Tag Archives: processed foods

Diabetes:Fact, Fiction

Today in the New York Times: New Diabetes Cases, at Long Last, Begin to Fall in the United States All I can say is that it must be incredibly difficult to write a factually accurate headline without using too many … Continue reading

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EPA Forced to Do Right Thing

The news every morning is full of things we could all care about a great deal. Oklahoma is set to execute a death sentence on an innocent man. Donald Trump is on his way to being the Republican nominee for … Continue reading

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The Only Processed Food I Recommend

There is one, and only one processed food that I can recommend without reservation. It’s preparation is strictly watched and the standards for it are well-established. If anything goes wrong in the delivery system you are warned, and you will … Continue reading

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Truer Words Were Never Spoken

This headline could have been the tagline for my favorite book concerning dietary science and the history of dietary recommendations in the US, “The Big Fat Surprise”– Nutritional Science Isn’t Very Scientific In the online magazine Slate this morning they … Continue reading

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This is the Best Way To Cook That

You can eat pasta again, you just have to prepare it properly, so that all of the starches aren’t absorbed immediately by your body. A few days back I found a story about preparing rice in such a way, and now … Continue reading

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Case Closed on Gluten Sensitivity…perhaps…

Lets go straight to Mother Jones for one of my favorite topics, “gluten sensitivity”… I love picking on gluten sensitivity because despite all the hype and the loads of ‘gluten-free’ foods that have been recently dumped on the shelves everywhere … Continue reading

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Don’t Lose Weight

In my honest opinion, nobody that thinks that they weigh too much should be trying to lose weight. Sounds crazy, right? Well, if a person tries to lose ten pounds, or seven percent of their body weight or any other … Continue reading

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Whereas….therefore

Today I will make up a New Year’s Resolution Template™ for some easy-to-keep promises for 2015. I thought that I would make these resolutions in the legislative, Robert’s Rules of Order style. I will include a Whereas for each resolution, for the … Continue reading

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Heartbreaking

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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Aching Joints Caused By Sugar

When I was just still a teenager I discovered something about myself, that if I drank too much soda pop it would make all of my joints hurt. I would get achey and all I had to do to get … Continue reading

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