HT – Marion Nestle – https://www.foodpolitics.com/2026/03/weekend-reading-the-hidden-cost-of-cheap-food/ Download the full report – https://yuka.io/en/report-food-price-composition-us/ Yikes.
Over the years when I invited friends over for dinner they got pretty excited. One day I asked a guest what’s with all the excitement? Chinese food! They were expecting something I really sucked at making. To this day I don’t make much Chinese/Asian stuff. I’d rather go out and eat something someone actually knows […]
When I finished reading The Writing Life by Annie Dillard I realized my writing will never achieve the level of the great ones. But I am OK with this just as I was OK with deciding not to pursue writing for a living. Too hard, too demanding, too much time spent writing words into the […]
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Participants with the highest intake averaged 9.3 servings of ultra-processed foods per day, while those with the lowest intake averaged 1.1 servings. Compared with the lowest group, those in the highest group had a 67% greater risk of dying from coronary heart disease or stroke, or experiencing non-fatal heart attacks, strokes or resuscitated cardiac arrest. […]
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I figured as much. I’m a retired physician and contacted a colleague who is also retired, and previously was the head of public health for several counties in Texas. Triple boarded, MPH, MD from Johns Hopkins, all the best of credentials. I thought I could obtain some information from her. My feeling is that physicians and scientists are being silenced. From this colleague, with whomI I have had a close relationship for 40 years, all she was willing to tell me was to wash my hands and go to the CDC website. Very unlike her.
I appreciate your timely and non-political information. What I care about is science. And action based upon actual study and facts. Being Proactive!
Emotional states can be transferred to others via emotional contagion, leading people to experience the same emotions without their awareness. I’m sure the higher ups are trying their best to quell panic. But with social media nowadays, good luck with that.
My oldest son is a physician. Not once has he informed his old parents to avoid crowds, wash hands for 20 minutes, etc. I would not be surprised if a muzzle came down from higher up. If only because we know from the Chinese experience that our health care system can get overwhelmed quickly.
I’ll stick with the science too. Stay safe.