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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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.