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Is Junk Food Really Cheaper?

Thanks to Will Bettmann for sending along this thought provoking op-ed piece by Mark Bittman for the New York Times: THE “fact” that junk food is cheaper than real food has become a reflexive part of how we explain why so many Americans are overweight, particularly those with lower incomes. I frequently read confident statements […]

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GARLIC and CANCER

If you are deciding whether or not to pass the garlic tonight at dinner, this may help you decide to add it more regularly to your diet. Used since ancient times for both culinary and medicinal purposes, garlic is a relative of the onion and the leek. It has four edible components: the root bulb, […]

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