Longo’s Recipe for Living Longer

Longo and Anderson reviewed hundreds of studies on nutrition, diseases and longevity in laboratory animals and humans and combined them with their own studies on nutrients and aging. The analysis included popular diets such as the restriction of total calories, the high-fat and low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet, vegetarian and vegan diets, and the Mediterranean diet.The article … Continue reading Longo’s Recipe for Living Longer

Guacamole

Note: I'll add pictures after I make this today. Ingredients Fresh hot chilies, such as Thai, serranoes or jalapeñoes3 cloves of garlic1/2 medium white onion, finely chopped (~1/3 cup)6 oz. (1 medium or 2 plum) fresh tomatoes1/4 cup of coarsely chopped cilantro3 medium-large avocadossaltjuice of 1 limeslices of radish for garnishcorn oilcorn tortillas Preparation of … Continue reading Guacamole

What to Eat

"What then is the bottom line when it comes to some sort of recommendation about diet and mental health? Same as already discussed for other conditions. Look askew at supplements, reduce intake of red and processed meats in favour of fish and poultry, replace refined grains with whole grains, increase legumes, and eat at least … Continue reading What to Eat

Black Vegans

"Plant-based eating has a long, radical history in Black American culture, preserved by institutions and individuals who have understood the power of food and nutrition in the fight against oppression...Today, there are estimated to be more than a million Black vegetarians and vegans in the United States, with Black people representing the fastest-growing vegan demographic … Continue reading Black Vegans

Ferming

Open Questions: Will agriculture by fundamentally transformed in the next decade? And if so, what are the likely health implications? We are on the cusp of the biggest economic transformation, of any kind, for 200 years. While arguments rage about plant- versus meat-based diets, new technologies will soon make them irrelevant. Before long, most of … Continue reading Ferming

Map of the Food Supply Chain by County in the United States

"Food consumption and production are separated in space through flows of food along complex supply chains. These food supply chains are critical to our food security, making it important to evaluate them. However, detailed spatial information on food flows within countries is rare. The goal of this paper is to estimate food flows between all … Continue reading Map of the Food Supply Chain by County in the United States