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About dcarmack

I am an instrument technician at the electric utility servicing the Kansas City Missouri metropolitan area. I am in the IBEW, Local 412. I was trained to be a nuclear power plant operator in the USN and served on submarines. I am a Democrat, even more so than those serving in Congress or the White House.

That’s Not News

Posted on April 12, 2015 by dcarmack

I was reading in the Washington Post this morning that the Sugar Lobby is claiming that the science is still unclear concerning whether or not sugary foods are fattening. Not everyone who eats lots of sweet foods gets fat, therefore … Continue reading →

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Good Government Costs Money

Posted on April 11, 2015 by dcarmack

Way back in 2010 the Congress of the United States got together behind a law that modernized the food safety inspection system. Everyone agreed, in a rare example of bipartisan cooperation, that the rash of food borne illnesses and tainted … Continue reading →

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Breakdown!

Posted on April 10, 2015 by dcarmack

Some days you just say “What the Heck!” Yesterday was such a day. Started off like all of my other days, breakfast eggs and bacon, lunch was meat. Still working ten hour days, but the difference yesterday was that I … Continue reading →

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Forcemeat? Bologna!

Posted on April 9, 2015 by dcarmack

I am looking at some recipes to try out when I finally get a day off next month. When I was researching ancient recipes last month I came across dozens of forcemeat receipts. There were no recipes in the ancient … Continue reading →

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How Outrageous Is This?

Posted on April 8, 2015 by dcarmack

It is possible, in some hospitals across the nation, to order fast food straight to your hospital room from fast food restaurants that are on the hospital campus. You might find your hospital on the list that was compiled by … Continue reading →

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Where Does Lost Weight Go?

Posted on April 7, 2015 by dcarmack

Ok, so you weigh too much. Somehow by eating like everyone else you know, you have managed, over the years to accumulate a lot of extra mass. It has changed the way you think, the way you eat, the way … Continue reading →

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Great Problem to Have

Posted on April 6, 2015 by dcarmack

I would like to tell you about a problem I’m having that is an symptom of a blessing I am enjoying…I have to get smaller pants. By eating a diet of predominately meat and fat I am slowly losing weight, while not starving myself. … Continue reading →

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Supplement, Schmuplement

Posted on April 4, 2015 by dcarmack

Guess what, if you take a really great natural nutrient and then process the plant or animal from which it came to get rid of every other component of that plant or animal, what you are left with is not the … Continue reading →

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I Probably Care Too Much

Posted on April 2, 2015 by dcarmack

In the last year I have read a bunch of books on diet and its effects on health. At the beginning of this blogging journey I decided to share what I was learning with everyone that I could reach, in … Continue reading →

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This is the Best Way To Cook That

Posted on April 1, 2015 by dcarmack

You can eat pasta again, you just have to prepare it properly, so that all of the starches aren’t absorbed immediately by your body. A few days back I found a story about preparing rice in such a way, and now … Continue reading →

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