Is that Beady-Eyed Potato to Blame? Think Again
There’s more to the story than just a few bad potatoes (and bad potato jokes). Read on: Forks Over Knives | Do Potatoes Cause Diabetes?.
Pawtuxet Village Farmers Market Opens Tomorrow
From Steve Stycos: PAWTUXET VILLAGE FARMERS MARKET OPENS SATURDAY The Pawtuxet Village Farmers Market opens Saturday May 12 for its year with the addition of a coffee vendor, a fisherman and a new bakery. In addition, returning farmers will have a variety of salad greens and spinach, plus plants. Our newest vendor is LeFavorite Bakery, [...]
S. Korea curbs U.S. beef sales after confirmation of mad cow disease – CNN.com
Maybe it’s a sign from above that we should all just stop eating beef. For what it’s worth, eating beef is also associated with higher rates of several cancers including pancreatic and breast cancer, and many other of the reproductive cancers. Eating hamburger also may involve eating pink slime. So all in all, I’d say [...]
Soul Food Junkies
Hate to feel like I’m just a cut-and-paste blogger, so I want to mention that I enjoyed a local screening of ‘Soul Food Junkies’. Byron Hurt, the documentary maker, came to Rhode Island and showed his film at Miriam Hospital to health care workers, and later at an event open to the public at the [...]
Rhode Island Schools Removing ‘Pink Slime’ from the Menu
You may remember the video we posted a few weeks back about Pink Slime. I’m happy to report that we were part of the national momentum of disgust that has prompted the right response from our state: School removing ‘pink slime’ from the menu | Turn to 10.
Correlation n’ Causation
Can a Brussels Sprout save your life? I want to believe it’s true, but my inner skeptic says this is another superficial Yahoo science headline by someone too busy to read or think… Veggies Improve Breast Cancer Survival–Study Chinese women who ate cabbage, broccoli and leafy greens saw improved survival rates after breast cancer than [...]
Sugar: The Bitter Truth: “It’s Alcohol without the Buzz”
via Sugar: The Bitter Truth – YouTube. Just watched this. It’s long and quite technical in terms of biochemistry, but it makes the case strongly that fructose is a chronic toxin, as in soda is basically “alcohol without the buzz.”
Heart surgeon speaks out on what really causes heart disease
Reblogged from The Caudal Lure: I strongly recommend reading this article written by a veteran heart surgeon Dr. Dwight Lundell, M. D. who has 25 years experience having operated on 5000+ patients. Just to give you a taste here’s the intro: We physicians with all our training, knowledge and authority often acquire a rather large [...]
Pinkberry Fundraiser for my Daughter’s Elementary School
Bring this flyer to Pinkberry in Garden City on March 24 and the Eden Park Elementary School will get 20% for its PTP group.
The Truth Behind Hamburger: PINK SLIME!
If you haven’t eaten your last hamburger yet, this video should do it. I know I’m done.
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