Category Archives: Food and nutrition news

All in Favor of Slimness, Please Stand Up

By Ginger | Published: October 5, 2008
Mounting scientific evidence shows that simply sitting too much can promote obesity and diabetes.
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Eating like hypocritical toddlers

By Ginger | Published: March 1, 2008
I had a friend whose 4-year-old son would eat only white foods. As many mothers can relate, this is not an unusual phase for young kids to go through. For a year, she gritted her teeth and served him nothing but pasta, rice, potatoes, white bread, and chicken breast. I was thinking of this recently when [...]
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Spirit of the Green Fairy returns

By Ginger | Published: December 5, 2007
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. Now, [...]
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The China syndrome

By Ginger | Published: April 15, 2007
Why do we need to import wheat gluten from China?
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Steamed up over espresso

By Ginger | Published: March 25, 2007
The fun of making espresso at home.
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