Can your genes help create ‘designer’ diets?
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The studies question long-held beliefs about food selection and weight loss. For example, could 1,000 calories of turkey cause more weight gain in some people than 1,000 calories of cashews? If so, could a person lose weight through food selection without cutting total calories?
No “Fundamental Right” to Own a Cow, or Consume Its Milk
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Wisconsin Judge Patrick J. Fiedler, on your fundamental rights.
“This court is unwilling to declare that there is a fundamental right to consume the food of one’s choice without first being presented with significantly more developed arguments on both sides of the issue.”
“no, Plaintiffs to not have a fundamental right …
Milk Doesn’t Make Coughing Worse
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This is good news because milk is my daughter’s favorite drink even (especially?) when she’s sick. We used to tell her that drinking milk would make her cough worse. Now, we won’t have to.
“The question has been formally investigated in studies, which demonstrated no increase in mucus production,” Dr. Sulica said, “although subjects …
A Food Bill Too Far
Last Tuesday, the Senate passed a food safety bill. The House is expected to pass it easily and the President plans to sign it.
They shouldn’t. It’s a bad bill.
Easy Indian Cooking
I’m really starting to enjoy Indian food but it usually looks like a lot of work to prepare it. I recently discovered The Indian Slow Cooker — a collection of recipes, for making Indian food in a crock pot.
How to Do Real Social Justice and Feed Africa's Millions
For the last couple of years, I’ve been unhappy with the ”short term missions” model that many churches use. It seems to involve a lot of good feelings about going somewhere else to experience ”true poverty”, working there for 1-3 weeks, coming home, showing lots of pictures of really poor people, and talking about the …
Capitalism Will Feed the World's Poor
I talked earlier this week about capitalism and its blessings, in regard to cleanliness. Consider this, about the blessings of capitalism in regard to food.
What’s so tragic about this is that we know from experience how to fix the problem. Wherever the rural poor have gained access to improved roads, modern seeds, less …