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The three types of solar cookers explained...
What we do to pumpkins...why have our customs evolved in this way? Abundance and humor? Pumpkin people and pumpkin creatures...
Photos of the pumpkin out in the field and at the farmer's market...
Guess how old the hamburger on the left is? Would you believe 12 years! And this is not the oldest unspoiled hamburger on record. Len Foley has been collecting McDonald's hamburgers for over 19 years and they still look just about as good as new. If you would like to try this experiment yourself he instructs you should keep the hamburger somewhat dry, away from your dog for 6 or 7 days, and then after that, you can display them anywhere out in the open as no animal or insect will go near them. No smell after 24 hours. The bun just gets hard. No visible signs of rot, mold, age or break down...
Bill Clinton shares his recent weight loss and switch to Veganism stories on CNN and then Drs. Caldwell Esselstyn and Dean Ornish talk on the benefits of a plant based diet. Studies show a vegan diet reverses heart disease in 82% of those afflicted. Dr. Esselstyn warns to stay away from anything with a mother, anything with a face; meat, fish or chicken.
This is the result of Advanced Meat Recovery (AMR) a process by which the last traces of meat are scraped or shaved from animal bones and other carcass materials after the meat has been carved off manually. After the process the slurry is classified as finely textured meat. This particular paste is chicken -- it is the main ingredient in chicken nuggets, chicken hot dogs, chicken bologna, etc… Mechanically separated chicken is also treated with ammonia for sterilization purposes. If you see the words 'finely textured' before the name of the meat, this is what you are eating...
Jack LaLanne on being happy. He was the first to use the term sugar-holics. And did you know the jumping jack was named after him?
Food consumption in America. 42 pounds of corn syrup, 24 pounds of ice cream, 85 pounds of fats and oils, 110 pounds of red meat in a year, one gallon of soda a week...no wonder...
Two really helpful food sites...Super Cook and Still Tasty...that you will soon discover add lots of convenience to your life.
For the past year there has been an uproar in the vegetable seed business as Monsanto has purchased Seminis (a seed conglomerate that has 40% of the U.S. vegetable seed market) and De Ruiter Seeds. Monsanto is now in the vegetable seed business for the first time and it's in big time. 55 percent of store bought lettuce, 75 percent of U.S. tomatoes, and 85 percent of peppers now originate through Monsanto's fingers.
If you wish to steer clear of purchasing Monsanto seed- you need to do a bit of homework, as even reputable seed companies that have signed the Safe Seed Pledge, are still selling Seminis (now Monsanto) seed.
Buying seed from a seed exchange, buying open-pollinated and organic are safe ways to avoid Monsanto seed.
A study out of Finland has found that plants fertilized with urine performed four times as well as non-fertilized plants and just as well as plants given mineral fertilizer. Urine is a excellent source of nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium and trace elements. A family of four creates enough urine to fertilize a third of an acre, year round.
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It's what you eat -- and how much...
New England School of Medicine/ washingtonpost.com
Pounds gained or avoided due to eating an additional daily serving of above food over 4 years. People who increased their intake of the top listed foods gained weight. Those who decreased their intake of the top listed foods and ate more of the lower foods had less weight gain.
A new study by Harvard researchers published in the New England Journal of Medicine has found a correlation between certain foods and weight gain:
The study was of 120,877 U.S. women and men who were free of chronic diseases and not obese at baseline. The researchers evaluated changes in multiple specific lifestyle factors and weight gain every four years over 12 to 20 years of follow-up.
"Within each 4-year period, study participants gained an average of 3.35 lb, which corresponded to a weight gain of 16.8 lb over the 20-year period. On the basis of increased daily servings of individual dietary components, 4-year weight change was most strongly associated with the intake of potato chips (1.69 lb), potatoes (1.28 lb), sugar-sweetened beverages (1.00 lb), unprocessed red meats (0.95 lb), and processed meats (0.93 lb) and was inversely associated with the intake of vegetables (−0.22 lb), whole grains (−0.37 lb), fruits (−0.49 lb), nuts (−0.57 lb), and yogurt (−0.82 lb)." www.nejm.org
Diet, Lifestyle, and Long-Term Weight Gain from Harvard School of Public Health
Harvard lead author, Dariush Mozaffarian discusses the findings...
