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Our Bees, Our Selves
So, reading the Times this morning, I find out that if the farmer left some of his acreage wild that the increase in honeybee numbers would actually increase his profit from farming, due to higher yields. A variety of wild … Continue reading
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It’s So Hard!
The easiest thing in the world to do, at least here in the USA is to eat carbs or other crap for your meal. On a day when you are busy from sunup to sundown, like we were this weekend, … Continue reading
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Eat Your Meat!
Eat wild. There is a certain logic to eating things that nature put in your environment. Your ancestors grew up in nature, where one hundred percent of the food they ate were connected to the ground on which they stood. … Continue reading
Sugar Alcohols
This is the question asked of the Washington Post food health advice column on July 8: Question: I have Type 2 diabetes. I like to have low-sugar nutrition bars handy for snacks or missed meals, so I’ve begun buying bars … Continue reading
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Tagged artificial ingredients, diabetes, FDA, Food Safety, low-sugar foods, sugar alcohols
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Sugar, Heroin, Gambling
Every addiction is like every other. I read one time that all addictions capture about the same percentage of people who try the behaviors. The number is steady at around six percent. That means that ninety four percent of the … Continue reading
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Tagged AA, Alcoholics Anonymous, behavior modification, breaking addictions, breaking habits, dieting, quitting
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How Long Does it Take to Change Your Oil?
Originally posted on Oil-Change Diet:
That is basically the question I asked Dr Bill Lands, the biochemist that published the relationship between omega-6 and heart disease in various cultures. I was curious sine the omega-6/3 blood test that I had…
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The Soil and You
Have you heard about Omega 3? It is the good cop to Omega 6’s bad cop. What about sugar, did you know that there are different chemical types of sugars? Do you know the different effect the different sugars have … Continue reading
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Tagged Food ingredients, food science, health, living healthy, losing weight, microbiome, Nutrition, saturated fats, sugar, unsaturated fats, vegetables, weight loss
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…Love Thyself
This weekend we had a chance to see the play “Hairspray” as performed by a local production company. I hadn’t ever heard any part of the story, my knowledge was limited to the fact that John Travolta played a role … Continue reading
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Tagged changing habits, Do it yourself, hairspray, kimchi, losing weight, love yourself, sauerkraut
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Canned Love
It is so easy to think that the way things were when you were born, or at least before you were old enouh to form your own memories, is the way that things have always been. My own early memories, … Continue reading
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Tagged cabbage, canning, fermenting, food preparation, sauerkraut
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Independence Day
On July 4 every year since 1776 this nation has taken time to celebrate Independence Day. On that day, thirteen colonies joined in common cause to sever it’s long-standing dependence on England, it’s government of Kings and violently protestant religions, … Continue reading
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Tagged civic duty, civil life, independence, oath keepers
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One Small Change at a Time 