Articles About Health And Fitness

Several people have asked for a consolidated list of links to my series on meat and health.  Here it is!  This should make it easier to share.   Is Meat Unhealthy?  Part I .  Introduction and ethical/environmental considerations. Is Meat Unhealthy?  Part II .  Our evolutionary history with meat. Is Meat Unhealthy?  Part III .  Meat and cardiovascular disease. Is Meat Unhealthy?  Part IV .  Meat and obesity risk. Is Meat Unhealthy?  Part V .  Meat and type 2 diabetes risk. Is Meat Unhealthy?  Part VI .  Meat and cancer risk. Is Meat Unhealthy?  Part VII .  Meat and total mortality. Is Meat Unhealthy?  Part VIII .  Health vs. the absence of disease. Is Meat Unhealthy?  Part IX .  Summary.

This week's lucky "winner"... a bacon hot dog donut, by Krispy Kreme! Read more »

This week's lucky "winner"... donuts!! Krispy Kreme donuts being made.  Hopefully this image isn't appetizing enough to make you want donuts. Read more »

I make a half gallon of yogurt, twice a month.  I like making my own yogurt for many reasons, but it's a bit of a pain.  Since I make large batches, I can't use a standard yogurt maker.  I often get distracted and over-heat the milk, and the method I use to incubate the yogurt is wildly inefficient (my beloved Excalibur dehydrator ).  I also need a constant warm temperature for various other fermentation projects, and that's often difficult to achieve with the tools I have. I finally found a better solution: a temperature controller that accurately regulates the temperature of a slow cooker by turning an outlet on or off.  I simply set the temperature of the controller, place the temperature probe into the slow cooker, and plug the slow cooker into the temperature controller outlet.  The slow cooker then stays at whatever temperature I want.  Here's what the temperature controller looks like: Once built, the temperature controller with or without the slow cooker can be ...