We’ve written lots about how carbohydrates–not fats–are behind the so-called diseases of civilization: obesity, diabetes, hypertension, atherosclerosis. The problem is, plant foods, especially refined starches and grains, trigger an insulin response in the body. Besides being the hormone primarily responsible for fat storage, insulin has a corrosive effect on the body. Too many Americans are [...]
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Fried eggs over braised greens with beef tongue. Preparation time: 15 minutes Shopping: None I recently conducted a final harvest of our spring bed of collard and mustard greens. It was quite a haul. After sauteeing an onion with bacon grease in a heavy pot, I dumped in the greens and braised them slowly with [...]
Finally, here is a medical researcher who warns that carbohydrates are behind the obesity epidemic. Worse than most carbs, Robert Lustig of the University of California at San Francisco says that fructose, because of the insulin response it generates, is the metabolic equivalent of poison. An obesity expert who has worked extensively with children, Lustic [...]
We are engaging the concerns of a hungry planet--slowly--right here in our kitchen garden in the District of Columbia, about a mile from the White House.
What's in your turkey? We killed and butchered more than 80 birds on the farm of Mike and Michelle Klein in Prince George's County. Thankfully, Michelle did the gutting. Unfortunately, Mike bought his turkey chicks earlier than usual and they did not stop growing. Our prize for helping was a carcass that weighed nearly 40 pounds. It barely fit in the oven. Here, Mike is subjecting a slaughtered bird to the "magic fingers," a machine with a nubby, rotating barrel that removes most of the feathers. 
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