Finally, I am going to talk about one of my pet peeves. Those “best if used by” dates that are placed on every package have nothing whatever to do with food safety. The claim by the manufacturers, packers, or distributors is that for optimum quality, use it by whatever the date is. Surely, I’m not…
Category: Food and Health
Resistant Starch
Studies began in the 1970s, but it’s only been recently that resistant starch has gotten a lot of attention. Adding resistant starch to your diet will create and feed very beneficial gut bacteria, and may even help with weight loss. Sometimes it’s just a matter of cooling, refrigerating, or freezing potatoes, rice, tortillas, pastas, etc.,…
Michael Pollan – In Defense of Food
On December 30, there is a two hour PBS documentary based on Michael Pollan’s book, In Defense of Food. It’s definitely worth watching and/or recording. Pollan has a simple approach to food, and alleviates a lot of confusion about what’s “healthy.” Click here, for an inside look at the filming of the show. Locally it’s on KAMU or KNCT….
Eat Spicy, Add Years
Good news for all of us in the southwest. Not only do spicy foods help increase your metabolism and possibly help weight loss, but they may help you live longer and avoid certain diseases! The study was done with fresh and dried chili peppers, and results were published in an article in the Harvard…
Rice and Arsenic
One of the sites that I follow had a good article on rice and rice products (e.g. cereal, pasta, bread, and rice milk) and arsenic – which regions are the best and the worst, what health risks it poses, and how to lower the level of arsenic in the rice you buy. To read…