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Can’t…Stop…Eating…

Posted in diet, food knowledge, food news, health, tagged , , , , on September 14, 2009 | 4 Comments »

And, now I know it’s kinda not my fault.  Kinda.
Findings from a new study suggest that some fats cause our brains to turn off the “I’m full” signal that tells us when to stop eating.
Here’s what they think happens: we eat the fat, it goes to our brains.  Once they get there, the fat [...]

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To Eat (Local) or Not to Eat (Local)? That is the Question.

Posted in diet, food knowledge, food news, greenmarket, michael pollan, politics, tagged , , , , on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I just found a very interesting interview about sustainable food on NPR’s Science Friday.  Author James McWilliams has just written a book called Just Food: Where Locavores Get It Wrong and How We Can Truly Eat Responsibly.  In the book, McWilliams claims that eating locally is not the “best” way to be a responsible conservator [...]

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Just What We’ve Come to Expect

Posted in diet, food news, politics, tagged , , on August 18, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Having struggled with my weight for almost my entire life, I understand how painful it can be when someone just assumes the following about you because you are overweight:

You are lazy
You are stupid
You are ugly
You have no self-control
You smell
You are worthless
You deserve no consideration or respect
You are not a human being

I’ve been the recipient of [...]

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Welcome to the Nanny State

Posted in diet, food news, politics, tagged , on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

As of July 1, Phase II of Albany County’s Trans-Fat ban has gone into effect.  Meaning restaurants now cannot serve ANY product that contains artificial trans-fat, and must be able to provide documentation to prove same.   Their website has all the details, in case you were wondering what foods may be affected by this ban.  Essentially, [...]

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Vegetarianism, Part II

Posted in diet, health on July 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »

As if my previous list of reasons to become a vegetarian weren’t enough…
http://blog.timesunion.com/tablehopping/7860/study-vegetarian-less-likely-to-get-cancer/
Thanks, Steve!  You tipped the scales for me!

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Vegetarianism

Posted in diet, health, life, politics on June 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I’m seriously considering becoming a vegetarian.  I’ve been thinking about it a lot, and there is a long list of pro-vegetarian reasons why.  There is also a long list of reasons why I probably couldn’t/shouldn’t. 

PRO: A vegetarian diet is healthier than a carnivorous diet.  I know this intuitively to be true for me (I’m not [...]

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Food Recalls and Food, Inc.

Posted in diet, food knowledge, health, politics on June 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »

As a service to my (5) readers, I’m posting a couple food recalls that may be of interest.  Just another horrific entry in my Diary of the Unsafe US Food Supply (informaiton courtesy www.recalls.gov):

Unilever United States, Inc. is voluntarily recalling Knorr® Kosher Soup Mix – Chicken Vegetable Flavor with Pasta imported from Israelbecause it contains undeclared [...]

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Coconut Lovin’

Posted in diet, must-buys, recipes, reviews on March 23, 2009 | 3 Comments »

I am a big fan of coconut cream pie…but alas it is probably among the worst things you can eat:  egg yolks, heavy cream, pastry dough, coconut, whipped cream, etc.  I was jonesing HARD for a coconut fix, so I had to try to come up with a healthy alternative to this heavenly dessert.  I believe I have [...]

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Bursting at the Seams

Posted in diet, health on March 22, 2009 | 5 Comments »

Perhaps I should have a better attitude about this.
On Friday, I was meeting with my friend Gail at her office, which happens to be the office I worked in a few years back.  She was telling me how she and a couple of my former co-workers started a weight-loss challenge.  Here’s how they do it: [...]

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