Health, Nutrition and Fitness

Mmmmm good! 5 Messed-Up Things That Are In Your Food Martha Rosenberg jezebel.com Many of these ingredients are banned in Europe, but here in the good old USA you'll find them on your dinner plate. Two years ago, the nation's collective stomach churned when people learned they were eating a meat product called "pink slime." Lean, finely textured beef as the industry wanted to call it, was meat scraps that were once earmarked for pet food repurposed for the human dinner table, especially the National School Lunch Program. While the product looked like human intestines, what caused the national revulsion was that pink slime was treated with puffs of ammonia to kill th…

Sounds pretty good but I need someone to try this out and post his results before I go through all the trouble. (Did I mention I'm really conservative when it comes to trying out new food?)

17 Horrifyingly Disgusting Retro Gelatin Recipes J-E-L-L-NOPE! posted on February 13, 2014 at 5:40pm EST Brian Galindo BuzzFeed Staff 1. Emerald Cantalope Via badanduglyofretrofood.com Because why would someone who is dieting eat a plain cantaloupe, when they can eat it with lime Jello and canned pineapple (sugar) chunks? 2. Ham In Aspic Via badanduglyofretrofood.com Because ham isn’t slimy enough! Also, is it supposed to be served on a bed of ham fat? 3. Cottage Cheese and Salmon Mold Via badanduglyofretrofood.com Salmon and cottage cheese really is an underrated combination. Also, those boiled eggs are a perfect garnish to balance ou…

They may be great with call centers, but Indians in the country of India seem pretty sloppy when it comes to making generic and over the counter drugs for the United States and other countries. We get 40% of those drugs from India, and the FDA is screaming at the poor quality control and outright fake drugs coming from them. Little screening is done in India if the FDA doesn't do it, and even when they do, they can't stay forever at each suspect plant. Details, scary as they are, can be found here:http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/15/world/asia/medicines-made-in-india-set-off-safety-worries.html?hpw&rref=health

Just the thing for those mornings after when you just don't feel like getting out of bed.

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2014/feb/06/food-waste-solutions-cuttlefish-testicles-pigs-heads

"...in cooking," that is. http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/jan/28/experts-use-salt-in-cooking-why

OK, Pepsi states that, at least in California, it's products won't give you cancer (anyway not any more). Never would have, says they, as long as you didn't drink more than 4 ounces a day. Guess they put the stuff in 12 oz. cans for convenience in sharing. http://www.latimes.com/food/dailydish/la-dd-pepsi-one-carcinogen-soda-20140123,0,2293838.story#axzz2rHtIZyUg Hell, I drink Coke so what do I care?

From today's Raleigh newspaper. Try lard, the comeback fat, in baked goods and salad dressings By Sylvia Carter Correspondent January 21, 2014 Updated 10 hours ago The News & Observer Croquetas fried in lard, garbanzo beans and pork made with paprika-flavored lard, guava pie and mantecaditos cookies made with lard are on the menu at the Old Havana Sandwich Shop in Durham. CHRIS SEWARD — cseward@newsobserver.com When Roberto Copa Matos was growing up in Ranchuelo, a small town in central Cuba, he went with his grandmother on weekends to the bakery where she worked. He remembers peering into “big tubs of lard, white as snow.” Though the little boy had…

Julia Child's Potage Parmentier: A Classic Worth Revisiting December 26, 2013 by Nicole Perry yumsugar.com It's fun to keep up with the latest trends, but I like to think that classic dishes are just that for a reason: they're always in fashion. To many, it doesn't get more classic than the grand dame of French cookery, Julia Child. So it only seems fitting to crack the spine on her seminal masterpiece, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and get searching to find a recipe of hers to make time and time again. Not too surprisingly, flipping through the pages of pithy prose and detailed instructions provided ample inspiration — one could easily spend a year dev…

A few photos of yummy stuff.

Unhealthiest Fast-Food Fries in America By Elsa Säätelä18 hours ago It's highly likely that the menu at a fast-food restaurant will include french fries, and it's also quite likely that you will order them. French fries might have a French name, but they are a quintessential fast-food staple in America. The simple recipe of sliced potatoes that are deep-fried and salted is one of the most common side dishes served in fast-food establishments. Though they're often thought of as the perfect companion to a burger, they can also be enjoyed on their own as a snack or even used to perk up another dish (like on pizza or in a sandwich — yes that exists). Click…

Apple Cores Are a Myth You can eat the whole apple. Americans could be throwing away $13.2 billion. James Hamblin The Atlantic Nov 15 2013, 12:14 PM ET What do you think an apple core is? What's the thing we throw away? It is a ghost. If you eat your apples whole, you are a hero to this ghost. If you do not, you are barely alive. Come experience vitality. Earlier this year, in "How to Eat Apples Like a Boss," a video by Foodbeast, the Internet was promised the gift of confidence in apple-eating. Elie Ayrouth ate an apple starting at the bottom, proceeding to up to the top, and finishing with a wink to the camera, as bosses do. Eating as such, Foodbeast said, the…

http://news.yahoo.com/video/hiv-infected-mice-cured-090544977.html LIVE OR DIE: German reseachers have sucessfully cured several HIV-infected mice. They did it using a new method which uses an enzyme to cut the virus from the DNA of infected cells.

