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;


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[vampyrewolf]

And the spell checker that Dani posted is the one I have. works pretty well for us lazy people who can just type out 1/2 page and then run a checker.

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[dialex]

Wow Java, the poem is soo cool! Thanks for sharing it <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> I never used a spell checker and I don't think I'll do it too soon.

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