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Monday, November 9, 2009

Do you really need to eat all organic food to be healthy?

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By Weetabix, Elastic Waist, on Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:20am PST

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Over the weekend, I was driving the countryside with my mother-in-law and we spotted a flock of wild turkeys, which always makes me crazy happy. We never used to see turkeys when I was a kid and that's all directly linked to the environmental impact of DDT on the Wisconsin wildlife. No turkeys, no hawks, no pelicans either, but now they're coming back and it's a beautiful thing. I found myself branching into a litany about the evils of pesticides, which then devolved into a rant about HFCS. Then I realized that the words coming out of my mouth sounded eerily very similar to a speech I'd heard from a crazy homeless person, only he brought his argument back around to Jesus, while mine cited the gospel of Michael Pollan. Read More »

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5 "Healthy" Foods That Aren’t

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By Karina Arrue Shapes Up, Glamour, on Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:13am PDT

Now that I’m editing the health & food pages of Glamour, I’m learning a lot about foods I thought were good for me. As it...
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