Category Archives: Health & Diet

The Troubled History Of The Supermarket Tomato : NPR

Having covered the taste-free banana, I also read this story about our bland tomatoes.

I ponder this as I question whether I can keep the weeds at bay long enough for our little tomato plants to produce any kind of bounty this year. Between the new job’s travels, the rabbits, the rain and humidity, I’m not so sure.

If you enjoy the story, be sure to check out the related stories as well. There is a lot on this subject.

Milk dud: Schools rule out chocolate

Personally, I agree with this concept. Yes, I let Gabriel drink chocolate milk, but he does it according to whether or not his mom and I let him.

If he got to choose, he would drink it all the time. So a little policing of his diet is not only a good thing, but also something I would expect of any school system I would send him to.

What really pissed me off though was the idiot parent at the end of the segment who apparently does ZERO positive food modeling with her kid. News flash: kids watch what YOU eat and follow accordingly. Which is why I’m so glad Gabriel chows on veggies and eats a pretty balanced diet all on his own.

For more on LA’s plan and some future food in the crosshairs, check out this story.

Armadillos Likely Transmitting Leprosy to Humans in Southern U.S.: Scientific American

Not that I expect Lou Dobbs or those other racists to apologize, but here’s the news about the occasional case of leprosy down south. Folks are getting it from armadillos.

Little armored rodents.

NOT illegals or Mexicans or brown people in general.

Like I said, the bigots will refuse to hear the truth. They’ll deny ever tying Latinos to leprosy. Anything to avoid taking responsibility for their hatred.

Why are bananas radioactive?

Bananas are actually radioactive. I remember learning this is school but it’s a fun article to read in these days where we in the US are more scared of radioactivity than the Japanese who a) HAVE been nuke bombed, and b) HAVE a nuke plant in trouble.

Are they freaking out? Well, maybe a little, but since their culture runs on stoic adult behavior and science instead of reality show hysterics and “intelligent design” they actually have a handle on things.

Incidentally, don’t tell Republicans about this thing about bananas. Between their end times hysteria and their hatred of all things brown people grow (and eat, and make, and reproduce) they’ll ban the fruit in mere moments.