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Eat Fruit or Die
Today was a very busy day. Stayed home from work and worked on the home. Ate a good meat only breakfast, got some already cooked baked chicken from the grocery store for lunch. Ate four pieces of chicken. Had a … Continue reading
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Tagged atkins diet, backsliding, meat, paleo diet, real meat recipes
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Naturally Better
You can’t beat natural. In this case, the topic is human mother’s milk. Today in the New York Times is an article “Breast Milk Becomes a Commodity”. Apparently human milk is something that is unmatchable in it’s ability to help … Continue reading
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Tagged breast feeding, breastmilk, milk banks, natural, real food, selling human milk
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Save Yourself
I often hear people say that the reason they eat processed foods is that it’s all they can afford to eat. Ninety eight cents for a box of Kraft Mac and Cheese sounds like a good deal, hard to beat … Continue reading
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Tagged artificial ingredients, eating healthy, Eating Right, healthy eating, inexpensive food, saving money, savings
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What is Fake?
A while back I determined to stop putting any of my leftovers in hard plastic containers. I had a lot of tupperware-like containers. I had some snap-lock plastic containers–lots of different sizes and shapes. If you looked in my refrigerator … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-vaxxers, autism, ball jars, BPA, bpf, bps, glass containers, mason jars, plastic containers, plastic hazards, vaccines
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Getting Heads
Until earlier this month it never occurred to me that I was missing out on anything at mealtime, as far as the main entree was concerned. I know where to get good steaks, chops, ribs, briskets, poultry, etc. I know how … Continue reading
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Tagged antique recipes, hog's head, Jennifer McLagan, offal, real food, real meat recipes, sweetbreads
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Real Food, From the Pages of History
Our language is alive and well. I know this because I am trying to interpret the menus and recipes (receipts) from 1764, and many of the words I can’t even find on the internet, the techniques are lost to the … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient wisdom, eating food in season, real food, real meat recipes
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Sharing a Lucky Streak
I watched a movie from the 80s in which a habitual gambler gets a sure-thing tip on a horse from a friend, he bets the horse and wins. Thing is he has a gambling problem and shouldn’t be betting but … Continue reading
Shame and Blame
I was reading the Times this morning and ran across this article, “The Problem With ‘Fat Talk’”. Is it really such a big deal if you tell everyone how fat you feel? After all, a simple “I’m so fat!” can … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 Step program, advice, atkins diet, being change, blame, carbohydrates, gary taubes, shame, sugar, Why We Get Fat
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How To Read A Label
By far, the best way to look at a package of food in your local grocery is in another shopper’s cart. Going down every aisle is an exercise in futility. Trying to decide which highly-processed artificial food is healthier than … Continue reading
One Small Change at a Time 