Rather belatedly I feel I should point to Jack Monroe’s blog where she very courageously and inspiringly – for me anyway – suggests we should: But first, we rest. We recharge. We reconnect with one another. We hold one another up, and steady, and put one foot in front of the other. We make sure… Read more
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Clever enough to ‘create’ food and stupid enough to eat it
The title refers to a conclusion from a Zoe Harcombe lecture on meat – as an ex vegetarian, I suggest her conclusion on ‘creative’ meat carries even more weight…. Food nutrition is probably the least of it. Having to eat something – anything – has begun to be just as important. We now have more… Read more
More light on sweetness
I confess this is not my usual read but if David Davis, a former employee of Tate & Lyle, sponsors of the Tory Party, and one of the few companies in favour of Brexit, can cast aspersions on Britain’s public health policy then I think I might suggest that the game is up! The only… Read more
Livestock turns food we cannot eat into protein
I think that we should really take this American graphic on board. They, unlike the UK, have lots of factory farms and their normal method of raising livestock is to finish them by fattening them on grain. And isn’t it funny how everyone knows this but does not seem to recognise that eating grain is… Read more
Seriously seeking vasselage
If Britain leaves the EU without a trade deal it will be the only country in the world – bar none – to trade solely on WTO terms. Brexiters are often of the view that we are a vassal state of the EU, neatly ignoring that we are one of 28 member states and one… Read more
Five a day is a marketing fiction
As I’m sure more assiduous readers will be aware, I’ve already pointed out that ‘five a day’ is a marketing fiction. Building on this, there is a half hour podcast from the ever interesting nutritionist, Zoe Harcombe, which is from November last and which I have only just discovered. It seems to me it is… Read more
The Tin Can Cook
This is short – but I think I should simply highlight the crowdfunder for the ‘Tin Can Cook’ where any excess – over and above funds required to publish the actual book, which now seems to be funded, will go to help foodbanks. But she tells you all about it! Although I’ve long respected Jack… Read more
Sugar tax dangers
There is a new and very worrying study that suggests that aspartame (one of those sugar substitutes) actually destroys neurotransmitters – brain chemicals necessary for the function of neurons. Now this test may, possibly, not be correct in humans. But in my view we really need to affirm the safety of these chemicals in food… Read more
Taxing meat
I usually like Richard Murphy’s ideas – but not this one: under his Tax to Save The Environment he is in favour of taxing meat. This is principally, as I understand it, because cattle, sheep and goats, owing to their ruminant stomachs, emit significant quantities of methane. Now I haven’t established whether he thinks horses,… Read more
Chickens and Hayek
I strongly recomment a listen to The Inquiry – How did we mess up antibiotics? A part of the story involves chickens. The figure below is from businessinsider. Clearly, there is something not natural going on here. Back in 1989 I went on a trek in the far north of Thailand. In the villages, chickens… Read more