Think again.
Throw that veggie burger on the grill. Add some relish, ketchup, pickles, onions and perhaps a slice or two of cheddar and you can happily indulge in your summertime barbeque, without sacrificing a cow. You also are pretty certain that you are making a healthier choice for yourself and your loved ones.
Not so much.
It appears, according to the Cornucopia Institute, a food and agriculture nonprofit, that most non-organic veggie burgers on the market contain a chemical called Hexane. Alrighty, I'll bite (grin) what's a Hexane?
It is, apparently, an air pollutant and a neurotoxin. I am not exactly sure what a neurotoxin is, but I am pretty sure that I don't want the word toxin cozing up to the word neuro. Anyhow, the Institute has provided a list of popular veggie burgers made with Hexane.
Here's the link, you can print it out when you next go shopping.
If you had an aha moment and thought that these products are "non organic" and that must be the reason, you'd be wrong again. Apparently, the manufacturers are slipping by with "made with organic ingredients" sounding holy and noble…but alas, not.
Grill a fish. Unless, of course, it has too much mercury, or was overly farmed.
Skip the entree all together, have a s'more.