One of the most startling findings is the notion of constrained daily energy expenditure. This is the idea that the human metabolism adapts to our activity levels to keep our daily calorie burn in a surprisingly narrow range — no matter how hard you work out Why Crash Weight Loss Programs Don’t Work: Clues From […]
Laura Wright is a vegan cookbook author and blogger based in the Niagara region of southern Ontario, Canada. Her most recent post is 25 Vegan Appetizer Recipes and can be accessed at https://thefirstmess.com/. Y’all might remember my earlier posts 25 Vegan Soup Recipes – the First Mess and 25 Vegan Chickpea Recipes – The First Mess. To […]
One study focused on almost 9,000 breast cancer survivors and asked the women about their diet every four years after their diagnosis. Over the follow-up period, averaging 11.5 years, women who ate more fruits and vegetables and women who ate more vegetables had a lower risk of dying from any cause than did women with […]
Turmeric is the whole herb and curcumin is the most abundant bioactive compound found in turmeric. Most studies use standardized extracts that contain mostly curcumin. Both are beneficial for health. Minimize Inflammaging & Maximize Your Healthspan with Turmeric — https://www.naturalgrocers.com/health-hotline-article/minimize-inflammaging-maximize-your-healthspan-turmeric?mc_cid=317e1f689f&mc_eid=7c3cb8595d Here’s a nice little research article on Turmeric with nearly 30 references. It’s always a […]
Monday 7/5 “We can’t escape from the fact of our eating; no matter what, we are killing living things so that we can live ourselves. If it’s not an animal, it’s a plant or something else.” Deborah Madison is a chef, writer, and author of 13 celebrated vegetarian cookbooks, including the modern classic Vegetarian Cooking […]
What happened?
The worst ice storm I’ve lived through. Still possible problems due to strong winds tonight which could take out tree limbs weakened by ice that could come crashing down and take out power lines.
I so hope you guys are OK. I remember an ice storm like that in the 1990s in New York State when my parents were still alive.
We are OK in our little piece of OK. Thanks for the concern. The newspaper this morning reported still over 200,000 without power around the state. The yard looks like hell. But no one is in the hospital and no one has perished in our household.
We just went through hurricane Zeta. Just got up. Will have to assess the damages. I think climate change might be real.
Climate change is real. The only argument is how much is caused by people vs natural cycles. I am in the natural cycles camp and believe humans have made the situation worse.