Huge study. Over 400,000 subjects. Even a single cup a day seems to help …
MARILYNN MARCHIONE – AP – Coffee drinkers live longer, big study finds; regular and decaf are equally good
Category Archives: food
the day Cheezies died …
It’s sad times for those of us, like me and Mason, who love Hawkins Cheezies.
… Around 1940, a young Ohio farmer named Jim Marker was looking for a way to preserve corn to feed his cattle year-round. So, with the help of a friend, he built a special extruder to mould the grain into porous sticks.
Chicago confectioner W.T. Hawkins got word of the unusual invention and dispatched his son, Webb, to acquire Mr. Marker’s idea and develop it into a snack food. The farmer agreed, and went into business with Mr. Hawkins. The cornmeal concoctions, now fried in oil and coated in powdered cheddar, were dubbed Cheezies. …
Globe – Jim Marker moulded Cheezies into a Canadian icon
I imagine he was submersed in a vat of Cheezies slurry.
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fat kids
We have school groups in our Gymnastics Club every day. For recreational gymnastics. The number of overweight and obese children is shocking.
Kottke linked to an important Daily Beast article:
Ten years after his seminal book Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser reflects on how little has changed in the production, safety, and consumption in America—but why he’s still hopeful.
Every day about 65 million people eat at a McDonald’s restaurant somewhere in the world, more than ever before. The annual revenues of America’s fast-food industry, adjusted for inflation, have risen by about 20 percent since 2001. …About two thirds of the adults in the United States are obese or overweight. The obesity rate among preschoolers has doubled in the past 30 years. The rate among children aged 6 to 11 has tripled. And by some odd coincidence, the annual cost of the nation’s obesity epidemic — about $168 billion, as calculated by researchers at Emory University — is the same as the amount of money Americans spent on fast food in 2011. …
Still a Fast-Food Nation: Eric Schlosser Reflects on 10 Years Later
If you’ve never read Fast Food Nation, the Kindle edition is only $3.99.
It’s not easy being an obese child, as 3yr-old Leslie Downes found out in 1935.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
(via Kottke)
Certainly kids need to exercise more. Eat less. But how’s that going to happen?
life in Regina
Nobody told me Regina, Saskatchewan was so tropical. I ran in t-shirt and shorts today — March 12th.
I’m staying with my boss Tammy and her husband Darcy. Great hotel. Great restaurant. 
Sunday family barbecue dinner.
What Really Causes Heart Disease
Even as a gymnastics coach I rarely pontificate about diet. Weight yes. Diet no.
I’ve always assumed that most of the conventional wisdom is wrong.
This article — for me — rings true — what we are doing now is NOT WORKING.
Dr. Dwight Lundell:
… I freely admit to being wrong. As a heart surgeon with 25 years experience, having performed over 5,000 open-heart surgeries, today is my day to right the wrong with medical and scientific fact. …
Statistics from the American Heart Association show that 75 million Americans currently suffer from heart disease, 20 million have diabetes and 57 million have pre-diabetes. These disorders are affecting younger and younger people in greater numbers every year. …
What are the biggest culprits …
highly processed carbohydrates (sugar, flour and all the products made from them) and the excess consumption of omega-6 vegetable oils like soybean, corn and sunflower that are found in many processed foods …
There is but one answer to quieting inflammation, and that is returning to foods closer to their natural state. To build muscle, eat more protein. Choose carbohydrates that are very complex such as colorful fruits and vegetables. Cut down on or eliminate inflammation- causing omega-6 fats like corn and soybean oil and the processed foods that are made from them. …
What you can do is choose whole foods your grandmother served …
Heart Surgeon Speaks Out On What Really Causes Heart Disease
Blythe’s birthday
Blythe turned 20-something yesterday in London.
We took her out for British “health food”.
Like this:
oranges cause obesity
The great thing about a free all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet in a 5 star tropical hotel is that you can choose exactly what fruits & vegetables you want, in exactly the quantities you want.
Avoiding fattening oranges can keep your most important meal under 300 calories.
… by the way, does anyone recognize this exotic food?
Doesn’t look edible.
torturing and murdering seafood
… apologies for all the (delicious) dead animals on this blog of late. Yet here are more creatures put in pain for our pleasure.
I’d avoided the usual Japanese tourist “attractions” — fish markets … until Hokodate.
At that seaport it’s near impossible for a passerby to avoid the cruelty zoo.
Crabs and squid seem to object more strenuously than the rest.
The shark tried to make a run for it.
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Let’s say you believe in trying to reduce global warming. Like this guy:
… There’s not a single person who’s done more to fight climate change than Bill McKibben. Through thoughtful books, ubiquitous magazine contributions, and, most notably, the founding of 350.org (an international non-profit dedicated to fighting global warming), McKibben has committed his life to saving the planet. For all the passion fueling his efforts, though, there’s something weirdly amiss in his approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions: neither he nor 350.org will actively promote a vegan diet. …
… as a recent report from the World Preservation Foundation confirms, ignoring veganism in the fight against climate change is sort of like ignoring fast food in the fight against obesity. Forget ending dirty coal or natural gas pipelines. As the WPF report shows, veganism offers the single most effective path to reducing global climate change. …
read more on Freakonomics – Agnostic Carnivores and Global Warming: Why Enviros Go After Coal and Not Cows
tasty Octopus balls
Big in Osaka, where they were first introduced.
Takoyaki (たこ焼き or 蛸焼) (literally fried or grilled octopus) is a popular ball-shaped Japanese dumpling or more like a savory pancake made of batter and cooked in a special takoyaki pan (see below). It is typically filled with diced or whole baby octopus, tempura scraps (tenkasu), pickled ginger, and green onion. …
The performance making them is as important as the taste.
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eat drink Japan
If you’ve been hosted in Japan, you know this story.
… starts with a few beer. Then Sushi and Sashimi.
Your host orders in Japanese, then asks you if you enjoyed the whale after you’ve tried it.
Whiskey is mandatory. A couple of kinds. And Shōchū, of course.
The evening inevitably ends like this.
THANKS A LOT, Shiro.
