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Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Ghostbusters but Don't Eat Twinkies!.

11/5/2014

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Who ya gonna call?

Even after 30 years, Ghostbusters is still watched by generations old and young today.  I thought it was a great opportunity to celebrate this forever loved film, as well as share some interesting facts about Twinkies, as we know they are far from healthy!

Remembered for its witty one-liners.  Some favorites include:

  • “I taped ’20 Minute Workout’ on my machine and played it back at high speed so it only took 10 minutes. I got a great workout.”
  • “You’re right. No human being would stack books like this.”
  • “Back off, man. I’m a scientist.”
  • “Human sacrifice, dog  and cats living together…mass hysteria!”
  • “Listen! Do you smell something?”
  • “Someone blows their nose and you want to keep it?”
  • “We came, we saw, we kicked its ass.”
  • “He’s an ugly little spud isn’t he?”
  • “He slimed me.”

"Twinkies are brain food", spoken by Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters.

The Twinkie was used by Egon in an analogy to explain to the rest of the Ghostbusters how extreme the current psychokinetic energy, or P.K.E., levels were during the first Gozer incident. Twinkie would represent a standard amount of P.K.E., the surge Egon was tracking would equate to a Twinkie that was thirty-five feet long and weighing approximately six hundred pounds.
In memory of Harold Ramis, the writer/director/actor who gave us - among many other great movies - Caddyshack, Stripes, Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day.

With over 30 ingredients, many unpronounceable...Twinkies are far from brain food.

"33 grams of sugar and 9 grams of fat per serving, it'd be doltish to expect they'd provide any real nutritional benefit. But it does come as a surprise to any unsuspecting snacker that the little tubular treat would contain any animal derivative at all. A representative from Hostess confirmed with The Huffington Post that Twinkies are not a vegetarian food."

Twinkies...What? Huh? WOW!
  • Phosphorus, part of a key Twinkie ingredient, was discovered in 1669 by German alchemist Hennig Brand when he boiled down the urine he collected from local nuns.
  • Other Twinkie ingredients include the rocks trona and limestone.
  • Twinkies made per year: 500,000,000.
  • Twinkie cream gets its slippery sheen from cotton cellulose, which serves the same purpose in rocket fuel.
  • Despite popular lore, Twinkies will not survive a nuclear war any better than you will — their average shelf life is 25 days.
  • President Clinton put a Twinkie in a time capsule.

TIP for plant-based eating:  READ THE LABELS
Do a close-read on product ingredient lists, as foods like refried beans, potato chips and even orange juice contain animal products beyond milk and eggs.
Sources: Huffington Post, WebMD Archive, Twinkie, Deconstructed-by Steven Ettlinger.
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    Kristin Wuhrman

    Owner of BEVEGAN® Grassroots Health. Board Certified Holistic Health Coach. AKA Miss Bellevue Vegan. Plant-Based Health Consultant. Vegan Athlete. Outdoor Enthusiast. Outdoor Gear Reviewer. Author. Cotopaxi Local Ambassador. Animal Lover. Dreamer. Believer.


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