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  • Microwave Cooking

    One reason why microwave cooking is good for the environment is that we need less energy to cook because the energy is applied more uniformly to the food. We don't have to overcook the outside to get the inside cooked. Some people talk about the adverse effect of microwave radiation on food. Simple physics tells us that energy cooks food by ...
    Posted to The Green Lantern by fwcolb on March 25, 2009

  • this author is definitely fat..

    The author of this article must be fat. While our DNA does indeed hold a large portion of the responsibility of how our bodies develop to maturity, people can do A LOT to prevent themselves from becoming grossly overweight. How has overeating not been attributed to obesity? Lets do the math here: excessive calories + not enough exercise (i.e. too ...
    Posted to Green Room by ikeshow on July 12, 2008

  • Personal responsibility, people?

    This article was among the bigger loads of hogwash I've ever read. Genetics plays ''more'' of a role in obesity than behavior and diet? Bull. Travel some. Go to Asia. Maybe the Mediterranean. People are thin there. There simply aren't chubby children scarfing down Happy Meals everywhere you look (like there are here). But Asian and ...
    Posted to Green Room by ENH on July 11, 2008

  • Regarding the Wall-E article...

    ''Wall-E tells us that if we don't change the way we live, we'll all get really fat and destroy the world.'' You'll find no bigger supporter of the first amendment than me. However, I think the statement above, quoted from the article is a little biased. To me, it sounds like someone who is just looking for a reason to look down on ...
    Posted to Green Room by CWickham on July 11, 2008

  • Are you crazy?

    ''But there's little evidence that overeating causes obesity on an individual level and no real reason to think that anyone can lose a lot of weight by dieting.'' Wow... That was, well...stupid. So, there's no evidence that our lifestyles are the cause of weight gain. The follow-up sentence was even more intelligent. That children who watch TV ...
    Posted to Green Room by Xnegd on July 11, 2008

  • Remedy for loss of sense of smell

    My sense of smell had left me, or at least 85 percent of it. I visited a nutritionist for a totally different problem. When he looked at my list of symptoms, checked off from his symptom list, he told me that he was sure I was lacking zinc. He sent me for a nutrient profile at SpectraCell Labs and they found that I was, definitely, deficient in ...
    Posted to Medical Examiner by carlon7 on July 9, 2008

  • Can a night Owl become a morning person? I did!

    Oh yes. The infamous title of ''night owl''. I have been dubbed a night owl for as far back as I could remember. I have never liked getting up early in the morning, nor have I ever enjoyed getting less than eight hours of sleep in one evening. After having my son, I had tried and tried to become a morning lover but I had failed miserably. I've ...
    Posted to Medical Examiner by SaphireLee on June 17, 2008

  • Stop looking at obesity!

    It's shameful how the growing level of unhealthy obesity in adults and children has resulted in an obsession with weight loss plans and pills that promise quick fixes. I also hear very little about the psychology of weight gain (Time Magazine did a series of articles on obesity and food in the June 11, 2007 issue). There are real reasons why ...
    Posted to Human Nature by naturegirl on August 21, 2007