Girls Scout Cookies are such an iconic American tradition and a multimillion dollar stream of revenue for the organization's fund raising efforts.
If you were around back in the early 90's you may remember the reports of people finding all kinds of weird things baked into their Girl Scout Cookies causing some recalls and lawsuits if I remember correctly. In fact, I found a staple baked into one of my Thin Mints, but I just spit it out and didn't sue.
It turns out that Girl Scout Cookies were hiding an even bigger killer all along and most people ate boxes of them with reckless abandon not realizing the damage these little sweet wonders were doing.
Girl Scout Cookies were loaded with trans fat and preservatives. Now to the Girl Scout's credit, they adjusted their recipes somewhat after the use of trans fat was legislated against, but the cookies still contain hidden levels of the dangerous fat as well as HFC's, white flour, and partially hydrogenated oils.
Dr. Andrew Siegel has started a campaign to persuade Girl Scouts of America to begin selling healthy cookies to the American public. He's asking people to stop buying the cookies, but to instead donate that money to the Girl Scouts directly in order to send them a message that we no longer want their deadly cookies. Below is a video from Dr. Siegel.
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How many boxes of Girl Scout Cookies will you buy during their annual sale?
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