In what surely must've been a very horrible experience, a group of elderly Italian monks, in the middle of a quiet meal, are first attacked, then bound and gagged, and then finally severly beaten by club-wielding maniacs who appeared to be 'posessed.' " Italy horrified by...
I am no expert on this subject, but zapping spinach with radiation sounds like a pretty intense idea. I thought this would cause more harm to humans as we are ingesting products that have been radiated, but this...
highlighted by JeffHuang | 6 wks ago | updated 6 wks ago 577 views | 18 comments
Just how many man hours are spent on ridiculous EU rules is anyone's guess, but now a ray of common sense is fermenting in the Euro countries...."A majority of EU member states, including Britain and Ireland, have...
Study shows that spinach may prevent heart attacks in diabetics. With all of the benefits spinach has to give, we can add prevent heart attacks in diabetics to the list as well. " Diabetics may soon be encouraged...
highlighted by JeffHuang | 15 wks ago | updated 15 wks ago 814 views | 12 comments
Everything we eat is prone to becoming infected with harmful bacteria but, like many people, I've always felt that a good warm water washing of the fruit and veg was enough to rinse away the e.coli in my lettuce. It...
I’ve recently embarked on a new naturopath-recommended diet in the hopes
of boosting my energy, clearing up my skin and ditching that ugly
bloated feeling. I call it the hunter-gatherer diet, because for two
and a...
Eat right and you'll look younger -- it's as simple as that. Fitness magazine combed through the research and found seven superfoods that may help erase lines and plump up skin.
Best for softening skin:...
Sorry, but I'm on a major food safety thing today. Both this story from the Washington Post and the AP item about an overwhelmed FDA (see below) are growing evidence of a public that is growing increasingly restive...
"The FDA knew for years about contamination at a Georgia peanut butter plant and on California spinach farms that led to disease outbreaks, documents and interviews show.
Overwhelmed by huge growth in the number of food processors and imports, however, the agency took only...
Organic advocates have worked themselves into a tizzy condemning meat from cloned cows and genetically modified crops -- which haven't caused a single stomach ache in a single person among the 300 million plus who have been eating this food for over 10 years -- organically...
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"News on how the Bush administration is working to keep you safe."Associated Press:The federal agency that's been front and center in warning the public about tainted spinach and contaminated peanut butter is...
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Ethiopian bread will be popular this year. Check out what else will be on our plates.
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We decided to make small tomatoes and potatos in spinach on Sunday and before these were cooked I decided to take some pictures. Slicing this tomato here was a little tricky...
"Washington, D.C. - In an effort to raise awareness that its safe to eat fresh spinach again, Rep. Sam Farr (D-Calif.) and Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-Md.) hosted a "Spinach Is Back" Congressional luncheon with a number of administration and public health officials last...
At one time or
another we've all done something to embarrass ourselves at work. We
call someone by the wrong name, trip on our way up to the podium or
discover that we have spinach in our teeth after a conversation with
the CEO. But how many of us have done something that...