Via The Ethicurean:
Eric Schlosser, of Fast Food Nation fame, has an article in today’s NY Times called Penny Foolish about the refusal of Burger King to pay an extra penny per pound for tomatoes.
I can’t boycott Burger King because, well, I don’t eat at Burger King. I do think it’s rather illustrative of the [...]
Here is one that I’ve been sitting on for awhile - Influence Of Drug Companies On Medical Literature; The Short Media Version; The Full Text
In extreme cases, drug companies pay for trials by contract research organizations (CROs), analyze the data in-house, have professionals write manuscripts, ask academics to serve as authors of those manuscripts, and [...]
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Art De Vany posted this link a few days ago regarding Longevity and Health in Ancient Paleolithic vs Neolithic Peoples. While I’ve heard talk of our more robust Paleolithic ancestors, I hadn’t seen the stats to back it up. Ward Nicholson has quite an extensive table showing the differences in [...]
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Check out this article from Science Daily: Garbanzos, Lentils, Dry Peas And Beans Make Crunchy, Healthful Snacks
Garbanzos, lentils, and dry peas and beans can now make crunchy, great-tasting snacks that are also good for you. That’s according to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and their university colleagues who’ve created the unique, healthful treats that [...]
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I came across this article in Google Reader a few weeks ago, but it looks like it’s actually from January 2004. It’s probably not going to blow your mind, but here goes: Maternal diet linked to offspring’s longevity.
Minor manipulations of a mother’s diet can hugely affect the lifespan of her children, suggests a new [...]
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Dr. Garrett Smith posted this article a few weeks back on the Performance Menu forums: The Radiation Poisoning of America. It’s an interesting look at a possibly insidious danger lurking in all of our pockets: THE CELL PHONE! Ok, seriously, it is quite an interesting read and I think it’s very difficult to [...]
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The results of the poll from Thursday about which Thanksgiving food is your favorite is now closed. Here are the results, in descending order:
Turkey - 15
Sweet Potatoes - 11
Pumpkin Pie - 6
Cranberries - 3
Green Beans - 2
Mashed Potatoes - 0
Good news….’round here we prefer the protein followed by the sweet potatoes, though only one [...]
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I found this link on John Berardi’s Performance Nutrition forum: Study: Few Americans Maintain Healthy Lifestyle
Here are 4 quick questions for you to answer, either to yourself or in the comments:
Do you eat at least 5 fruit and vegetable servings every day?
Do you undertake regular physical activity (defined as 30 minutes/day, 5+ times/week)?
Do you refrain [...]
Here is yet another way that too much sugar in the diet causes disease: Too Much Sugar Turns Off Gene That Controls Effects Of Sex Steroids
Glucose and fructose are metabolized in the liver. When there’s too much sugar in the diet, the liver converts it to lipid. Using a mouse model and human liver cell [...]
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Here is an interesting study that I was pointed to on the CrossFit Message Board:
Intense Sweetness Surpasses Cocaine Reward
First, the methodology (from the abstract…more information follows in the full text):
Here we report that when rats were allowed to choose mutually-exclusively between water sweetened with saccharin–an intense calorie-free sweetener–and intravenous cocaine–a highly addictive and harmful substance–the [...]
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