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Tag Archives: nutrition
Book Review of “Paleofantasy: What Evolution really tells us about sex, diet, and how we live”
Alice Friedemann’s review of: Marlene Zuk. 2013. Paleofantasy: What Evolution really tells us about sex, diet, and how we live. My first introduction to Evolutionary Psychology was “The Adapted Mind” which posited we’re unhappy because of the tremendous difference between … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, book review, diet, hunter gatherer, nutrition, paleofantasy, starch
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Diet and having a long and disability-free life
I’d never even heard that nuts and seeds were so essential to a long and disability free life. To prevent heart disease, it outranked being a couch potato, and eating enough fruit, vegetables, and whole grains! And it was 8th … Continue reading
Cost, Calories, & Nutrition in Crunch! Alice Crackers versus Commercial Crackers
Bottom line: home-made crackers cost about 8 cents per serving, store-bought 50 cents to a dollar per serving. home-made crackers are far healthier – fewer calories, more fiber, more protein, more vitamins, more minerals and less (trans) fat, sugar, and … Continue reading
Posted in Chips & Crackers, Dishonest Labels, Grains/Legumes/Seeds, Nutrition, Nutrition and Cost, Outrageous!
Tagged cost, nutrition, whole grain cracker
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Corn Flour
I grind dent / field corn in the Nutrimill — it’s why I bought the mill, but it’s a pain in the butt because you have to stand there and push the corn into the holes above the grinder to … Continue reading
Getting in Touch With Your Inner Neanderthal: The 10,000 Year Explosion
Gregory Cochran and Henry Harpending. 2009. The 10,000 Year Explosion. How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution. This book makes the astounding claim that our evolution has sped up 100 times faster in the past 10,000 years than the previous six million … Continue reading
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Tagged 000 year explosion, 10, cochran, corning, evolution, nature's magic, neanderthal, nutrition
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White Flour: What Fiber, Protein, and Healthy oils are missing?
When wheat is milled, only the endosperm is made into white flour, the bran and germ are removed and sold separately. Yet the Bran and Germ have most of the good stuff! 93% of the fiber 85% of the protein … Continue reading
Posted in Industrial Food Sucks, Nutrition Stolen, Outrageous!
Tagged bran, endosperm, fiber, germ, mineral, nutrition, stolen, vitamin, wheat, whole grain
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White Flour: What Vitamins & Minerals are Missing?
Nutrients Lost when Wheat is Refined into White Flour Bread is called the staff of life because it has more nutrients per weight than fruit, vegetables, meat, milk, and potatoes (Thomas). Each grain is still alive, and therefore more than … Continue reading
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Tagged enriched flour, mineral, nutrition, vitamin, whole grain
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