https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:56:36 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-be-the-next-smoking#post-884800 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 01:50:57 +0000 MamaMagpie 884800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>High fructose corn syrup! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-be-the-next-smoking#post-884787 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 01:23:13 +0000 sunny 884787@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm paranoid about the microwave! I try not to have my LO in the kitchen when I'm microwaving stuff. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-be-the-next-smoking#post-884780 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 01:04:29 +0000 StbHisMrs 884780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My Mom bought me a book called Wheat Belly, she's told me a little/enough about it that wheat scares the daylights out of me. My vote is for wheat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-be-the-next-smoking#post-884501 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 21:11:26 +0000 kjpugs 884501@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is so crazy to think of! I bet it'll be something like a certain additive or something that they all of a sudden realize is SUPER bad, not just potentially not great.</p> <p>And sidenote- back when EVERYONE smoked, my mom said her house was always full of smoke. Her and most of her 9 siblings, AND her parents. Her aunt and uncle also had 10 kids but a few of them had really severe asthma, so they didn't allow smoking in their house. My mom's mom and aunt had the same lamps they bought together at a sale, and my mom said she started to realize that maybe smoking was bad when after a year, the lamp at her aunt's was perfect (the no-smoking house) while the one in her house was dirty and pitted (it was metal) and looked nasty. She said it made her wonder what smoke did to HER if it destroyed METAL. She quit not long after! Crazy right? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-be-the-next-smoking#post-884472 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 20:57:18 +0000 IRunForFun 884472@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't name some of these things because I feel like it's already known that they're bad for us - artificial sweeteners, high fructose corn syrup, antibiotics/hormones in meat, etc. I definitely agree that all of them will prove to be detrimental to our health. Maybe not as bad as cigarettes, but still harmful. </p> <p>I know sugar isn't "good" for you, in terms of weight and things like that, but I'll eat pure cane sugar any day over the artificial stuff, which is pure chemicals. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-be-the-next-smoking#post-884464 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 20:52:58 +0000 FarmWifeGina 884464@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsScallop: Well, GMO is not the same thing as hybridization, but I get what you're saying. I am gluten intolerant and there is no such thing as GMO wheat (at least, not officially, not on the market) and I blame the hybridization. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-be-the-next-smoking#post-884460 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 20:49:48 +0000 MrsScallop 884460@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FarmWifeGina: Eating whole corn doesn't bother me (not yet at least, my sensitivity has gotten worse as I age), but processed corn things definitely do. I haven't thought too much about GMOs, but to be honest, I would also consider any domesticated plant to be a GMO on some level. We dont know if our artificial selection for certain traits carried others along that could cause problems for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-be-the-next-smoking#post-884430 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 20:32:24 +0000 fussygal 884430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with a lot of the above but especially the cell phones and processed foods. Also. I'm sure the chemicals in sunscreen (and lots of other beauty products) aren't the greatest thing to slather across our skin. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-be-the-next-smoking#post-884412 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 20:25:52 +0000 FarmWifeGina 884412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: haha, thanks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-be-the-next-smoking#post-884405 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 20:22:54 +0000 FarmWifeGina 884405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsScallop: I'm curious if you're sensitive to all types of corn, or just GMO corn. Or hybrids? You don't hear a lot about corn sensitivities. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-be-the-next-smoking#post-884399 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 20:20:53 +0000 Mrs. Pen 884399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FarmWifeGina: I appreciate you going out on your limb :) I hope that they change the preservatives. If formeldahyde is a known carcinogen and aluminum has been evident in brains of Alzheimer's patients- I don't understand why those are still common additives. Just like they finally realized thimerasol was a dangerous ingredient. Just my two cents :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-be-the-next-smoking#post-884392 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 20:17:10 +0000 MrsScallop 884392@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would agree with HFCS. I have a corn allergy/intolerance and it is amazing how many things have HFCS in it. And those commercials for it make me mad. My body definitely can tell the difference between HFCS and regular sugar. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-be-the-next-smoking#post-884378 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 20:12:43 +0000 meredithNYC 884378@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Processed food and soda, I'm thinking. I do pretty well at staying away from the former, but not having soda is soooo hard. I am down from having 1 or 2 a day to maybe 3 or 4 a week, so I guess that's progress?! I know it's terrible for me, but I love it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-be-the-next-smoking#post-884354 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 20:02:58 +0000 MamaBehr 884354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with @farmwifegina GMOs and growth hormones found in our food. Processed foods in general, it can't possible be good for us..... