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I am trying to find a good chili gravy recipe for pinto beans. I put my pintos (washed and picked over but not soaked) in the slow cooker/crockpot in the morning when I leave for work and so by the time I come home they are done. Too done as they are a little too soft for us, probably perfect for M...

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If you see the movie, at the very least you will want to make Julia's boeuf bourguignon . Or coq au vin. I'd get the cookbook. Read it for enjoyment, then if you want to make something -- have at it! I've learned a lot from just reading cookbooks. I do think most of the recipes are time-consuming -...

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I think there's some truth to what Taubes says, but I think it has a lot more to do with all the overly refined and processed carbs that have snuck into our diets over the years and those being the basis of SAD and few whole foods being consumed. This is interesting: http://www.fitnessspotlight.com/...

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If I had one, I use a treadmill while watching TV. I do some weight training in front of it now.

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Michael Pollan has said that the way we eat has changed more in the last 50 years than in the previous 10,000. So has the way we move. Compared to just about any time prior to the last 50 years, we've pretty much stopped moving. Just about everything in our daily lives has reduced the amount of movi...

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wendykay wrote: How can I do better?

Well, don't feel guilty and realize that we all have days like that from time to time. Don't beat yourself up over "normal" behavior!

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Isn't No-S grand?

My daughter and I had much the same experience last night. She's on a "diet" -- and I've been talking up No-S. We went to another Italian chain and she decided to have what she wanted rather than something low in calories. She enjoyed her meal a lot!

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One-half cup per gallon is not even close to what I know as "Sweet tea." I'd consider tea in this range to be okay in reasonable quantities - several glasses a day, but not the only liquid consumed. One-half cup of sugar per gallon of tea is "sweetened" tea, but not "sweet" tea. Funny, with the exc...

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My plates are 10 1/2 inches with a raised rim around the circumference. I keep the food away from the raised part. I don't stick to one plate -- I use a smaller plate or bowl for salad most of the time and still fill the center of my dinner plate.

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"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand." - Randy Pausch I have my own variation of this quote that I feel more aptly describes how I choose to live. The idea being that we can change at least some of the aspects and circumstances of our lives. It makes more sense in ref...

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cl2009: About the Slimfast and the cholesterol issue, here is my experience. I had lost 50 pounds on Weight Watchers and thought I was "living right", so was totally shocked when my doctor told me my cholesterol. which for years had been just fine, was much too high. He wanted to slam-dunk me onto ...

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he can fit into his clothes he had since five years ago. My ex-husband can still fit into clothes he wore before we were married 33 years ago. I know this because I see him in them now and again! In the entire time I've known him, I don't think his weight has varied by more than 10-12 pounds.

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Blithe, I think your math is off. 1/2 cup is 8 tablespoons or 24 teaspoons, so it would be 1 1/2 teaspoons per 8 ounces for about 21 calories. I think of sweet tea as having a lot more sugar than 1/2 cup per gallon. If that's all you're using, go ahead and drink it as you wish. This isn't about no s...

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Excellent!

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It falls when it falls. No bonus S day.

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angigal wrote:On the other hand, he seems quite precise, at least when it comes to counting grams of meat he eats.

I don't think he's so precise about it -- especially if meat is weighed in kg! It's not different from me saying I have 1/4 pound of meat twice weekly.

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I like his attitude about life and medicine. It's a mix of having fun and just letting life happen, but being prepared for the worst just in case. He's the ant and the grasshopper rolled up in one. What an odd diet, though. Reminds me of what one of my favorite motivational speakers say: Expect the...

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[ I'd agree with that, Last time I went for accupuncture the therapist mentioned he'd observed that British vegetarians are often less healthy than Indian vegetarians, his theory on this is that British vegetarians often just adopt a "meat and potatoes diet, without the meat, or with some fake meat...

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His diet certainly isn't what we'd call optimal, but it obviously works for him!

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I read this article a few days ago, and it actually discusses a concept that my husband has been telling me for 20 years: To lose weight, you must eat less. He has always said, "Exercise has nothing to do with weight loss" (He acknowledges that it's good for toning and health, though). So, when I r...

