How Bad is Fast Food?

Read the whole thread.I am definitely an advocate of eating real food as opposed to processed.

Schraf,Thank you. Seems like one study confirms my hunch.lfen

Sodium Chlorate (NaClO3 - can't do subscripts!) shouldn't be used in food at all unless you are planning on killing someone - it is a herbicide Sodium Chloride (NaCl) is table salt.

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I should have put monosodium chlorinate in quotes, as I was borrowing the term from some source that Scraf quoted...the source implied that table salt would sound scary, too, if it had a name like "monosodium chlorinate" (trying to make it sound like MSG, apparently)...however, I am familiar with the real chemical name of table salt, i.e., "sodium chloride." That's about the extent of my knowledge of chemistry, but I do know at least that. -ide, -ose, -ol, -ate, -ite ... all have different meanings but I forget most of them...I think the -ose's are sugars.--Jasonps: subscripts are easy, just put the _and tags around whatever you wish to subscript. Replace "sub" with "sup" and you get superscripts, IIRC. However, it is so inconvenient for me, I usually just type it out as you have done.</sub>

Here's how you do subscripts:NaClO₃Click on the 'Peek' button to see how it's done.Here's an example of superscripts: 9.8 m/s²Added by edit: sorry Literalist, I only saw your explanation when I had already posted mine.This message has been edited by Parasomnium, 27-Jul-2005 10:25 AM

No problem, Para.I had to bother to remember and/or look up escape characters...it's also neat idea to suggest people just use the "peek" button.----------------------------------------To Mangy Tiger et al:
It is important to note that the "<" and ">" brackets must be used...NOT the "[" and "]" brackets.This message has been edited by TheLiteralist, 07-27-2005 05:35 AM