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Monthly Archives: August 2015
I love the River Market
Sunday morning in Kansas City, it’s a mild 75 degrees, overcast…and the River Market is humming with life. I love going down there, whether it is crowded or not. There are probably 25 flea market tables set up, trash and … Continue reading
The Farmer’s Market
For the longest running farmer’s market in Kansas City, you go to the River Market, right off of Grand Avenue. This photo from the 50s shows local farmers peddling local produce from local farms, in season. The food does not … Continue reading
When Mayo is not Mayo
Apparently, we all think that when you say mayo, you mean mayonnaise. So the product beneath the label containing the shorthand name for the egg-based condiment, therefore, must contain eggs, or it can’t be called mayo. Calling it mayo if … Continue reading
This News Stinks, Thanks Consumer Reports
Bacteria are everywhere, on everything, in everything. Some bacteria are beneficial, they help us digest foods, they created vitamins from nutrients in foods that did not contain vitamins. Some bacteria are harmful, and if you get them inside of you … Continue reading
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Tagged Consumer Reports, e. coli, industrially produced meat, sustainably produced meat
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Debate Cannot Change Reality
Ages ago, before my time, a dedicated scientist named Ancel Keys supposed that the explosion of white middle aged men who were suffering from heart disease and dying of heart attacks were doing so because they ate too much saturated … Continue reading
Neural Plasticity
There is hope for you. No matter how long you have had the habit it is possible to break out of it. My own addiction to sugar is a case in point. Your habit of thinking the worse of every … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 Step program, addiction, breaking addictions, Neural Plasticity
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A Chronic Problem
There is a new documentary out of Australia called “That Sugar Film”. In it a healthy young man, that had previously given up processed and sweetened foods decides to only eat ‘healthy’ processed foods for two months. In the show … Continue reading
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Tagged eating healthy, living healthy, sugar, that sugar movie
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Uproar
When your life is in an uproar it is good that you have been eating good for a long while. Having went for months eating very few carbs has given me the cushion I need for the past couple of … Continue reading
Merchants of Doubt
There have always been men, across all times and regions, that would do anything for money. Men are easily corrupted and you cannot single out a more prevalent occupation, creed or race as more or less corruptible than any other. … Continue reading
Eye Catching Headlines
As a blogger about weight loss and nutrition I get sent a lot of very interesting news from around the English-speaking world. Yesterday I was shown this article, under this headline: Fat people don’t need ’empowerment’, they just need to … Continue reading
One Small Change at a Time 