To borrow a quote from DKG: If you look at the soil under a microscope, every single day is Times Square on New Year’s Eve.
And the point this film is trying to make is that modern agriculture takes an awful lot for-granted and engages in several practices that hurt the foundations that all of our food is built upon.
–From the pesticides some GMO seeds need to survive, to abandoned crop-rotation methods…
Gastric Shutdown: You Might Want To Avoid That Imported Seafood For A Little While Longer
Though the end to the government-shutdown is barely past a week old, count on the backlog of food inspections to last abit longer than the original 2+ week duration.
And to that end, you might want to reacquaint yourselves with BuzzFeed’s breakdown+list down at the links for some good reminders on how to stay safe abit longer.
PS: It might also be good to check back in with EWG’s Dirty Dozen, too…
BTW, Here Is Dr. Lustig’s Book: Fat Chance
Love the way this guy thinks.
Strangely enough, I did similar things in my own weight & fat loss.
Getting sugar out of your diet is just about the first step to start fat-loss.
Don’t drive yourself crazy & set-up a binge, but paring back what you can short of madness should lead to great results if you keep it up long-enough!
If you haven’t checked out his interview on Leonard Lopate you really shoud do so now…
Read More >Robert Lustig Stops By Leonard Lopate Show To Talk Obesity
In this podcast, Leonard and Robert have a fascinating info-packed talk about:
1) Biochemistry
2) Metabolic syndrome
3) Excess insulin
4) Calorie-starvation
5) Mixed hypothalamus signals
6) Fatty liver disease
7) Vicious-circles
8) Wrongly-demonized fats…
Video: ASAPScience Does 200 Calories
Here’s a great video by ASAP Science to show you what 200 calories looks like.
It’s also a pretty good primer on the different Calorie-Densities of the foods you’re probably eating.
And while you’re thinking about them, remember: Processed, Take-out, and Restaurant foods will likely have a lot of extra calories you don’t really need.
One example is the difference between…
FINALLY! Science Makes Some Actual Progress: The World’s Favorite Dessert Food About To Get Even Better!
Well, with all the very serious, researchy Sheldon-Cooper “Multi-Dimensional-Math” crap going on in “normal” science, it’s nice to know that a few health-technologists can get down to some Real Damn Business!
These intrepid code-monkeys have finally put those analytical chops to some good and,
Decoded the DNA of The world’s most popular Cocoa Beans!
So, perhaps …
Read More >Red Meat Amino May Be Related To Heart Disease
So two years ago Stanley Hazen published a paper saying the compound TMAO is linked to heart disease.
When mice were fed more of it, their risk for atherosclerosis went up.
It turns out the stuff is created when gut bacteria break down some foods.
So in a new study, Stanley makes this mental leap: Red Meat is something people eat, passes through the gut, and is associated with heart disease.
-Maybe there’s something in there that gets turned into that TMAO from 2 years ago?…
Read More >Joan’s Opus On The Elusive Hangover Cure
And while we’re on the subject of Alcohol,
Who Else but The New Yorker could do such a monster article on Drinking and Hangovers? -I have no damn good answer for that.
Ok; besides: “Ernest F****** Hemingway”,…
Nevertheless: Hop on over and be blown away by the entire geopolitical cavalcade that is Joan Acocella’s Magnum Opus,
From feeling like Gregor Samsa when you wake up,
To:..
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