…almost kills a kitten.
It’s not good for people, either, but it’s a lot worse for a carnivore.
Category Archives: Culinary
Gluten Intolerance
What if it’s all in your head? I think the same may be true for MSG.
Some Kitchen Advice
I have to admit, I’ve been intrigued by sous vide. But the Instant Pot looks interesting, too.
[Evening update]
More encomia for the sous vide.
[Update in the morning]
Per that last link, this one
Salt
There is no scientific evidence that reducing intake is good for your health.
I’ve cut back myself, because I seem to be empirically salt sensitive, in terms of my blood pressure, but EPID in that regard, I think. I’ve also switched over to sea salt to get a wider variety, including potassium. I’d never prescribe public policy about the matter, or make war on it, as Nurse Bloomberg has.
Occupational Licensing Laws
Paula Deen
This was sure to come — Hitler discovers that the Food Network has dropped her.
[Update a few minutes later]
OK, that will teach me to post without watching. It’s not actually that great.
James Gandolfini’s Heart
Was he really a walking time bomb?
Maybe. He certainly sounded like a good candidate, given his weight, though we don’t really know what his other stats were, probably for privacy reasons. I think that the doctor quoted is just speculating, and his credibility went down with me when I read this:
A holiday heart attack is a surprisingly common phenomenon, said Dr. Crandall, chief of the cardiac transplant program at the world-renowned Palm Beach Cardiovascular Clinic.
“Heart attacks often manifest on holidays when you’re not eating the normal meals,” he said. “You eat excessively, indulging in high fatty foods, and this causes the blood to thicken. The result is a blood clot, which can rupture, resulting in the blockage of blood flow to the heart, causing heart attack and sudden death.”
Do “high fatty foods” really “cause the blood to thicken”? Is there any actual empirical evidence for this? Or is it just nutritionally ignorant lipophobia?
The SNAP Challenge
Democrats shopping badly.
The country’s in the very best of hands.
High Blood Pressure
So I’m looking at the reviews of this book
aon — does it work? Not what her credentials are.
In my case, I don’t eat bananas because I think they’re too starchy. There are other ways of getting potassium (one thing I’ve done is to not only cut way back on salt, but to only use sea salt, which also provides other salts than just sodium chloride).
[Update a while later]
Also, I’m not sure there’s any evidence that exercise helps.
Tragedy Of The Commons
How do we best maintain the fish population?
I’m hoping that we can soon come up with palatable and healthy substitutes in the lab. Fish is a very healthy source of omega 3s.