As a kid, I grew up in the inner-city jungle of San Antonio, Texas where my single mom Margarita spent her days hunting and foraging to make ends meet for her kids. After my parents’ divorce, we moved from my father’s “first-class, first world” across the tracks and down a trail of tears to a […]
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Why I’m No Longer Vegetarian
Note: veg*n is a shortened version of “vegan/vegetarian” People often ask me about why I started eating meat again after 18 years of being vegetarian and how I dealt with the ethical issue of killing and eating animals. So I did an entire podcast on it recently on Evil Sugar Radio. In this article, I’ll […]
Eating Your Emotions part 2
A Look At Emotional Eating, part 2 by Aubin Parrish In part 1 of this piece, we learned about personal stories of emotional eating and its origins, things about our modern society that foster it, and some of its consequences. This time, we’ll take a look at possible connections with eating disorders and so-called food […]
25 Things You Should Know About Sugar
An article from babble.com went viral in social media this week. The headline was simple enough, but the sub-headline and web address should win the most dramatic headline of the year award: ‘25 things about sugar that will terrify you: You’ll stop eating sugar after reading this post’ The author starts the article with full […]
Scientific Illiteracy in the Diet Industry: Why It’s Dangerous and What You Can Do To Fight It
by Jake Johnson “Scientific literacy, quite simply, is a mix of concepts, history, and philosophy that help you understand the scientific issues of our time. Scientific literacy is not the specialized, jargon-filled esoteric lingo of the experts. You don’t have to be able to synthesize new drugs to appreciate the importance of medical advances.” – […]