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Nichole wrote:
But I don't think people should be encouraged to not exercise - though I don't think this article is necessarily doing that.

I think it's encouraging us to get exercise in the course of daily life more than relying on the gym.

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I've heard of that one -- I'll have to check it out.

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The white/brown rice reminds me of something I read a few years ago. There was an article in Saveur magazine about hummus. The article is informative, funny and has great recipes for hummus and pita. One of the pieces of advice was: "Don't serve it with whole wheat pita because it overpowers the hum...

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The conventional wisdom that exercise is essential for shedding pounds is actually fairly new. As recently as the 1960s, doctors routinely advised against rigorous exercise, particularly for older adults who could injure themselves. Today doctors encourage even their oldest patients to exercise, wh...

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Moderation in all things -- including exercise! I've suspected this might be the case for a long time. This reminds me of what Michael Pollan said in "Our National Eating Disorder": A food-marketing consultant once told me that it's not at all uncommon for Americans to pay a visit to the health club...

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Another good one from Jack Sh*t:
http://jackfit.blogspot.com/2009/08/sht ... rules.html

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My first recollection of being addicted to food and dieting was at age five when a doctor told me I should lose five pounds. That chump should have lost his license to practice. I agree. If indeed a child has a weight problem (with the exception of those that are already morbidly obese), the goal s...

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Actually, I agree with Bobby -- that's how I was taught. I never add anything to my burgers except maybe salt and pepper.

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You're right -- we do see the world of food through the paradigm of the diet du jour. Unfortunately, most of them don't have any scientific backing and even of those that (supposedly) do, the science may be dead-wrong. Westerner's are the only people who eat according to the dictums of today's most ...

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Interesting blog entry:

/jackfit.blogspot.com/2009/08/selfish-is-new-selfless.html

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It opened earlier this summer and is opening at various times throughout the country. It opened in my city on 7/31. Here's a list: http://www.magpictures.com/dates.aspx?id=3e3938d1-b785-4286-9ae0-8eb5952f1480 It's coming out on DVD in November. If you eat, you should see it. Although I think it make...

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(And actually, cooking wonderful desserts & cookies- which I don't eat myself- is something that bizarrely helps my dieting! I take so much pleasure from creating the perfect cheesecake & baking a lovely batch of chocolate cookies, that it almost feels as if I've tasted them by osmosis!!) I eat 'em...

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Interesting! I have often thought white rice isn't so bad. I don't like the coarse, chewy texture of some brown rices, apart from Uncle Ben's easy cook brown rice or brown basmati rice. I sometimes buy white rice mixed with wild rice, goes well with lots of veggies and beans. Somewhere I have a car...

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Interesting about making fries a special occasion food. Again, from Michael Pollan (from the interview on NPR): Mr. POLLAN: Yes. Or we might say allowing corporations to cook for us has contributed to obesity. I don't think you can pin the whole thing on that. But it's very interesting to watch, as ...

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Here's an interview with Michael Pollan about this article on NPR:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=13

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And if you need more salad ideas: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_omh5NVW1jAg/SaKsWmdSSZI/AAAAAAAAA8I/Z6saZI31tww/s1600-h/salad+1001.jpg And still more... http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes-and-cooking/fifty-simple-salads/index.html Also, I just remembered one from one of my favorite, local Chinese restau...

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Thalia wrote:Oh yes, cheese and nuts and chocolate are all wonderful and delicious. And butter and olive oil.

Agreed!

KCCC wrote:But NORMAL amounts of fat/salt/sugar, eaten in real food, are so satisfying that they almost inoculate against the excesses of "food products."

Yes! Yes!

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"Consider some recent research on the links between cooking and dietary health. A 2003 study by a group of Harvard economists led by David Cutler found that the rise of food preparation outside the home could explain most of the increase in obesity in America. Mass production has driven down the co...

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That's great, Reinhard! In regard to Oprah's potential "Aha!" moment, I think she should read what Burlsgirl said: I simply cannot believe that with over 10 years of research, and countless diets and exercise programs, it never occurred to me that the reason I'm overweight is that I EAT TOO MUCH!

