A major Japanese television network apologised after almost 160 people were struck with vomiting and diarrhea after following a weight-loss plan it broadcast. A May 6 show on TBS introduced a diet of rice mixed with white kidney beans that had been roasted for about three minutes and ground into powder. "We have received many complaints from different parts of the country about symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea as a result," TBS said on its website. "We deeply apologise to all the people concerned, including people whose condition was affected," it said. The Ministry of Health and Labour said that of the 158 people who got food poisoning, 30 had been hospitalised but were recovering...The food poisoning had been caused by lectin, a protein in the beans which rendered them toxic if not sufficiently heated....more...
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by Mulboyne » Tue May 23, 2006 10:14 am
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[/floatr]AFP via Yahoo: Japanese TV apologizes for sickening diet
A major Japanese television network apologised after almost 160 people were struck with vomiting and diarrhea after following a weight-loss plan it broadcast. A May 6 show on TBS introduced a diet of rice mixed with white kidney beans that had been roasted for about three minutes and ground into powder. "We have received many complaints from different parts of the country about symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea as a result," TBS said on its website. "We deeply apologise to all the people concerned, including people whose condition was affected," it said. The Ministry of Health and Labour said that of the 158 people who got food poisoning, 30 had been hospitalised but were recovering...The food poisoning had been caused by lectin, a protein in the beans which rendered them toxic if not sufficiently heated....more...
A major Japanese television network apologised after almost 160 people were struck with vomiting and diarrhea after following a weight-loss plan it broadcast. A May 6 show on TBS introduced a diet of rice mixed with white kidney beans that had been roasted for about three minutes and ground into powder. "We have received many complaints from different parts of the country about symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea as a result," TBS said on its website. "We deeply apologise to all the people concerned, including people whose condition was affected," it said. The Ministry of Health and Labour said that of the 158 people who got food poisoning, 30 had been hospitalised but were recovering...The food poisoning had been caused by lectin, a protein in the beans which rendered them toxic if not sufficiently heated....more...
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by GuyJean » Tue May 23, 2006 10:26 am
But they lost weight, right!?..Mulboyne wrote:..symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea..
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by Catoneinutica » Tue May 23, 2006 12:42 pm
TBS makes people dead, too. Remember how Aum killed that lawyer and his wife and kid in Yokohama after TBS gave Aum info on the guy?
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by Greji » Tue May 23, 2006 12:49 pm
Catoneinutica wrote:TBS makes people dead, too. Remember how Aum killed that lawyer and his wife and kid in Yokohama after TBS gave Aum info on the guy?
That's the media for you. They figure an operation that big, you gotta expect a few loses! The lawyer and his family lost weight right!
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