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All in Favor of Slimness, Please Stand Up
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Spirit of the Green Fairy returns
Van Gogh supposedly was under its influence when he lopped off his ear. It was blamed for murder, mayhem, and depravity of all sorts. It inspired a painting by Edgar Degas that enraged Victorian England. Its reputation was so bad that the United States, Switzerland and France banned its sale in the early 20th century. [...]
Cobb Salad: A meal in a salad bowl
A recipe for Cobb salad with a vinaigrette dressing.
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The China syndrome
Why do we need to import wheat gluten from China?
Trans fat nannies
Do we really need a law to help us eat sensibly?
Fish oil gets another nod
Research indicates that omega 3 fats, found in abundance in fish and fish oils, could be good brain medicine.
The Food Safety Net
The E. coli-tainted spinach that killed three and sickened 200 people in 26 states and Canada has again focused attention on whether food safety oversight in the U.S. is too fractured. The National Academy of Sciences, the government’s General Accounting Agency, and the Center for Science in the Public Interest and other consumer groups have [...]
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Run for Your Food
An article in the current issue of the New Scientist suggests that humans may have evolved the body shape we did to become good runners. And why would we need to be good runners? So we could eat. Our ancestors could get to animal carcasses first to scavenge and later, when they became hunters, they [...]