Numinous Nonsense

[This post was cross-posted from Shoot the Fruit, the official blog of Falling Fruit]

Most of the time I have a fairly healthy lunch at work. It’s hard not to when most everyone at work are full-out “health freaks.” Our audio engineer Charles recently lamented over bringing in Root Beer, and admitted that he felt a little ashamed bringing sugar into the office. So it was with slight trepidation that I brought in some leftover Pizza for lunch (stuffed crust no less). While heating it up in the kitchen, to my absolute horror, one of the hosts of our new health show, Modern Immortal, walked into the kitchen. Marco stood and talked for a minute about the recent episodes that they had just finished recording, and how stoked he was about the material. As he continued to share his excitement I looked warily at the pizza that was heating up in the toaster oven, hoping that he wouldn’t notice the smell of hot grease that was beginning to permeate the air. But alas, the pepperoni pizza could not avert detection. The timer went off and the bell gave it away.

Without skipping a beat Marco changed the subject from Biochemistry, to how meat and cheese are the most common allergins and in many ways ingesting meat and cheese is equivalent to eating a cup of E. coli. E. coli!? Yes, apparently the body responds to large quantities of meat and cheese (pizza anyone?) much as it does a viral or bacterial invader. It begins to produce large quanities of cortisol (an anti-inflamattory) and wreaks havoc on the body’s system.

No sooner then he had begun expounding on the dangers of pizza—and he did in such a light-hearted factual way it was hard to be mad at him—he said “have a good lunch” and walked out the door. That’s the last time I get caught with pepperoni pizza at the office!