Adventures in Whole-Food, Plant-Based Eating
It is a hot Tuesday in August 2024. Our skydiving group, the Wuest Ways has made two jumps early, trying to make four before it gets too hot and the dust devils amplify the danger of landing. Because there is a military team training here at Perris today, we get...
I enjoy watching shows about wilderness survival, like Naked and Afraid, even though I consider the people who voluntarily put themselves in those positions to be crazy. I could never do that. I can’t even walk barefoot on the beach. In the show, the survivalists have to build shelter, make...
Uncle Al, may he rest in peace, was the oldest brother. Uncle Les, may he rest in peace, was the middle brother. My father, Richard, may he rest in peace, was the youngest. I vividly remember Uncle Al explaining to my teenage self that he considered allowing hunger to persist...
It is 2022, heading into Thanksgiving. I haven’t eaten any Halloween candy, but seeing the little boxes of Dots gumdrops somehow awakened in me a craving for black licorice. I realize not everyone likes black licorice. It’s one of those tastes that are just popular enough for the market to...
My friend Vern and my cousin Jerry were very different people, but they had one thing in common. They both survived heart attacks and did not change their way of eating. They both died of second heart attacks. I have living friends who have survived heart attacks and have stents...
What is the question? There are more than one, including: Why do people keep smoking when they know it is killing them? Why do people seek out excuses to cheat on their diets? Why do people gamble with money they can’t afford to lose? Why is porn damaging so many...
It is summer of 2022. I just wrote a post about Keeping Kosher, which translates somewhat literally as “eating clean.” Lately, I have been hearing the phrase, “eating clean,” in the miasma. Friends are doing it, or trying it. Someone actually claimed that I claimed to do it. I don’t...
Hypothetically, if you saw a headline reading Bowlers need to stop exaggerating the health benefits of their sport, would your reaction be: to wonder which benefits bowlers exaggerate, and eagerly read the article for details to skip the article, but mentally note that bowlers make false health claims to skim...
Answered Mostly with Questions I hate tofu and sprouts. Where do you get protein? What’s the best meat substitute? What do you do when you eat out? What supplements do you need? What about fish? What about honey? Where do you get iron (or most other nutrients)? How can I...
One of the most persistent myths about nutrition is that we put on weight by consuming more calories than we burn. Were this true, it would follow that the only healthy way to lose weight is some combination of eating fewer calories and exercising more. While this approach certainly works...
