If you’re like me, you probably know how much the price of Chocolate and products containing it has risen in recent years. So much that many of us no longer buy Chocolate, except for special occasions. But the latest research says we might better consider Chocolate as medicinal…Read More →
When most North Americans think of MSG – Mono-Sodium Glutamate – they think, ‘Oh! Bad for you!’ But that view is changing, according to recent research and changing social norms. I just read a long piece in The New Yorker about one serious Foodie who now calls herself ‘an MSG convert’…Read More →
This is not intended as the inauguration of a new regular series, just a catch-up in recent news about the healthfulness, or unhealthfulness of Alcohol. We share the findings of three recent studies that, surprisingly, tell us a lot of things we already knew. Enter, Doctor Obvious…Read More →
There’s a heck of a headline to wake up to. But Well-known documentary and adventure film maker James Cameron has this theory that men won’t need Viagra anymore if they go Vegan. He says a Vegan diet will not only protect and even restore cardiac health, but will make one more potent…Read More →
We’ve posted in this space before about the marketing phenomenon known as ‘product downsizing’. That’s what they call it when they reduce the amount of product but keep the package the same size. It started decades ago with candy bars and breakfast cereals, but folks caught on…Read More →
We all know that folks in the western world – where food is relatively plentiful – tend to waste a lot of food. But I wonder if the current movement toward consolidating food production on mega and factory farms is also contributing to the food waste problem. Last week produced two object lessons…Read More →