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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.

Parsing Bad Advice

Posted on December 24, 2014 by dcarmack

I read food and nutrition news with a very critical ear for bad advice. Usually that bad advice is based on the bad old nutritional science of the past. The advice to limit saturated fats is still everywhere, even though … Continue reading →

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Back in the News

Posted on December 23, 2014 by dcarmack

Sugar addiction gets another shoutout in this morning’s New York Times. Substance use disorders, defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, exist when at least two to three symptoms from a list of 11 are present. In … Continue reading →

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Good For English, Bad For Truth

Posted on December 22, 2014 by dcarmack

English has won by not losing. Do you recall the Unilever lawsuit against Hampton Creek that was for producing a product that looks like mayonnaise, but is not mayonnaise, while calling it “mayo”. Unilever dropped that lawsuit. The truth has … Continue reading →

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It Might Be Simple, But It’s Sure Not Easy

Posted on December 20, 2014 by dcarmack

Losing weight is not hard to do–on paper. All you have to do is eat less calories than you burn. Eating fewer calories is easy, all you have to do is stop eating sugar, but you have to eat something. … Continue reading →

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Heartbreaking

Posted on December 19, 2014 by dcarmack

I am a middle aged man, and I work in a shop of intelligent middle aged men. None of us are really that close to retirement age, the average age in the shop is probably fifty five. Nobody in the … Continue reading →

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Fat and Fat Are Two Different Things

Posted on December 18, 2014 by dcarmack

Fat is not the same as fat. By that I mean that dietary fat, which is one third of the kinds of energy-giving, life-supporting elements of the foods that you eat is not the same as the kind beneath your skin, the … Continue reading →

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I Pick You Up, I Crack You Open

Posted on December 17, 2014 by dcarmack

I pick you up and give a look I’m guessing what I’ll find I crack you open and so begins The filling of my mind You’re beautiful, you’re long You bring to me you’re thoughts And though you’re not expensive … Continue reading →

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Tough Row To Hoe

Posted on December 16, 2014 by dcarmack

These next two weeks are probably the toughest two weeks of the year to not eat any sugar or processed foods. If you are just starting your sugar detox then I feel your pain. If you are like me and … Continue reading →

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Modern Day Slavery

Posted on December 15, 2014 by dcarmack

If you want to make a one hundred percent sure-fire contribution to a better world, buy local. I constantly sing the praises of local food suppliers and I have listed the good, compelling reasons to get to know your local … Continue reading →

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Add It All Up

Posted on December 14, 2014 by dcarmack

In a world where value is only calculated in dollars, let’s do some calculating. I purchased a hog grown locally, by a farmer that I know and trust. I paid the farmer five dollars per pound for one hundred forty … Continue reading →

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