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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.

Omega-6 and Heart Disease

Posted on December 14, 2014 by dcarmack

Originally posted on Oil-Change Diet:
The correlation between omega-6 and heart disease is very obvious when you look at the Dr Lands graph of the relationship between heart disease rates in various countries vs the percent omega-6 in the tissues…

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“Caveat Emptor!”–Buyer Beware

Posted on December 13, 2014 by dcarmack

Industrially produced sounds clean. In many people it evokes an image of sparkling, sanitized efficiency. Food producers, fearing extinction by litigation are going to every possible expense to deliver to the world the safe, healthy products that we demand, at … Continue reading →

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Sewing Up Flavor

Posted on December 12, 2014 by dcarmack

The picture above is for pulling lardoons through cuts of meat that have very little fat of their own… The flavor of lean and dry meat is much improved by larding; tenderloin of beef (filet), grouse, partridge, pigeon, and liver … Continue reading →

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Fat of the Land

Posted on December 11, 2014 by dcarmack

In 1910 you couldn’t find any home in the USA that didn’t cook with animal fats. Suet, Lard, Tallow were found in every region and were universally loved and trusted. Heart disease was not yet even on the radar of … Continue reading →

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The High Priest of Nutritionism

Posted on December 10, 2014 by dcarmack

This is how science, in it’s purest and most effective form works. A researcher comes up with an idea of what might be causing a problem. For instance, let us say that the scientist thinks that saturated fats in our … Continue reading →

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It’s Always Been Like This

Posted on December 9, 2014 by dcarmack

At about five years old we start to remember things on a pretty regular basis, and that is the dawn of the world for us, as adults. It is so easy to look around you and search your memory and … Continue reading →

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Big Fat Surprise

Posted on December 8, 2014 by dcarmack

I just ordered a new book from Amazon for my Kindle Reader, “The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet“. It is written by investigative reporter, Nina Teicholz and I understand from reading a … Continue reading →

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Rare Sunday

Posted on December 7, 2014 by dcarmack

It’s the rare Sunday that I get to post. This Sunday I am not working, and this morning I am having the pleasure of converting videos from last night’s big Holiday Open House that we hosted. We had music, and … Continue reading →

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Shop ‘Til You Drop (Don’t)

Posted on December 6, 2014 by dcarmack

If you are like me, there is hardly a day all year that you would go shopping all day long. Every year, though, there is usually one day, during the Jesus’ Birthday Season that I will spend a day trying … Continue reading →

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Waste Away

Posted on December 5, 2014 by dcarmack

The number one food that we throw out is citrus. We have been storing it wrong. We put lemons and limes in the crisper drawer in the refrigerator, where they turn brown and leathery in very short order. According to … Continue reading →

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