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So several people have told me, in response to my post about fructose and fruit, that fruit is natural and “has to be good for you” and any benefits outweigh the risks of taking in fructose. After all, they reason, our ancestors as hunter-gatheres would have eaten fruit. First of all, I claim no expertise on the dangers of eating too much fruit, or in the ways of hunter-gatherers, but let me play Devil’s advocate for a moment. The way we Americans eat fruit, and the fruit we eat, seems to . . . I expect the offerings for kids at fast-food joints to be horrendous, but I am constantly surprised at how bad the choices are at upscale restaurants. Case in point, tonight we ate dinner out en famille. This is something we rarely so because a) eating dinner out is expensive and b) can be stressful with small children. We were running errands and found ourselves out at around dinner, poor-planning perhaps, but we decided to eat out at a well-known local restaurant in the D.C. area whose chef is something of a . . . I’ve been gone a long, long time, swept up with family obligations and big changes. But I am back and here to tell you that sugar causes cancer. Not really news. We all suspected it, right? I mean, my parents used to tell me this when I was a kid in an effort to curb my sweet tooth. In fact, they once told me that “everything causes cancer” and I took them at face value for years. Well, anyone whose read up on sugar (“Sugar Blues” is a good place to . . . Passover will soon be upon us, and for many Passover means brisket, think what ham is to Easter. Brisket is one of the cornerstones of Jewish cooking — right up there with matzoh ball soup and whitefish. It also happens to be a delicious, easy meal that anyone can include in their repertoire. The brisket is a wide, flat cut of beef from the breast or chest. Ingredients: One brisket (get a big one so you’ll have leftovers — it just gets more and more tender) Earlier, I wrote this post about how grains were not nutritionally superior to other whole foods — fruits, vegetables, meat, fish, dairy, nuts and legumes. In this post I will go even further by saying that grains are actually bad for you. As in poison, albeit a slow-acting and often super-delicious poison. I was originally going to write about various negative aspects of grains, but instead I decided to focus today on one issue: gluten. It’s the sticky stuff in pasta and bread. It’s found in wheat and other grains such . . . So it turns out that eating a low-fat diet might not just make you crazy and violent — it can give you a heart disease or stroke! Every time researchers discover (through the scientific method) a truth contrary to the bunk peddled by large agri-business, quacks who sell dieting books and programs and the regulators and legislators who are bought and paid for, they call it a “paradox” or a “conundrum.” Take the “cholesterol conundrum” for example. High cholesterol is linked to higher serotonin and low cholesterol is linked to low serotonin. To . . . So you know how Whole Foods goes on ad nauseam about supporting local farmers? Apparently their definition of local includes China. Watch this news clip. It is not recent, so I don’t know if WF has made any major changes since, but it is an eye-opener. To sum up the video, much of the food available at Whole Foods, especially under their own 365 brand, is from China. I just went and checked on a bag of frozen spinach in the freezer. Yup, in small type . . . Update: The deal is officially over. The final price was $44 a voucher. Eating healthy can be really expensive — here’s a deal that will only last until noon today, March 4. 2010. For $45, get a $125 voucher for dry-aged, grass-fed, hand-trimmed, free-range, organic meat from Greensbury Market. They are in Gaithersburg, Md, but THEY DELIVER. The more people who sign up, the lower the cost is. If we get enough people it may go down to $31! Click here for mote details. This will take you to Jasmere, the . . . What if I told you that there was a liquid that would weaken your bones, giving you osteoporosis, replace your bone marrow with fat, cause insulin resistance, increase inflammation in your body and make you obese — especially around your midsection, you know the kind of fat that most predicts heart disease? Would you call this stuff poison? Would you demand that it be removed from grocery shelves and school cafeterias? Or would you take it home and cook your dinner in it? You may have eaten it today when . . . Apparently, Maryland may be about to ban the chemical bisphenol-A (BPA) in baby bottles and sippy cups. As early as tomorrow, the state Senate is expected to vote on a bill to bar BPA in bottles and cups for children under 4. BPA is a synthetic estrogen linked to reproductive and neurological disorders and other serious conditions. Contact your senator if you support this bill. And while you are doing so, tell him or her that this is a great start, but government needs to, ahem, encourage the food industry to find a substitute for BPA liners . . . |
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