From the local news yesterday, here is McDonald’s grasping for straws in an attempt to cover their backsides in a lawsuit. First, a bit of a primer. Someone was playing hoaxes on local McDonald’s that entailed employees being detained, strip searched, and sexually assaulted. McDonald’s knew about it and didn’t go public [...]
From Alwyn Cosgrove’s blog comes this inspirational video. Just 1 extra degree, although in my kitchen, steam starts coming off the water before the pot boils.
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Do you floss once a day? You should. Flossing is very important for the health of your mouth and the health of your mouth is vitally important for the health of your body. Consider that the mouth is the most prominent inlets for substances coming into the body. Any bacteria in your mouth are mixed [...]
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From pasture to corporate office, this game has it all. You can bull-doze a village and forestland to plant your soy and fatten your cows. You can add hormones, industrial sludge and dead animals to the feed. You can even use genetically-modified soy if you desire. And don’t forget to fire [...]
Here is another killer post from Dr. Eades, this time on Karl Popper, metabolic advantage and the C57BL/6 mouse. It’s a long read, but helps to explain the mechanisms driving the metabolic advantages of a low-carb, high-fat diet. He also ventures out with a brief foray into explaining the correct way to write [...]
Mark Sisson had a post about sleep a few days ago and how important it is to overall health. According to the article about the study that he posted:
People who do not get enough sleep are more than twice as likely to die of heart disease, according to a study released on Monday.
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“A third [...]
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In my Good-For-You Fast Food post, I mentioned my awesome guacamole. I may be biased, but I’ve also heard good things from other people. We had a potluck at work and I brought in pico de gallo and guacamole. The comments on the guacamole that I remember were “This is the best [...]
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I found this video Foodfight on Treehugger. It’s humorous. I mean, where else can you see an apple chase a Twinkie?
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Here’s a good site that I came across recently: Conditioning Research. Chris puts up some good stuff in the health and fitness realm. Check him out.
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Speaking of how government policies affect what we consume, the FDA continues to not allow the use of stevia as a sweetener in foods. Stevia is a natural substance, intensely sweet at around 300 times as sweet as sugar, that is used in numerous foreign countries with no ill effects. It is allowed [...]
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