04/26/2026
âSTOP! Donât read this post until you think of your own answer â or youâll take all the fun out of this game! đ
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But anywayâŚ
If you know me at all, youâll know me as one of the biggest health nuts in the area: ALL organic and a staunch believer in the power of clean eating.
So it may surprise you that the correct answer is actually⌠most likely C: her âhealthyâ choices are backfiring.
Of course, a person can eat too much of anything, including clean foods. But weâre assuming that nothing much has changed with Sarah, except that she started to eat clean â like, sheâs not all of a sudden starting to eat twice as much, for no reason.
And if so, the clue that jumps out at me here is this: TEFLON.
The idea sounds fabulous: cut down on those seed oils and butter fat, because the pan is already non-stick. How clean!
But hereâs the part nobody talks about đ
That ânon-stick magicâ doesnât just stay on the pan.
When heated, Teflon releases compounds (the PFAS family) that behave like little hormonal troublemakers once theyâre in your body. Their molecules are very similar to the structure of our hormones, and our bodies can get easily confused, because hormones is the only thing our body knows how to deal with.
Our body doesnât go:
âoh nice, modern cookware.â
It goes:
âwhat is this⌠and why does it look like a hormone signal?â
So now instead of just processing food, your system is busy dealing with:
â disrupted fat-burning signals
â confused metabolism
â storage mode instead of burn mode
Same food.
Same portions.
Different instructions being sent to the body.
And thatâs the part that messes with people. Statistically, people who cook with TEFLON have stubborn belly fat that doesnât yield to diet or exercise. Or, clean eating, for that matter. They also are at a lot higher risk for developing cancer.
In the meantime, non-stick industry is raking in billions in profit â and spending a good chunk of it on SALES AND MARKETING. (Food for thought)
You make the call.