Capsaicin, the compound that makes chili peppers hot is an evolutionary filter designed to punish mammals and reward birds. Mammals feel it as pain because mammal digestion destroys seeds. Birds don’t have the receptor that detects it, so they eat the fruit, fly off, and deposit the seeds far from the plant from which they […]
Sugar-Free Diet Linked to Metabolic Changes “Completely removing sucrose from a low-fat diet may unexpectedly disrupt gut health and promote inflammation and metabolic dysfunction, highlighting that balanced nutrition is more important than simply eliminating sugar,” said Rasheed Ahmad, Ph.D., principal scientist and head of the Immunology & Microbiology Department at the Dasman Diabetes Institute, in […]
I seriously wonder if there are any original recipes out there. You think to yourself “Let’s make a black bean and corn thing tonight”. So you do what everyone else does and hop on the internet to find numerous recipes that are pretty much the same. Full Disclosure: This recipe is a copycat and my […]
Interesting insights from the oldest of the old. All charts are from the survey report which can downloaded here: https://www.uhc.com/content/dam/uhcdotcom/en/general/100-at-100-Final-Report-Aug2025.pdf
I was in St. Louis on business. One day these things showed up at the office. I had one (OK, two) after breakfast. Yes, they are that good. Memo to Self – Don’t get depressed that you only learned about this delicacy in your 7th decade. I wonder if they deliver to Oklahoma.
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Marine basic training did this also. They started out at the beginning with taking two weeks off and not starting any new recruits. During those two weeks the incoming new recruits were quarantined for two weeks prior to beginning their basic training. I don’t have the exact numbers. I didn’t save the link. This is just from my memory.
I see businesses with large numbers of employees eventually doing the same. But all measures will come at a cost and Big Business has gotten very good at cutting costs.
Where do you think consumers will do you effects of this cost cutting?
Believe it or not I’m still thinking about an answer to your question of what consumer reactions are forthcoming. Big question with so many different future scenarios. The answer might be a full post.
Thank you. There was a major typo in my question, but I’m glad that it was understandable. I have not yet figured out how to edit posts. So I’m trying to more carefully proofread prior to sending.