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I thought I'd posted something about this here previously, but I've searched and can't find it. I'm going to see this movie tomorrow. There's also a companion book -- which I may buy. http://www.foodincmovie.com/ Here's a review by Michael Ruhlman: http://blog.ruhlman.com/ruhlmancom/2009/07/strongly...

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If you're smooshing together Cool Whip, Jell-O instant pudding and a Duncan Hines cake mix, not only are you NOT cooking -- you're making an edible food-like substance. The heck of it is, it would probably take about 5-10 minutes longer to make something similar from real ingredients. I always get ...

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Anytime, any thing you lose is better than gaining, right? And here's something else to remember: however much weight you have to lose, you didn't gain it at a rate of 2 lbs/week or even 2 lbs/month (probably -- there are exceptions) It was a little here and a little there and over a period of some ...

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I think everyone uses some short cuts -- we're none of us milling our own flour! Of course, there's a point where you're smooshing together Cool Whip, Jell-O Instant Pudding, a Duncan Hines cake mix, and a can of Diet Coke and calling it "a homemade dessert," but there's a wide spectrum of what I w...

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You can get Julia Child's "The French Chef" on DVD! I got the first disc in the series from Netflix because I had just read "My Life in France," and although I was just watching to see Julia it actually improved my knife technique. She gives a little tutorial on knifework in the French onion soup e...

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Another one I like...this is from a talk Mark Bittman gave at a booksigning for Food Matters : "If you buy your own food and cook your own food, you tend to put much better things in your mouth than if you don't. If you did nothing other than that, you'd be in pretty good shape. Back to the kitchen....

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Two things: I was reading a book totally unrelated to diet and came upon this quote: "I learn from my mistakes -- I can make the same mistake with greater ease the second time around." Unknown grafitti writer Then I was looking for something specific in Mark Bittman's Food Matters and found this (he...

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And "whole" food at that. None of that diet, low-fat, skim, reduced, healthy, light, sugar free, tasteless, cardboard in a bottle filth for me! Did I over do it? I over did it didn't I? :D Well, I AM wondering how you get cardboard in a bottle, but other than that -- not too much overdone! I have n...

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Huge thank you for this very interesting article! I am now even more motivated to plan the meals I intend to cook over the next week. Masher You might be interested in this: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/the-10-ingredient-shopping-trip/#more-7473 I did this and spent less on groceries th...

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It's not what you're probably thinking...it's a new article from Michael Pollan in the Dining section of the New York Times. Warning! It's long: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/02/magazine/02cooking-t.html?pagewanted=1&ref=dining I particularly like the last two paragraphs: Crusty as a fresh baguette...

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Happy Anniversary -- and congratulations!

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If all you've lost is water weight and you gain some back -- so what? You really haven't lost body weight.

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You've pointed out exactly what I hate about other diets -- being condemned for going off-plan or program. My least favorite sentence in the whole world in relation to "diets" is, "I can't have that; it's not on my diet." :x Not being able to relax and enjoy food is why people don't/won't/can't stic...

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Welcome. Say a slice of meatloaf, a scoop of mashed potatoes with a pat of butter, a little mound of green beans, a crescent roll, etc. Just a dinner example, of course. What June Cleaver might have served Wally and the Beave... Of course, back then there would have been some sort of gelatin salad ...

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Why do you do those things? Because you're human. You're not the first or the last. I'd be willing to bet that everyone does these things now and again. I'm not sure why we get so upset when we do them, except that they're contrary to a goal of weight loss. There's a great story that I read in one o...

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Granola bars are treats, in my book. So are most energy bars What are you eating? The reason I ask is that so many of us eat what Michael Pollan calls "edible food-like substances" and not real food. If we eat food that is naturally more nutrient dense, we don't have the issues with hunger (as you d...

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I think milk can aggravate it more than help it. Although, things like yogurt (because of the bacteria present) can be helpful. But you don't need one of the yogurts that are designed to be helpful. To quote Michael Pollan: don't eat anything you see advertised on TV and/or claims to have health ben...

