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Michael Pollan on Food and Cooking—Fire, Water, Air, and Earth —
06 May 2013 —
Michael Pollan's new book is "Cooked—A Natural History of Transformation." Pollan argues that regaining control of your cooking is the single most important step anyone can take to help make our food system—and their lives—healthier and more sustainable. "There is a deliberate effort [by corporations] to undermine food culture to sell us processed food," Pollan says. He adds, "Slow, [good] food is about recovering that space around the family and keeping the influence of food manufacturers outside of the house. ... The family meal is very important. It's the nursery of democracy."
Is Carnitine in Red Meat Putting You at Risk for Heart Disease? —
16 Apr 2013 —
Carnitine is found in most meats, especially red meat. Its metabolic pathway can, under some conditions, produce compounds that contribute to heart disease. But as the Nutrition Diva points out, there are many factors that determine whether red meat should play a role in your diet.
Rehabbing the Food Bank with a Better Foundation —
10 Apr 2013 —
Nick Saul is author of The Stop—How the Fight for Good Food Transformed a Community and Inspired a Movement. The book describes how he and others shifted the depressing food-bank mentality in their Toronto community to a model of food empowerment.
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