Yes this guy looks slightly goofy but don’t let that put you off, this site rules. If you’ve been following along with my food posts, you’ll know I’m on a bit of a health kick. This site is a little wonky to navigate, but it’s been a sweet resource for me lately, particularly their list of:
World’s Healthiest Foods
and
Essential Nutrients.
Go there and be schooled. Not sure about their book but FYI it’s a fair bit cheaper on amazon
This is an interesting documentary about how a healthy diet is both the prevention and cure to most modern disease, and the medical profession and pharmaceutical companies don’t want you to know it. It’s a bootleg, some guy filmed his TV screen. Find parts 2-9 here. Or better yet don’t be a pirate and go to foodmatters.tv and buy the DVD.
Similar in vein to the Michael Pollan stuff I posted the other day. He talks about modern agribusiness and lightly pleads a return to eating healthily.
Part 1:
Interesting conversation with Michael Pollan, author of In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto
and The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
Watch parts 2-4 after the jump:
This is pro. I’ve never had rabbit, but I’ve always wanted to try it. I saw one at the store the other week and it was like $25, ouch. Might have to take up hunting.
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20 Healthiest Foods for under $1
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Police threw 32 pounds of pot on a Maryland mayor’s doorstep then stormed in and killed his dogs – wtf
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Esquire’s 75 Things a Man Should Do Before He Dies
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Battery powered ultralight plane – very hot
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CO-ED Magazine’s ‘10 Bands You Need To Know But Probably Don’t
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Christian The Lion – wow I got a little verklempt thanks for the link Mom
Best Chinese Restaurant Name Ever - sounds delicious!
I tried this with a couple apples and it actually worked, I was impressed. Doesn’t seem to work as well with yellow apples though.
New research suggests that a daily cup of joe can ‘protect’ the brain from cholesterol, and stave off Alzheimer’s. And last week the news was that having a fat gut can increase risk of dementia.
“Caffeine appears to block several of the disruptive effects of cholesterol that make the blood-brain barrier leaky,” said Dr Jonathan Geiger, who led the study.
“High levels of cholesterol are a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease, perhaps by compromising the protective nature of the blood brain barrier.
“Caffeine is a safe and readily available drug and its ability to stabilise the blood brain barrier means it could have an important part to play in therapies against neurological disorders.”
A spokesman for the Alzheimer’s Society said that the barrier seemed to work less efficiently in people who went on to develop Alzheimer’s or suffer strokes, and the cholesterol link might explain this.
“This is the best evidence yet that caffeine equivalent to one cup of coffee a day can help protect the brain against cholesterol.
“In addition to its effect on the vascular system, elevated cholesterol levels also cause problems with the blood brain barrier.”
But, unfiltered coffee such as espresso or presspot supposedly can raise your cholesterol. I say do what you will.
I have no idea where this video is lifted from, but the hypercool Christopher Walken shows us how he cooks his chicken. “400 degrees…. That goes in there for 1 hour. Be right back.”