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Marge Jetton was featured in the book The Blue Zones by Dan Buettner. It was a very interesting book about areas with high percentage of fully functional centenarians, and it covered diet and other habits. These are people who are 100+ and are still working in gardens, driving cars, hiking in the m...

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That Seductions of Rice book looked too good to pass and so I bought it last night on Amazon. I'm a big fan of vegetarian rice dishes and my husband is a big fan of rice, period and while he genuinely likes brown rice as well as white rice, I rather have just white rice, especially since traditiona...

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Good for her, but doesn't she sound like just the teeniest little pain in the heinie? :twisted: :lol: Go, grandma! This is actually refreshing to see. Usually, when I read about someone who has made it past 100, the article always says that he/she "smokes a cigar every day" or that he/she "eats sau...

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I've always found it strange that the simple starch staples of thin cultures (white rice in Asia, white bread in France, white pasta in the "Mediterranean," to name a few) are demonized while the eating cultures as a whole are held up as models. It's as if people are saying "Except for the source o...

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Here's today's recipe:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/healt ... =nutrition

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I think it's great that Reinhard encourages people to test out different modifications to the diet. You just have to figure out your own. That may take some time. As others have advised, don't worry about S Day eating until N Day eating becomes what is natural and normal for you. Kathleen It's like...

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I'm a big fan of Martha Rose Shulman's "Recipes for Health" column on The New York Times web site. This week her focus is on rice, and I learned something I didn't know: Rice is a thoroughly sustaining food. According to Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid in "Seductions of Rice," a beautiful, well rese...

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I keep reading this as "Back from the Vatican."

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I started having problems with heartburn/acid reflux out of the blue about a year ago. I found that it was highly associated with the quality of the food I eat, though I do have some issues with dairy products. I found that drinking a glass of water (can be a rather small glass) within 30 minutes fo...

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I used to grab...pour me some hot coffee, turn on the computer and just nibble away. A Habit which I have established, is not to eat anything at all ever while I am at the computer . Drinking un-sweetened (or artificially sweetened) beverages is okay. Early mornings (about 4:30 a.m.) I sip a cup of...

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About "S events": To me, S days are Saturday, Sunday and religious or national holidays. S events are occasions -- events or celebrations where I want to indulge, but not a whole day of indulging. So, like some have a book club they attend monthly and there's a snack or dessert served -- they have ...

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I think these from Time magazine came out about the same time as the videos that Bushranger linked to. The one from msnbc is interesting and very No-S like: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3404421/ http://www.time.com/time/subscriber/covers/1101040607/article/how_we_grew_so_big_diet01a.html http://www.t...

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Well, take first things first. Don't worry about the S days until you've got the N days under control. I've been doing this nearly 3 years, and I'd guess that it took me a good year not to overdo or want to overdo on every S day. Now the majority of my S days look a lot like my N days with the excep...

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I started to loose it when I finally got to 21. I got a grip quick though. I think a habit takes more like 30 or more and you have to keep in mind how you react to those S days. If you think of them as being "off" the diet, then you must be thinking that you have to go back "on" again on Monday, th...

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About new habits... We got a dog 5/4. She's about a year old, a rescue. It's my duty to walk her every morning, because I'm the one with the least responsibilities in the morning -- and I need the walk, too. This should be habit by now. It's not -- even with the dog at my ankles! It's kind of a "Oh!...

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ThomsonsPier wrote:...passing rodents use your mashed potato as a ski slope.

Oh, yuck!

Your dog sits waiting for something to fall off the plate -- because it WILL happen.

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I would buy a nicely-sized white plate with the No-S logo in the middle in a flash! Me too Winnie! It would match my coffee mug! How about it Reinhard?! Mimi :D I wouldn't buy a mug, a plate, a magnet or a tee shirt. But a sweatshirt? Now that would tickle my fancy. Why a sweatshirt and not a tee s...

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I like my food hot. The longer it sits, the more I think "It won't be as good." So, I eat it fast. However, I do realize that eating slower would fill me up and probably make me eat less because when I go out to eat and eat course (e.g., salad, then entree), I rarely finish my entree because some t...

