Who says scientists and lab researchers are all white coats and no feather boas? Well, maybe not that big a contrast, but just in time for the year-end festive season, at least one lab team has published some truly good news for folks who love to indulge in good old fashioned party food…Read More →
The official Canada Food Price Report (FPR) for 2021 is out and the forecast is for cloudy skies and more-expensive food, regardless of what your lifestyle or preferences may be. Brace yourself for something like an average increase next year of at least 5 percent, as the pandemic rages on…Read More →
Here’s an interesting cultural ‘aside’ to the whole COVID-19 thing that makes me wonder whether people – even in this scientifically-advanced, culturally-aware day and age – aren’t still their own worst enemies. I was drawn to take a closer look this morning at a post about ‘Opening Beer Bottles’…Read More →
You may have guessed that this morning’s post is at least partly a survey of the marked changes in focus on ‘learned studies’ being published in legitimate scientific journals. But it’s also a spotlight of sorts on what is actually happening as folks’ resistance to the pressures of isolation wears down…Read More →
I recently ran across an interesting article in a food blog I regularly scan for source material, and it turned out to be something other than I was expecting. So I decided to write the story I had been expecting, which I thought would be a darned sight more interesting. Let me know what you think…Read More →
What a change a week makes! All you have to do is change over from November to December and the whole main emphasis of Fast Food advertising seems to switch from ‘look for our seasonal specials’ to ‘keep coming for our specials and these new, surprise, bonus specials’…Read More →
Dr. Obvious last night e-mailed me the coordinates of study findings, purportedly showing that ‘older people in wealthy countries consume more alcohol than their counterparts in middle-income countries, on average, although a higher cost of alcohol is associated with less frequent drinking’…Read More →
Here’s something we could all use these days: A way to lower the effects of stress on our bodies and minds without elaborate or time consuming rituals, or making major changes in out daily lives. And there’s a major bonus attached that would help improve our overall quality of life…Read More →