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KID FOOD, FOOT DRAGGING, AND CHILD ABUSE

By ns | Published: January 25, 2011
I just read an article about how kids at very young ages learn to associate “flavors” (bad fat, mineral stripped salt, and sugar) with factory food products. The researcher was pondering what to do about this.
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COOKING FOR DOGS

By ns | Published: January 20, 2011
Charlotte Brontë, my 14 and a half year old whippet, recently went to see a cardiologist about her heart murmur, as a precautionary measure for her flight on Pet Airways from New York to LA. The cardiologist gave her the thumbs up to fly, but also mentioned how healthy she is for her age. Om Shanti, Your girlfriend in health,
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THIS CHRISTMAS GIVE THE GIFT OF HEALTH, SEX, AND HAPPINESS

By ns | Published: December 17, 2010
Christmas is a time of permission to eat, and so candy and cookies and other highly refined carbs are gifts that people give and receive during the holidays. People also give perfume, body lotion, and cosmetics. Cosmetics have some of the nastiest ingredients; it’s really like giving your loved one poison. My grandma used to talk about a friend of hers who murdered her husband (ostensibly intentionally) by feeding him nothing but hot dogs. So I suppose you could commit the perfect crime that way. So there’s a lot of potential for giving unhealthy gifts and indulging in an unhealthy way.
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Forget Diet Resolutions and Retrain Your Brain — For a Healthier, Less Food-Obsessed New Year

By ns | Published: December 16, 2010
You may still be feeling remorse about gorging at Thanksgiving, but you’ve slept off the food coma . . . and now the next wave of holiday madness is upon us. Even if you wanted to, you can’t escape the in-your-face edible reminders that the holiday season is in full swing. In fact, celebrations never cease: Blink and it will be Valentine’s Day seducing us with gilded boxes of luscious chocolate.
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PEOPLE FOOD, KID FOOD, DOG FOOD (Excepted and adapted from Death by Supermarket: The Fattening, Dumbing Down, and Poisoning of America)

By ns | Published: October 26, 2010
When I was in the sixth grade I decided I would babysit to make some extra money. I put the word out in the neighborhood and a couple down the street called me. When I arrived they were all dressed up like Don and Betty Draper, ready for an evening out.
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