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The Thankless Task of Dinner

No dinner party can survive uncertainty, and there is nothing so relentless as dinnertime, which must be renewed every day, even multiple times a day; no credit is given for the success of the dinner the night before, which might as well have been ten years ago (View Highlight) You

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Wheat Domesticated Us

The reason that wheat became the grain of choice in northern climates is thanks to a uniquely small lectin in wheat, known as wheat germ agglutinin (WGA), which is responsible for wheat’s weight-gaining propensity. (Location 341) Yes, cows develop heartburn from these lectins, just as you do. To keep

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When Buying Bread in the Grocery Store

In this case, green means “stop” and red (and orange and yellow) means “go.” Red, orange, and yellow signal sweetness and desirability to your brain, a concept that food marketers have long known about and employed. Next time you are in the snack food aisle in the supermarket, check out

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The Slow Acting Poison of Lectin

Because their initial predators were insects, plants developed some lectins that would paralyze any unfortunate bug that tried to dine on them. Obviously, there is a quantum size difference between insects and mammals, but both are subject to the same effects. (If you are suffering from neuropathy, take notice!) Clearly,