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 am with you in every respect. But as far as the food and weight gain goes, if you’re ever in the position to consider a cruise, try Regent lines. My friend Sue and Don travel with them annually. And they end up coming back about 5 pounds lighter after 2 to 3 week cruises. It is all extremely gourmet food in very small portions. It is one of the reasons that Sue chooses this line, since her husband is diabetic and has no self-control. But the gourmet meals are absolutely delicious, varied, and properly portioned for people in their 70s. This weight loss is not through any exercise program on the cruise, purely the excursions they took and type of food served.
Thanks for the tip. Maybe, one day, some day in the future when Covid-19 settles down.