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A fishy heredity
Taste for meat and fish inherited, study shows Children learn to like fruits and vegetables from their parents, however LONDON – Children inherit their taste for meat and fish but when it comes to vegetables and desserts it’s more nurture … Continue reading
Posted in Nutrition
Tagged fish, in the news, Kalevala, Lemminkäinen, omega 3s, scientific studies
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Chemical food
The Environmental Working Group reports of the foods most contaminated by pesticides.
Posted in Ecology, Nutrition
Tagged David Mendosa, Environmental Working Group (EWG), food production & supply, pesticides
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Morning routine
It’s been some time now since I’ve integrated the dietary changes in my life enough that I don’t really have to think one helluva lot about how to put a meal together, or even a full day’s meals, or what … Continue reading
Soda pop out of the schools
Well, yeehaw, this is good news. Companies agree to ban on sale of fizzy drinks in schools By Lauren Foster in New York Financial Times Updated: 3:43 p.m. ET May 4, 2006 The world’s three largest soft drink companies on … Continue reading
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Tagged in the news, Lisa Murkowski, schools, soda pop
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School vending machines
My letter to Sen. Lisa Murkowski thanking her for her cosponsorship of the Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act, which would create nutritional standards for foo sold through schools including vending machines. Meanwhile, Anchorage School District is gonig to begin phasing out sale of junk food & vending machines ASD schools.
Posted in Nutrition
Tagged Anchorage School District, junk food, letter, Lisa Murkowski, schools, soda pop, vending machines
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GI Newsletter for March
The March issue of the Glycemic Index Newsletter, put out by the good folks at U. Sydney, is out. Among other interesting news: A study showing that diabetic particpants were able to reduce their HbA1C readings by 19% & their … Continue reading
Posted in Fat loss, Nutrition
Tagged diabetes, GI Newsletter, glycemic index (GI)
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Someone else's great cooking
Curried ground turkey stroganoff Rozz put this together for dinner tonight — mmmmmm good. This is organic ground turkey with kale, a bunch of spices including curry, on soba noodles made with buckwheat & yam. With tomatoes & cucumbers to … Continue reading
State of my art 2
On January 27, I wrote a post called “State of my art” (based on a post I wrote to the list LowGlycemicEating@yahoogroups.com) which detailed where I was at on matters dietary at that time. A few weeks later, I’ve added … Continue reading
Posted in Insulin resistance, Nutrition
Tagged books & resources (insulin resistance), books & resources (nutrition), carbohydrates, glycemic index (GI), How to Prevent and Treat Diabetes with Natural Medicine, Melz history, Melz state of my art (health/fitness), Schwarzbein Principle (book)
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Economics of healthy eating
I’ve been thinking a lot about this. It does seem to be more expensive to eat healthily — & then I think about the kinds of stuff on store shelves, & it becomes clear: refined & lower quality food is … Continue reading
Fridge makeover
The major health step over the weekend was working with Rozz to swamp out & reorganize our fridge. I could have taken before/after photos of the refrigerator, but it was frightening enough just to deal with it. Mystery foods & … Continue reading