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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And kefir. And I have heard good things about kombucha. I have never tried it though.
Sorry but I tend to recommend what to eat based upon my personal taste preferences. You are absolutely correct with kefir and kombucha. But I just left the world of flavored yogurts and have moved to plain yogurt. Kefir and kombucha are not yet on my try list.
What brand of plain yogurt do you like best? My favorite is Faye. Next is Chobani. With mixed in fruit and almonds or walnuts.
I started drinking kefir about two years ago. I get the plain unflavored Lifeway brand.
My #1 is Fage. Next, Chobani. Look at us. We’re twinsies.
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