| Jul 22, 2015 | Environment / HealthThe media and even some experts continue to miss the boat on obesity. Consider this recent example. “Being overweight or obese increases the risk of a variety of chronic health conditions, including type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease,” reported the Los...
| Mar 11, 2015 | Food / FarmingCereal’s gone full circle since the invention of corn flakes by nutrition guru John Harvey Kellogg. Kellogg ran a sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan. An advocate of vegetarian eating, he sought an easy way for patients to consume healthy breakfasts of whole grains....
| Feb 25, 2015 | Food / FarmingRemember the old food pyramid? Until “MyPlate” replaced it a few years ago, the U.S. government’s official dietary advice for Americans fit neatly into that triangle. The government recently moved toward updating those standards again. And the result...
| Nov 5, 2014 | Food / FarmingHere’s a typical scene in any American checkup: The doctor walks in to find the patient sitting on the table. “Well, your cholesterol is too high,” the doctor tells the patient. “I can prescribe something for it, but the real solution will be...
| Oct 14, 2014 | Food / FarmingIn Texas, not all goobers are produced by peanut farmers. A bumper crop of some of our nuttiest goobers comes out of far-right-wing political soil. Check out this blue-ribbon specimen: Todd Staples. Carefully cultivated by corporate agribusiness powers, he’s...
