Tag Archives: fat

On making myself a smaller target for illness

By Mark | January 2, 2019

I’m not a big fan of New Year’s resolutions. I like the idea of being reflective, and giving serious thought as to how one might be able to do better in the year ahead, but, as a rule, I think they’re counterproductive, as they’re rarely kept, and just leave people feeling like shit. Perhaps more […]

Posted in Food, Health, Mark's Life | Also tagged aging, alcohol, anxiety, back pain, beer, beets, BMI, calories, cancer, cold turkey, colonoscopy, dietary reset, diets, elimination diet, fat shaming, flour, GERD, gluten, Health, kale, losing weight, New Year's resolution, OCD, processed foods, smoothies, sugar, sweets, vegan, weight issues, wheat, Whole 30, wine | 29 Comments

“Hmmm…. Maybe I don’t have a problem after all.”

By Mark | December 5, 2013

[The quotes noted above are from British television cook Nigella Lawson, who was called on to testify in British court yesterday about a number of things, including her cocaine use. And the fellow at the bottom, for those of you who might not recognize him, is Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, who, like Lawson, has been […]

Posted in Observations, Uncategorized | Also tagged addiction, cocaine, Nigella Lawson, Rob Ford, skinny, Toronto, weight issues | 19 Comments

School lunches: processed, fried, and driving up corporate profits

By Mark | December 5, 2011

Remember how, not too long ago, we were talking about British chef Jamie Oliver’s crusade to make America’s school lunches less toxic? Well, it would seem that, perhaps thanks to him, the press in this country is beginning to take the subject more seriously, looking into just why it is that our schools seem incapable […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Corporate Crime, Michigan, Uncategorized | Also tagged agricultural surplus, Ann Arbor Public Schools, Aramark, Berkley, Chartwells, childhood obesity, Compass Group, Jamie Oliver, Michigan Department of Education, National School Lunch Program, nutrition, Pilgrim’s, privatization, Roland Zullo, School Lunch Initiative, school lunches, Sodexo, sugar, Tyson, University of Michigan | 14 Comments

Doubling down and packing on the weight

By Mark | April 5, 2010

A few people, in the wake of last night’s post on Jamie Oliver and the so-called “food revolution” that he’s bringing to our shores, have demanded that, in the spirit of fairness, I put something up on the site about Kentucky Fried Chicken’s recent announcement that they’ll be going live with the Double Down – […]

Posted in Food | Also tagged April 12, calories, dialysis, Donna Simpson, Double Down, fast food, food revolution, healthy food access, Huntington, Jamie Oliver, Kentucky Fried Chicken, KFC, obesity, processed food, Ricky Gervais, sodium, Treasure Bombshell, weight issues, West Virginia | 26 Comments

Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution

By Mark | April 4, 2010

In an effort to save a few dollars, and the soul of our daughter, we canceled our basic cable subscription a few months ago. I miss Turner Classic Movies, but, other than that, I don’t have any regrets. l catch local news at the gym, and the few network shows I do watch, like Caprica […]