A few months ago, I published a post about the Pima Indians (Akimel O'odham) of Arizona. The Pima are one of the most heart-wrenching examples of the disease of civilization afflicting a society after a nutrition transition. Traditionally a healthy [...]
Water for the Pima
Diposting oleh good reading on Minggu, 31 Agustus 2008
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BANANA CAKE POPS
Diposting oleh good reading on Sabtu, 30 Agustus 2008
white chocolate dipped banana cake pops. my cake pops are sticking out of a banana tree...a cheesy tourist souvenir i brought back from a trip to costa rica! funny how it says "made in china" on a little gold oval sticker [...]
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SALTY ALMOND CHOCOLATE CHUNK COOKIES
Diposting oleh good reading on Jumat, 29 Agustus 2008
salty almond chocolate chunk cookiesCan anyone resist a Chocolate Chip Cookie? I know that of late, food bloggers everywhere have been making the New York Times Chocolate Chip Cookies which are "aged", much like a fine wine...albeit [...]
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Braid Flower
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I came across a blog a couple of days ago where the woman made a comment in regards to my blog..."she probably thinks that she thought of these hairstyles herself."So let me set the record straight on that. I don't think [...]
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Cooking for Kids
Diposting oleh good reading on Kamis, 28 Agustus 2008
Right after their term exams, my elder boy requested that I cook something 'nice' for their lunch. I was lucky when he told me he would like to have hamburgers...at least it was not a tall order for me :)In the past, I usually [...]
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Conflict of Interest
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The U.S. National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) is a government organization that educates physicians and the general public about the "dangers" of elevated cholesterol. They have a panel that creates official guidelines for the reduction of [...]
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Eating Down the Food Chain
Diposting oleh good reading on Selasa, 26 Agustus 2008
Europe once teemed with large mammals, including species of elephant, lion, tiger, bear, moose and bison. America was also home to a number of huge and unusual animals: mammoths, dire wolves, lions, giant sloths and others. [...]
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Saharan Hunter-Gatherers Unearthed
Diposting oleh good reading on Senin, 25 Agustus 2008
The media recently covered an archaeological discovery in Niger that caught my attention. In the middle of the Sahara desert, researchers found a hunter-gatherer burial site containing over 200 graves ranging from about 10,000 to 4,500 years old. During [...]
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Blueberry Streusel Coffee Cake
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This blueberry streusel coffee cake was the first thing I made once I am back to my usual baking routine.I took the recipe from this book, and if you happen to click on the link, you would probably know why I have chosen [...]
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MASCARPONE BANANA CAKE & BLOGGERVERSARY
Diposting oleh good reading on Sabtu, 23 Agustus 2008
being frugal & practical : my 1st bloggerversary cake was made with leftover frozen bananasMy 1st year bloggerversary [sic?] passed (last month) uncelebrated. I was so busy with the Castle Cake and just life in general [...]
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Fit at 70
Diposting oleh good reading on Jumat, 22 Agustus 2008
In my professional life, I study neurodegenerative disease, the mechanisms of aging, and what the two have in common. I was reading through a textbook on aging a few months ago, and I came across an interesting series of graphs.The first graph showed [...]
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Kitava: Wrapping it Up
Diposting oleh good reading on Kamis, 21 Agustus 2008
There's a lot to be learned from the Kitava study. Kitavans eat a diet of root vegetables, coconut, fruit, vegetables and fish and have undetectable levels of cardiovascular disease (CVD), stroke and overweight. Despite light smoking. 69% of their [...]
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For the Love of Bread Making
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I have not been baking much for the past two weeks, as I had to spend most of my time coaching both my kids for their end-of-the-term examinations. As a stay-at-home-mum, I cannot cook up even one single excuse to avoid [...]
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Cardiovascular Risk Factors on Kitava, Part IV: Leptin
Diposting oleh good reading on Rabu, 20 Agustus 2008
Leptin is a hormone that is a central player in the process of weight gain and chronic disease. Its existence had been predicted for decades, but it was not identified until 1994. Although less well known than insulin, its effects on nutrient disposal, [...]
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My Little Wunda
Diposting oleh good reading on Selasa, 19 Agustus 2008
I'm proud to say I'm a mom to a beautiful daughter born Saturday, August 16th. I'd like to thank my great birthing team of my husband, Vanessa (his sister) and my doula, Amy. Between them and hypnobabies, I was able to have [...]
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Cardiovascular Risk Factors on Kitava, Part III: Insulin
Diposting oleh good reading on Minggu, 17 Agustus 2008
The Kitava study continues to get more and more interesting in later publications. Dr. Lindeberg and his colleagues continued exploring disease markers in the Kitavans, perhaps because their blood lipid findings were not consistent with what one would [...]
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CANNELÉS
Diposting oleh good reading on Jumat, 15 Agustus 2008
I made cannelés.I am a bit perplexed because I've never tasted an authentic one before.Did I get it right? Did I screw up? I dunno.This is somewhat like my macaron experiment in that I've heard such good things about these [...]
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Cardiovascular Risk Factors on Kitava, Part II: Blood Lipids
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The findings in the previous post are all pretty much expected in a population that doesn't get heart disease. However, things started to get interesting when Lindeberg's group measured the Kitavans' serum lipids ("cholesterol"). Kitavan and Swedish [...]
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Cardiovascular Risk Factors on Kitava, Part I: Weight and Blood Pressure
Diposting oleh good reading on Kamis, 14 Agustus 2008
The Kitavans are an isolated population free of cardiovascular disease and stroke, despite the fact that more than three quarters of them smoke cigarettes (although not very frequently). They eat a carbohydrate-heavy, whole-foods diet that is uninfluenced [...]
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Hanbagu
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Ever since I started cooking for my family, I have been cooking dishes 'anyway' I like. I don't usually follow recipes closely and I have a tendency to take short cuts. Things started to change after I read a Japanese-Chinese [...]
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3 Loopy Loops
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We did this style, with three loops instead of 2. Ignore my messy parts, even us "pros" have off days. [...]
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The Kitavans: Wisdom from the Pacific Islands
Diposting oleh good reading on Rabu, 13 Agustus 2008
There are very few cultures left on this planet that have not been affected by modern food habits. There are even fewer that have been studied thoroughly. The island of Kitava in Papua New Guinea is host to one such culture, and its inhabitants have [...]
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Letter to the Editor
Diposting oleh good reading on Senin, 11 Agustus 2008
I wrote a letter to the New York Times about their recent article "The Overflowing American Dinnerplate", which I reviewed here. The letter didn't get accepted, so I will publish it here: In the article "The Overflowing American Dinner Plate", Bill [...]
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