By now, you may have heard about or seen this video (look for “Cheap Meat” if it’s no longer the main video) showing workers at a California slaughterhouse trying to get diseased cows to walk so they can pass inspection. Watch as the cows are dragged, picked up with forklifts, poked with an electric [...]
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I just wanted to make a couple quick points on herbs and spices, which I’ve talked about quite a few times here. First, herbs and spices are valuable additions to your nutrition arsenal, possessing numerous healthful qualities. Second, when it comes to taste, you just can’t beat a perfect combination of various herbs [...]
I doubt I really need to preach the virtues of activity to anyone here, but here’s a look at how Sedentary Lifestyles Associated With Accelerated Aging Process.
Telomere length decreased with age, with an average loss of 21 nucleotides (structural units) per year. Men and women who were less physically active in their leisure time had [...]
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One of the new words I picked up while reading Survival of the Sickest was transposon. Wikipedia describes transposons as:
sequences of DNA that can move around to different positions within the genome of a single cell, a process called transposition. In the process, they can cause mutations and change the amount of DNA in [...]
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Here’s a brief Q&A on World’s Healthiest Foods that is very similar to what I have to say about organic versus conventional: If I can’t afford to buy organic vegetables and fruits, can I still be healthy?
My take is that organic is better than conventional, but conventional produce is better than no produce at all. [...]
This is a really cool video that was posted on the Performance Menu forums: Nanook of the North. It’s a movie from like 1920, a silent movie, that shows Nanook and his tribe of Inuit living in the Arctic of Canada. I’m only a bit more than halfway through it, but it’s a [...]
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No Traditional Diets post today. I’m still running behind due to things. Fear not friends, it will be rekindled in the near future though. In the meantime, enjoy some other reading.
Do National Dietary Guidelines Do More Harm Than Good? What?!? No way that a dictum from the government to eat [...]
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Check out this ridiculous article from Med Page Today: Burgers, Fries, and Diet Soda Are Recipe for Metabolic Syndrome.
Now, looking at the title, I can’t say I’d argue with that sentiment. That’s basically a fast food diet and most people on a fast food diet are on a one-way train to ill health. [...]
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Today we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s birthday. In honor of his birthday, it is a good time to hear and read the words of his “I Have a Dream” speech again. Are you doing your part?
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I have some stuff going on in my personal life that I’m sorting through, so I’m going to be MIA a bit here. But I do have a bunch of articles I tagged to look at and thought I’d throw them out here for your perusal and discussion. Enjoy…I’ll be around, but not [...]
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