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-be-the-next-smoking#post-884350 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 20:02:28 +0000 Boopers 884350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it'll be a combo of a few things. I think it'll be processed foods with all the chemicals, along with soda, fast food, and HFCS. I think they all fit within the same realm- unhealthy foods that are not "real".</p> <p>That being said, I do enjoy fast food and try not to eat it but sometimes I just crave it! Bad, bad, bad! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-be-the-next-smoking#post-884341 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 19:59:33 +0000 MrsF 884341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So scary! I don't even want to think about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-be-the-next-smoking#post-884248 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 19:14:04 +0000 blackbird 884248@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Processed food. All that fake shit that goes into making them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-be-the-next-smoking#post-884241 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 19:09:40 +0000 hummusgirl 884241@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Anti-flammable chemicals added to furniture and kids clothes. </p> <p>And not quite the same thing, but I've wondered which of our childrearing practices will turn out to be harmful (like the tummy sleeping of our era), and just recently some experts came out and said tummy time isn't necessary (not harmful though, fortunately!). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-be-the-next-smoking#post-884217 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 18:57:38 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 884217@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>SODA!</p> <p>Or, I second the high fructose corn syrup. That's also a good guess. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-be-the-next-smoking#post-884203 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 18:48:02 +0000 plantains 884203@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think all the hormones and crap in our food. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-be-the-next-smoking#post-884199 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 18:42:38 +0000 yoursilverlining 884199@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think all the crap we put into food (especially cheap food) like chemicals, hormones, plastic that we line cans with, etc. People know these things are not good, but I think it will get really obvious that ingesting these foreign substances messes with our systems. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-be-the-next-smoking#post-884195 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 18:40:05 +0000 FarmWifeGina 884195@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@luckypenny: My uncle is a doctor and says the same thing! No refined sugar is good, but that one is evil, evil!</p> <p>And I'm going to go out on a limb here and probably get flamed pretty hard, but I say vaccinations during pregnancy is going to be found out to be a pretty bad idea. Either that, or GMOs and growth hormones in our food supply. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-be-the-next-smoking#post-884193 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 18:39:22 +0000 Mrs. Pen 884193@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@luckypenny: oh yes this!! I have def researched it and stay far, far away. And it always surprises me how many people are okay with it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-be-the-next-smoking#post-884161 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 18:25:00 +0000 luckypenny 884161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>High fructose corn syrup. My old nanny is a chemist. She says its pretty much the worst thing you could put in your body </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-be-the-next-smoking#post-884133 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 18:13:23 +0000 T.H.O.U. 884133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@IRunForFun: I agree caffeine is good for us on some level. Probably not on te levels today or with the other stuff it is served with. </p> <p>My dad always says sugar is the worst. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-be-the-next-smoking#post-884128 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 18:12:00 +0000 T.H.O.U. 884128@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH had one. He said microwaves. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-be-the-next-smoking#post-884119 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 18:10:14 +0000 Mrs. Pen 884119@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think soda/diet soda</p> <p>cell phones in pockets- one girl on the news got breast cancer at 19 from storing her phone in her bra.. During my pregnancy I stored mine in my sweatshirt pocket and now worry I have "infected" my child!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-be-the-next-smoking#post-884116 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 18:09:23 +0000 IRunForFun 884116@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Running Elley: Really? What makes you say caffeine? And do you mean caffeine alone, or are you referring to all the chemically-enhanced drinks and energy supplements? </p> <p>I feel like we would have known by now if plain old caffeine - just coffee or tea - caused huge health problems, since people have been drinking it for so long. But I do agree that the enhanced stuff is scary due to all of the chemicals and unnatural ingredients.</p> <p>ETA: I meant to mention that there have been studies done showing that caffeine can help ward off dementia. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-be-the-next-smoking#post-884115 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 18:09:21 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 884115@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I bet its aspartame or something like that! Something that we put in everything, and that's even billed in some cases as 'healthy'. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-be-the-next-smoking#post-884113 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 18:08:35 +0000 Corduroy 884113@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd guess something related to radiation from using wireless devices. </p>