EATING HOT FOOD OFF PLASTIC PLATES CAN INCREASE THE RISK OF KIDNEY STONES

-Heating melamine crockery may harm health 

-Acidic foods can also encourage cheap or old melamine products to contaminate food

Its is a favourite of parents and picnic-goers the world over. But new research suggests that eating hot meals on melamine crockery could actually be harmful to health.

Taiwanese researchers have found that hot temperatures increase the amount of melamine we are exposed to - and this can increase the risk of kidney stones.

They studied two groups of people who ate piping hot noodle soup. One group ate from melamine bowls, the other from ceramic bowls.

People who eat hot food (such as noodle soup) from melamine bowls may increase their risk of kidney stones

Urine samples were collected before the meal, and every two hours for 12 hours following the meal.

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 One lady most certainly of the opinion that men prefer curves is Mikel Ruffinelli, a 420-pound mother of four who measures a staggering eight-foot in circumference.

At just five-foot-four, 39-year-old Mikel, who lives in Los Angeles, is substantially wider than she is tall, but says she wouldn’t want it any other way.

‘I love my shape and I see no reason to diet because I don’t have health problems,’ explains Mikel, has a proportionally small 40-inch waist. ‘Men don’t fancy skinny girls, they like an hourglass figure.’

 Big love: Mikel Ruffinelli with her husband Reggie Brooks on the beach in Los Angeles, California

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