The Food Environment Atlas tells you if you are in a food desert, or an oasis

Per­haps in the last year you’ve heard men­tion of the term “food desert” to describe an area with a dearth of gro­cery and fresh food options.  There are plenty of towns in the US that don’t have a gro­cery store, and […]

Science Says High-Fructose Corn Syrup Is Pretty Much The Worst Thing Ever

Science attempts to de-mystify orange drink

Sci­ence attempts to de-mystify orange drink

The title pretty much says it all.

In addi­tion to caus­ing sig­nif­i­cant weight gain in lab ani­mals, long-term con­sump­tion of high-fructose corn syrup also led to abnor­mal increases in body fat, espe­cially in […]

Are energy-drinks really harshing your mellow?

asleepA study in extremes?  A mar­ket­ing fad-wagon?  A good idea?

Promis­ing a “vaca­tion in a bot­tle” or an “acupunc­ture ses­sion in every can,” mak­ers of anti-energy drinks, as they’re known, say that after bailouts, fore­clo­sures and Ponzi schemes, Amer­i­cans nowa­days would rather chill out than tweak out. To […]

Delicious innards!

IVU-Woman

This gor­geous ad is mak­ing my mouth water.  Not pos­i­tive but the body and cav­ity look CG, no?  Doesn’t look real, but the pro­duce, now that looks good!  .…OK, get­ting a lit­tle too excited about vegetables here.…

Veg­eta­bles are all your body needs”

Adver­tis­ing Agency: JWT Kuwait
Cre­ative Direc­tors: Alessan­dro Antonini, […]

Bioavailability: How to Get More Nutrients from Your Food | Wise Bread

I like this sim­ple post with nutri­tional advice for upping the bioavail­abil­ity of your comestibles.

Quick tips:

Phenol-rich bev­er­ages such as cof­fee or tea inhibit iron absorp­tion from oth­er­wise iron-replete foods like spinach, chard, or eggs (all break­fast sta­ples in my book).
Black pep­per is always deli­cious.  And turns out, it also improves […]

What I’m into: today

It’s not as if you asked, but here are my lat­est deli­cious links, from today.

50cycles bike acces­sories — Spook­light USB rechar­gable Wire­less Bicy­cle Safety Indi­ca­tor, brake light and iPod recharge –

The ulti­mate in touch-sensitive, USB-compatible, iPhone-friendly, recharge­able, bike safety. Kinda cool, i want it in a way that annoys me.

Did Cook­ing Give Humans An Evolutionary […]

What I'm Into: lately

It’s not as if you asked, but here are my lat­est deli­cious links, from August 31st through September 4th:helvetireader

Hel­ve­tireader –

Do you love Hel­vetica? I mean, how does one love a type-face. Hel­vetica isn’t about the font really, it’s about an aes­thetic. An […]

How to peel a banana

O yeah, like this is wor­thy of a blog post?  Well, if you, like the fel­low in the video, have spent your entire life peel­ing bananas by yank­ing on the stem (“top”) you should watch this video.  The stem method, while mostly effec­tive, usu­ally results in a bit of banana-mush.  Align your­self with your primate […]

What I’m Into: lately

symbolsIt’s not as if you asked, but here are my lat­est deli­cious links, from June 29th through July 6th:

Report: Meat Now America’s No. 2 Condi­ment | The Onion –What if?
Sixty Sym­bols — Physics and Astron­omy videos –Nur­ture your inner sci­ence nerd (you know you’ve got one). This […]

What I’m Into: lately

overcompensatingIt’s not as if you asked, but here are my lat­est deli­cious links, from June 18th through June 26th:

Love Your Farm­ers Mar­ket Con­test spon­sored by Care2.com and LocalHarvest.org –Sup­port LOCAL.
OVERCOMPENSATING: The Jour­nal Comic With a Seething Dis­dain for Real­ity. –bwaaaahahah-hahaha. Hehhe­he­hehe. Heh. *chor­tle*
‘Eco-kosher’ Jews have […]