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Low-Carb: Less Carbon in Your Meals?

Posted 6 weeks 5 days ago by Thursday Bram

Food and Drink

These days, it’s pretty much accepted practice to have a high carbon diet — the tomatoes in your salad may have ridden on a truck for days to get to you and the fish you’re grilling tonight may have caught a trans-Pacific flight to get to your table. We’re talking some pretty high carbon emissions just to make a meal.

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Stop dissing Spam!

Posted 10 weeks 5 days ago by Paul Michael

Frugal Living, Food and Drink

Sir Spam

Is it me, or are most people a bunch of Spam snobs? I admit it’s not filet mignon or a piece of finely seared Ahi Tuna, but come on people! It’s not that bad. In fact, I love it, and a lot of my friends and family do, too. It’s a great friend to the frugal chef, and if I can do anything today, it’s to convince Spam skeptics to change their ways (vegetarians excepted…maybe).

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I'll take a slice of lemon with fecal bacteria please.

Posted 19 weeks 6 days ago by Paul Michael

Food and Drink, Consumer Affairs

Bad Lemon

I’ve never thought twice about the humble lemon slice. I’m sure most of you haven’t either. And as I’m partial to a slice of lemon in my water or iced tea, for added flavor, I usually request it at restaurants. After seeing this video, I think I’d be safer asking for slice of raw chicken in my drink.

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Some 4th of July Numbers

Posted 1 year 6 days ago by Andrea Dickson

Art and Leisure

fireworks

July 4th is such a good time. There's something for everyone--getting tanked with your friends, hanging out with your family, the smell of the barbeque, the spectacular fireworks. I always love the collective sounds that crowds make when watching fireworks. And because I love statistics almost as much as I love fireworks, here are some stats on America's Independence Day celebrations:

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Possible Backlash Against Cheap Imports?

Posted 1 year ago by Andrea Dickson

Filed Under: Shopping

Is there a backlash against cheap Chinese imports coming? I, for one, secretly hope so.

We've known that it can't last forever, haven't we? This spending spree that Americans have been partaking in - between our big TVs, our cheap clothes and Target shoes, even many ingredients in our food - it has to end. Our trade deficit with China was long ago recognized as a problem, but not one that Americans were willing to really do anything about - as long as both of our economies kept growing, we felt, we should just keep doing what we're doing.

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The Cost of Meat—Too High To Pay

Posted 1 year 7 weeks ago by Lynn Truong

Health and Beauty, Green Living, Food and Drink

US ground beef
Let me start by making one thing clear: I do not think it is wrong to eat meat. It's not because I believe God gave us "dominion" over everything on Earth either. It's because I've watched shows on Discovery; I've seen Planet Earth. Nature doesn't blink an eye when it comes to one species eating another. So I'm not a newly converted vegan animal rights activist condemning all meat eaters. I just think there is a lot of information about the real and true cost of meat that most people aren't aware of. It might make you think twice before buying that $0.99 whopper. And that's all I could hope for. We should want to be able to make informed decisions that affect our personal health, public health, the environment, the animals we use for food, and legislation in our country.

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The Cost of Meat—The Personal Health Argument

Posted 1 year 7 weeks ago by Lynn Truong

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This continues from "The Cost of Meat—Too High To Pay." The Personal Health Argument attempts to show that there is few, if any, benefit from eating meat. This will cover heart disease, cancer, and calcium intake. While the meat/dairy industry would have us believe we need both in every meal to have a balanced diet, many studies have shown a high correlation between meat/dairy consumption and major health problems, including heart disease and cancer. Significant decrease in health problems have been associated with moving to a plant-based diet.

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The Cost of Meat—The Public Health Argument

Posted 1 year 7 weeks ago by Lynn Truong

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frozen chicken
This continues from "The Cost of Meat—Too High To Pay." The Public Health Argument covers the methods used by factory farms to boost production and profits at the cost of public health. The topics covered will be food-borne illness, irradiation, the use of antibiotics and growth hormones, and the feed we give to the animals we eventually eat ourselves.

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The Cost of Meat—The Environment Argument

Posted 1 year 7 weeks ago by Lynn Truong

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global reach
This continues from "The Cost of Meat—Too High To Pay." The Environment Argument addresses the toll intensive factory farming has on our environment. This topic will include water usage, waste contamination, and rainforest destruction.

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Canadians Try To Kill Your Pets - Pet Food Recall

Posted 1 year ago by Andrea Dickson

Filed Under: Consumer Affairs

Canada is at it again. This time, it's not mad cow (as far as we know), but will these insidious northerners never stop?

Menu Foods of Ontario, Canada, recently issued a recall for dog and cat foods manufactured by the company that is sold under several brands, following the death of at least 10 animals in North America since the beginning of this year, mostly from kidney failure. You can find a list of all the foods being recalled here.

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