www.hsph.harvard.edu
A separate 30 year study funded by the National Institutes of Health shows the average American eats 570 more calories a day than in 1977, and that the number of daily meals and snacks consumed by adults rose to 4.8 in 2006, compared to 3.8 in 1977. Interestingly, an increase of 220 daily calories now comes from sugar-sweetened soft drinks as compared with 1977. The study's authors at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill suspect food availability (bagels at the gas station) and no longer sitting down for proper meals is a major factor. (uk.reuters.com)
To prevent long term weight gain:
Eat less liquid sugars (e.g. soda, fruit juice) and other sweets, as well as fewer starches (e.g. potatoes, casava) and refined grains (e.g. white bread, white rice, breakfast cereals low in fiber, other refined carbohydrates) and fewer highly processed foods (e.g. white breads, processed meats, sugary beverages) and less red meat.
Focus on eating more minimally processed foods e.g. fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts and yogurt.
The Harvard study shows that quality of food is the key factor in weight gain. Again, specific foods such as potatoes, starches, red meat, sugar and refined flours will force your body to pack on the pounds. On the contrary, eating more yogurt, nuts, fruit and vegetables will keep your weight down.
The Harvard research also found that those who slept 6-8 hours a night gained less weight than those who slept less than 6 or more than 8 hours. Sad news to insomniacs.
The researchers also discovered that TV watching is a culprit in weight gain. Every hour of TV watching per day, adds up to a third of a pound of weight gain over several years. Anotherwords, a lifetime of multiple hour, daily TV watching will add on the pounds.
www.hsph.harvard.edu
www.nejm.org
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The three types of solar cookers explained...
What we do to pumpkins...why have our customs evolved in this way? Abundance and humor? Pumpkin people and pumpkin creatures...
Photos of the pumpkin out in the field and at the farmer's market...
Guess how old the hamburger on the left is? Would you believe 12 years! And this is not the oldest unspoiled hamburger on record. Len Foley has been collecting McDonald's hamburgers for over 19 years and they still look just about as good as new. If you would like to try this experiment yourself he instructs you should keep the hamburger somewhat dry, away from your dog for 6 or 7 days, and then after that, you can display them anywhere out in the open as no animal or insect will go near them. No smell after 24 hours. The bun just gets hard. No visible signs of rot, mold, age or break down...
Bill Clinton shares his recent weight loss and switch to Veganism stories on CNN and then Drs. Caldwell Esselstyn and Dean Ornish talk on the benefits of a plant based diet. Studies show a vegan diet reverses heart disease in 82% of those afflicted. Dr. Esselstyn warns to stay away from anything with a mother, anything with a face; meat, fish or chicken.
This is the result of Advanced Meat Recovery (AMR) a process by which the last traces of meat are scraped or shaved from animal bones and other carcass materials after the meat has been carved off manually. After the process the slurry is classified as finely textured meat. This particular paste is chicken -- it is the main ingredient in chicken nuggets, chicken hot dogs, chicken bologna, etc… Mechanically separated chicken is also treated with ammonia for sterilization purposes. If you see the words 'finely textured' before the name of the meat, this is what you are eating...
Jack LaLanne on being happy. He was the first to use the term sugar-holics. And did you know the jumping jack was named after him?
Food consumption in America. 42 pounds of corn syrup, 24 pounds of ice cream, 85 pounds of fats and oils, 110 pounds of red meat in a year, one gallon of soda a week...no wonder...
Two really helpful food sites...Super Cook and Still Tasty...that you will soon discover add lots of convenience to your life.
For the past year there has been an uproar in the vegetable seed business as Monsanto has purchased Seminis (a seed conglomerate that has 40% of the U.S. vegetable seed market) and De Ruiter Seeds. Monsanto is now in the vegetable seed business for the first time and it's in big time. 55 percent of store bought lettuce, 75 percent of U.S. tomatoes, and 85 percent of peppers now originate through Monsanto's fingers.
If you wish to steer clear of purchasing Monsanto seed- you need to do a bit of homework, as even reputable seed companies that have signed the Safe Seed Pledge, are still selling Seminis (now Monsanto) seed.
Buying seed from a seed exchange, buying open-pollinated and organic are safe ways to avoid Monsanto seed.
A study out of Finland has found that plants fertilized with urine performed four times as well as non-fertilized plants and just as well as plants given mineral fertilizer. Urine is a excellent source of nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium and trace elements. A family of four creates enough urine to fertilize a third of an acre, year round.
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