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Why not continue the 21-Day Challenges? Do one after the other. See how many you can do. After each challenge completes, reward yourself with something. It can be food-related or non-food related -- tickets for something or a book -- whatever feels like a treat to you. I don't think habits change in...

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I'd been doing this for about a year before I realized that we were supposed to use one plate. I had one serving of whatever was being served. If it was on more than one plate (or bowl), so be it. I've kept that up.

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Here ya go Reinhard:

http://www.mixmygranola.com/

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I've noticed that even when I still feel slightly hungry at the end of a meal, if I wait a few minutes that feeling passes.

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I've always included a sweet sometime after dinner. It's something small -- like a couple of homemade cookies. But that's my plan and I'm stickin' to it!

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Welcome, Patty!

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I don't have either of Pepin's books, but I just ordered Martha Stewart's Quick Cook Menus based on a recommendation from the author of Real Food . It was published in 1992. I'm not a huge Martha fan, but she doesn't use a lot of processed stuff. I'm also a huge fan of Everyday Food (the magazine) a...

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I'm currently reading Real Food by Nina Planck. Very interesting.

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I posted a link to a doco about similar Big Food issues in a thread a little while ago. I urge everyone to view it. Was a real eye opener to me. http://everydaysystems.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=5264 It's incredible -- amazing how they've pulled the wool over our eyes (though I have to say I think the ...

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I just wanted to strangle Chip Kunde (part 2 and beyond).

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Here's a link to the book: http://www.amazon.com/Mark-Bittmans-Kitchen-Express-inspired/dp/1416575669/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1248226159&sr=1-1 I haven't checked to see if the summer recipes in the book are the same as the summer recipes in the newspaper, but even if they are, with summer rec...

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These are from Mark Bittman. His newest book, Kitchen Express , is based on these kinds of recipes: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/18/dining/18mini.html http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/dining/22mlist.html?ref=dining Be sure and read those in the comments, too. There are some good ones (and some no...

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This comes from http://easygourmetdinners.com/ and is pretty much how I cook: Our recipes do NOT use processed foods , with the exception of canned (tinned) tomatoes and sauce in winter ( unless you freeze your own - instructions provided ) red and white kidney beans and chickpeas tuna olives, caper...

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Now, here's a few points: --I don't believe in crash diets --I don't believe in quick weight loss --I don't believe in 'magic' solutions So, then, why is it you're doing low carb? I don't think low-carb is anything but a crash diet with promises of quick weight loss. Personally, I'd find a way I ca...

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I think what concerns me most is that Big Food has as much influence over nutrition/nutrition education (and therefore what we learn from nutritionists/dieticians) as Big Pharma does over medicine.

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I think for a lot of people, worrying so much about food quality and "real" food is seen as a form of snobbery, and vaguely un-American. What, you're too good for Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup and instant pudding mix? It certainly is and if that's the case, I'm a food snob. Unfortunately, most ...

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Thanks for the news, Wosnes! Have pre-ordered it from Amazon -- alas, it doesn't come out until October ... can't wait! I think Clara's cookbook comes out the same day Pioneer Woman's cookbook does. Should make for some good fall reading -- and cooking! The only thing that could make it better woul...

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Clara has a cookbook now!

http://depressioncooking.blogspot.com/2 ... oncom.html

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http://www.seriouseats.com/talk/2009/07 ... u-eat.html

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We've discussed that one -- A LOT -- previously:

http://everydaysystems.com/bb/viewtopic ... ra+recipes

I've tried some of the recipes and they're good. Clara reminds me of my mom -- in fact, they were born the same year.

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I don't think it's a good idea.

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Welcome and congratulations!

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Here's another book that looks interesting:

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/30586160/ ... nd_health/

http://www.robynobrien.com/

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/09/dinin ... ien&st=cse

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It's a sad indictment against society that it's not frowned upon more than it is. I think we're assuming that more people know about this than probably actually do. We're obviously interested in this, but not everyone is. Those of us who are interested are going to have to step up to the plate not ...

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maggie wrote:I would rather skip ranch dressing than to eat fat-free. I just don't like the taste.

I don't buy salad dressings anymore. I make them from scratch and they're full-fat. They taste so much better and I'm sure I use less of them.

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