McDonald’s Website Tells Employees Not To Eat Fast Food For Health Reasons Jameson December 23, 2013 McDonald’s suggestion to their employees? Uh, don’t eat McDonald’s. That’s what a recent post on the employee resource website McDonald’s provides for its workers. And in case an employee still didn’t get the message that they are definitely talking about McDonald’s food, the post displays a picture of a burger and fries – the company’s specialty. “Fast foods are quick, reasonably priced, and readily available alternatives to home cooking. While convenient and economical for a busy lifestyle, fast foods are typically high in calories, fat, saturated fat, sugar, a…

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/10532427/France-implants-its-first-artificial-heart.html Now if they will just kindly hurry up and get these things proved out before I come around to needing one.

Nice remembrance. Love her books & recipes & sensibility. Kind of narrow to put this post in the '...Nutrition...' forum but why not bring some life down here. The enduring legacy of Elizabeth David, Britain's first lady of foodShe led British cooking from the greyness of austerity to an exotic world of fresh herbs and garlic. On the eve of Elizabeth David's centenary, we celebrate her life and books Rachel Cooke The Observer, Saturday 7 December 2013 Elizabeth David in her kitchen in Halsey St, Chelsea. Photograph: Elizabeth David Estate Simon Hopkinson first met Elizabeth David in 1984, or thereabouts, at Hilaire, the Chelsea restaurant of which he w…

Tempted to crack that the cure is not that much better than the affliction, but any good news about this is welcome. Alzheimer's patients' brains boosted by belting out Sound of MusicFour-month study finds mental performance of people with dementia improves after singing classic hits from musicals Ian Sample, science correspondent, in San Diego theguardian.com, Monday 11 November 2013 05.47 EST Dementia researchers chose songs that would be familiar to care home residents, including The Sound of Music. Photograph: 20th Century Fox/Everett/Rex Features Belting out classic numbers from hit musicals can boost the brain function of people with Alzheimer's disease,…

Hepatitis C, a Silent Killer, Meets Its Match By ANDREW POLLACK Published: November 4, 2013 The New York Times Determined to get rid of the hepatitis C infection that was slowly destroying his liver, Arthur Rubens tried one experimental treatment after another. None worked, and most brought side effects, like fever, insomnia, depression, anemia and a rash that “felt like your skin was on fire.” But this year, Dr. Rubens, a professor of management at Florida Gulf Coast University, entered a clinical trial testing a new pill against hepatitis C. Taking it was “a piece of cake.” And after three months of treatment, the virus was cleared from his body at last. “I had…

Forget mass government espionage -- here's what The Guardian knows is really important: http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2013/oct/24/how-to-eat-biscuits

Some Fruits Are Better Than Others By Nikolas Bakalar The New York Times September 4, 2013 Eating fruits is good for you, but new research suggests that some fruits may be better than others, and that fruit juice is not a good substitute. Recent studies have found that eating a greater variety, but not a greater quantity, of fruit significantly reduces the risk for Type 2 diabetes. This made researchers wonder whether some fruits might have a stronger effect than others. Using data from three large health studies, they tracked diet and disease prospectively over a 12-year period in more than 185,000 people, of whom 12,198 developed Type 2 d…

HOME MADE PROTEIN BARS (On A Budget) - Make High Protein Fudge Bars For less than 49 cents per bar! Ingredients (Makes 5 Bars) - 8 scoops chocolate protein powder - 1 cup oatmeal - 1/3 cup natural peanut butter - 3 tbsp honey - 1/2 cup 1% milk - 3 tbsp crushed peanuts Directions 1. Mix together the protein powder, oatmeal, peanut butter, honey and milk. 2. Form into 5 bars and then roll in the crushed peanuts to finish. 3. Place in the fridge for about 30-45 mins or until solid These are damn good tasting and can be made in under 5 minutes... Enjoy!

Why I changed my mind on weed By Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent updated 8:54 AM EDT, Thu August 8, 2013 (CNN) -- Over the last year, I have been working on a new documentary called "Weed." The title "Weed" may sound cavalier, but the content is not. I traveled around the world to interview medical leaders, experts, growers and patients. I spoke candidly to them, asking tough questions. What I found was stunning. Long before I began this project, I had steadily reviewed the scientific literature on medical marijuana from the United States and thought it was fairly unimpressive. Reading these papers five years ago, it was hard to make a case for medi…

My second favorite things to eat.... Um, maybe third...... Err, the fifth...... Oh, hell in a handbasket. One of the top seventy-seven things I enjoy inserting into my mouth. After all, there are so many wonderful flavors of Haggen-Dazs.