Dysmal Nitch Pacific Northwest

Category Archives: Food and Diet

Fantasy Fudge, Tribulations of Gerry and Holidays in Oklahoma

As Thanksgiving approaches let us recall the worst fudge recipe in the history of the world, ‘Fantasy Fudge’ and big Oklahoman family get-togethers that usually resulted in at least a few feuds carried on all year long and an uncle who didn’t get a bicycle so used that as a reason to slide into alcoholism for over fifty years.

Fat, Sick & Dying – An American Story.

In the United States we don’t have an Obesity problem. We have a food additive problem. The B-Vitamins are required for fat deposition and are included in otherwise low-nutrient food sources. Food producers are allowed to put in more vitamin mix then required so that labels can say, “200% of your daily required…” The low-nutrient food sources are also fortified with iron which causes a whole Pandora’s box of health issues such as in white Caucasians, who are prone to hemochromotosis a genetic predisposition to store extra iron. Vitamin C causes an uptick in Iron acquisition and is also commonly added to food and supplemented meaning most people get several times their iron requirements daily. And finally, worth of an entire book by itself: inorganic phosphates that can literally turn your elastic happy heart arteries to stone.

Trail Running Corner

Runners Insomnia & Fix

A lot of athletes suffer from insomnia and then are told they should just “work out” in order to fix it. It’s impossible to find a decent health article online about this so I wrote one. Eat green foods. There you go. That’s all that’s in this article. Eat greens.

Nathan Pritikin and Ancel Keys

Out From Under the Bus.

The ghosts of Nathan Pritikin and Ancel Keys join us this Halloween for the “Out from Under the Bus” nutrition tour and karaoke.

“We’ve been disturbed from our everlasting slumber by this ‘KETO’ bullshit. We’re setting the record straight for YOU the people. Let’s Go.”

Also: karaoke — come to see angry ghosts, stay for the singing.