I’ve been thinking a lot about this lately, especially with all the reading I’ve been doing (The Unhealthy Truth, The China Study) and movies I’ve been seeing (Food, Inc.)… who is motivated to keep Americans healthy? Certainly not the drug companies, which make more money when people are sick and turn to medication for help. [...]
Archive for June, 2009
29 Jun
Why would anyone want Americans to be healthy when there’s so much money to be made when we’re sick?
26 Jun
The China Study–why we should eat less animal protein
I recently finished reading The China Study. I got this book thinking it would be about the China study, where the health and diets of over 6000 rural Chinese were examined. It ended up being more of a summary about the life work of researcher T. Colin Cambell, Ph.D. I think a better title for [...]
23 Jun
Food, Inc.
I just saw an early showing of the movie Food, Inc. last night and it was amazing. The movie features various segments discussing the industrialization of our food. It features significant interviews from the author of Fast Food Nation and The Omnivore’s Dilemma/In Defense of Food. It shows clips inside chicken houses, meat packing plants, [...]
18 Jun
Lima bean bake
I love bean dishes, as they are good for you and super cheap! This is a dish that my grandmother has prepared since I was a child and I love it. I recently tried making it with lima beans (since it’s hard to find the large beans the recipe usually calls for) and I have [...]
17 Jun
CSA shares begin!
Our CSA began delivering their produce this week. I have been so anxious for it to start. I am currently reading The China Study and am all ready to eat tons of plants. This week, we got 3 different lettuces, more spinach than I know what to do with, dill, parsley, cilantro, beets, radishes, and [...]
13 Jun
Breastfeeding a toddler
I used to thinking that nursing a toddler was weird. It made me uncomfortable. I only planned to nurse by firstborn until he was one. But when he turned one, he wasn’t eating much food and was still nursing six times in a 24 hour period so obviously weaning wasn’t going to happen right away. [...]
10 Jun
The Unhealthy Truth
It’s not very often that I read a book that I think everyone needs to read. In fact, since I started this blog almost two years ago, it’s only happened once with In Defense of Food. However, I just finished reading The Unhealthy Truth, which came out last month, and I think that every parent [...]
8 Jun
Pastured eggs
We have been fortunate enough to have access to some eggs from my mother’s friend. She raises hens herself and they are pastured–meaning they eat a diet of greens and bugs and worms, like hens were intended to eat, rather than a diet of grains, something completely unnatural for a hen to eat. I wish [...]
4 Jun
Campaign for Safe Cosmetics writes J&J
The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics sent Johnson&Johnson a letter last week asking them to remove toxic chemicals–such as 1,4-dioxane and formaldehyde–from its baby shampoo. You can read the letter here. Scroll down to the bottom and take a look at the people who signed that letter. Also read the addendum with the concerns about the [...]
3 Jun
Zero VOC paint
We just tried our first zero VOC paint. The paint base has no VOCs and the colorant is also free of VOCs. There aren’t many paints on the market that use a no-VOC colorant so I was really excited to try it. I thought the paint was great. It covered well and I was happy [...]
