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A couple other free courses (July start)
The Science of Gastronomy by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Jul 10th 2013 (6 weeks long) https://www.coursera.org/course/scigast This course introduces students to elements of science behind cooking, cuisine preparation and the enjoyment of food. The ultimate goal is to help students recognize the…
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Natural News IS a satire site, right?
This is the kind of clever satire that keeps me reading Natural News... "A detailed analysis of Obamacare health insurance rates reveals something very disturbing: Healthy people will be paying double or triple the rates they are currently paying, while premiums will go down for those who live on junk foods and develop…
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Try the 'Sleep and Lose Weight' diet!
While this news report, like so many newspaper stories, doesn't quite present the science accurately, this is an interesting story... Never really occurred to me that exhaled carbon could add up. ---- Every time you exhale, you lose weight. That simple scientific calculation comes from physics teacher and obsessive…
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All the posts about out of control over-eating...
I think of this song when I read posts from people asking about how to stop binging in the evenings or who somehow feel obligated to eat junk when dining out... If you don't know at least what the ballpark calories are, you're just cheating yourself. "doncha put it in your mouth doncha stuff it in your face though it might…
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Bogus nutritional info in the food database?
I keep running into things that are new in my diet that only have calories entered, but no fat, potassium, protein, etc. Is there any way to flag bad entries? Just going through the steamed white rice entries alone, you'd think that rice was a magical food that has anywhere from 80 to 400 calories per cup. I'd like to be…
