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. […]
lifeunderwriter.net 
Is there anyway to access this without subscribing to Feedly? I’m curious, does the suspension mean the sale of new policies?
I couldn’t find the actual press release. But according to my news feed it wasn’t much. Here is the company’s full statement:
Prudential is focused on helping customers with their life insurance needs in this challenging time. The product changes announced last week are in response to the unprecedented market volatility over the past month and the anticipated low interest rate environment for the foreseeable future. Moving forward we will maintain a prudent financial approach, continuously evaluating our product portfolio and making adjustments that enable us to continue to deliver for our customers.
Yes, suspension means the company has stopped selling their 30 year term plan.
Thank you. And I assume if you die they will still pay out on existing policies? I don’t have Prudential, but I do have life insurance.
Yes. Death claims will be paid as contractual obligations. Once a life insurance policy is issued it becomes a contract.
Do you think any multi billionaires such as Bloomberg, Gates, Buffet, Bezos might step in to help to save the country’s economy?
The Gates Foundation is stepping up and has pledged $10 billion over the next 10 years towards vaccine development. But I don’t see any B’s throwing money at saving the economy.