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Sweet and Sickly
Everything in moderation, including moderation. That’s Wilde … but did he really mean everything, including sugar, or was Oscar teasing us? What would he say since we consume immoderate amounts of the sweet stuff? And does it matter anyway? Some … Continue reading
Posted in Biomedical
Tagged Ancel Keys, Atkins diet, Gary Taubes, John Yudkin, low carb diet, Michael Pollan, Oscar Wilde, Sugar industry, William Banting
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In a Nutshell
“This chestnut orchard (or forest as one may call it) spread along the mountainside as far as the eye could see. The expanse of broad-topped, fruitful trees was interspersed with a string of villages of stone houses. The villages were … Continue reading
Posted in Biomedical, Other
Tagged agronomy, almond, Appalachia, chestnut, Corsica, food supply, grain cereals, Green Revolution, horticulture, low carb diet, Malthus, nut trees, permanent agriculture, Russell Smith
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