Are you a man or a…fruit fly? Like sweets? You’re more like a fruit fly than you think… - “The diverse range of molecules that humans experience as sweet do not necessarily taste sweet to other species. For example, aspartame, a sweetener used by humans, does not taste sweet to rats and mice. [...]
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Here’s a PDF that I found linked on Art DeVany’s blog written by Dr. Loren Cordain: Implications of Plio-Pleistocene Hominin Diets for Modern Humans
A few quotes I picked out, which I think are important in looking at the proper diet for humans. This first one (from page 4) further backs [...]
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Tuesday night I went to the third forum in Louisville’s “Sustainable Cities Series” at the Glassworks Urban Design Studio. This one focused specifically on Local Food and Agriculture. I was impressed with the turnout. I met up with John, the leader of a local co-op here [...]
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With the community growing, I thought it would be good to tap into some of the knowledge floating around out there. So if you have something burning on your mind, feel free to put together a post and send it to me. I’ll be posting any posts I receive when [...]
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I finished The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved: Inside America’s Underground Food Movements by Sandor Ellix Katz last week. The gist of the book is all of the many ways used by people to remove themselves from the corporate food supply. Katz himself lives in what they call an “intentional community” with some [...]
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Well blow me down! The more vegetables you eat, the better! What a novel idea! When It Comes To Red Cabbage, More Is Better - “ARS scientists have identified 36 anthocyanins in red cabbage, including eight that had never before been detected in the cabbage. …Emerging evidence suggests that anthocyanins may provide [...]
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I found this article a couple days ago: Omega-6 fatty acids found to be dietary cause of depression, heart disease
Six of the participants were found to meet the criteria for major depression. These six participants had a significantly higher ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids than the participants [...]
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Welcome to Carnaval! Photo courtesy of Juan J Delos Santos
This week we’ll visit the land of unlimited meat buffets, tiny bikinis, Bossa nova, samba, and Carnaval. Something in that list is sure to entice everyone.
History of Brazil:
Brazil, the fifth largest country in the world in both size and population, comprises nearly half of [...]
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Looks like I messed something up on the site last night and the individual post pages were throwing errors. I think it’s working now, though I didn’t actually do anything to fix it (which is really perplexing!). I’ll keep a watch on the site to see if the errors return.
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Here’s something to keep you entertained and well-read for the day: Gary Taubes Interview. It’s 14 parts and is some of the same stuff from Good Calories, Bad Calories. It’s largely a very conversational skimming of what’s in the book.
Here’s a premise that I’ve heard that always irks me:
TAUBES I have friends and [...]
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