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It Is A Matter Of Life And Death

Posted on February 22, 2015 by dcarmack

It really is a matter of life and death, I am not being too shrill. I am reading Gary Taubes’ book “Good Calories, Bad Calories” and the current chapter is discussing the likelihood that diabetes and metabolic syndrome are precursors … 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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It’s Really Just That Easy

Posted on July 27, 2014 by dcarmack

When I started looking around for how to make all of my foods myself, one of the earliest finds was mayonnaise. Mayonnaise looks like a really special kind of sauce. A little sour, completely opaque, I could not imagine the … Continue reading →

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A Bagel Is No Different Than A Bag Of Skittles To Your Body

Posted on June 13, 2014 by dcarmack

People, when they find out that science has changed the consensus opinion about a topic always have the same reaction “There they go again, first it’s bad for you, then it’s good for you!” In the 1950s science concluded, mostly … Continue reading →

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Why We Can’t Wait For Help

Posted on June 12, 2014 by dcarmack

The tipping point is in the past for processed foods. When Joseph Kellog invented a way to turn corn meal into corn flakes for breakfast in 1906 there wasn’t too much wrong with breakfast cereal. A stroll down the breakfast … Continue reading →

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