Here is an interesting Food Timeline. It shows approximately when certain foods were introduced into the human diet. It is necessarily imprecise, but gives some context to the foods we eat. For those wondering, Oreos were introduced in 1912.
City scientists test pizza and Coke diet to determine if “the fizzy drink can help prevent young women from becoming anaemic.”
And of course this research is sponsored by Coca-Cola, which has high hopes for the outcome.
The Coca-Cola Co is hoping the study will show that Coke could be a cheap, efficient way to tackle iron [...]
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Here is WebMD’s 6 Reasons Americans Aren’t Eating Healthier:
1. Calories
2. Diet and Exercise
3. Breakfast
4. Fats
5. Carbohydrates
6. “Functional” Foods
I’d like to offer my own 6 reasons why we’re not healthier, basing them on those from WebMD.
1. We focus on calories, instead of food: 1000 calories from Twinkies is not the same as 1000 calories from lettuce, [...]
I underwent arthroscopic surgery this morning on my left shoulder to (hopefully) keep it from dislocating again…I refuse to give up sports at the ripe age of 27. The nerve block hasn’t completely worn off yet, so my hand and arm are still asleep and I have no pain yet. It’s starting to [...]
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Time Magazine has a series of 15 pictures showing the weekly food intake of some families around the world. Obviously this is not a representative sample of much since there are only 14 families shown and there are some 6 billion people in the world. A few observations:
* Some people spend A TON [...]
I have a pretty nice gym setup at work that I use most days. They have a C2 rower and a squat cage with 600lbs of weight, more than enough for me. They also have alot of the standard cardio equipment - ellipticals, treadmills, recumbent bikes, etc. Anyway, the humor actually arises [...]
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