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Author Archives: borderslynn
Sugar and Big Food
I found this definition of Sugar here: Sugar is a carbohydrate that occurs naturally in many foods. The body mostly uses carbohydrates as an energy source. Food producers also add sugar to many products, which can lead a person’s blood … Continue reading
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Tagged big food, body fuel, carbohydrates, climate change, Covid, diabetes, health, inactivity, insulin, junk food, kiribati, Pacific Islanders, Sugar, tobacco substitute, ultra processed foods
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Stop doing this
Michael Moss in his book ‘Hooked’ revealed the name of another hero we can all be grateful to, the attorney Stephen Joseph. You can read on his website how he took on Philip Morris, the tobacco giants, who owned Kraft, … Continue reading
We eat to forget. Then we eat for relief.
The above title is from Michael Moss’s book ‘Hooked’ (p71). Moss’s book explains how our bodies have evolved since ancestral hominids roamed the Ethiopian landscape. He then brings us up to date with the chemistry of modern processed foods. People … Continue reading
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Tagged addiction, compulsive behaviour, Covid, diet, disease, fast foods, flavourists, overeating, ultra processed foods
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Corporates Accessing Science, Perpetuating Conscious Disregard
I have just purchased this book, ‘Hooked’ by journalist Michael Moss. Another leading light in the effort to show we have been made ill by those who worship the mantra ‘profit before people’. Corporates employ scientists to find our vulnerabilities … Continue reading
Conscious Disregard, continued……..
I previously wrote about the poison Chromium VI which has leached into the rivers and streams of Glasgow City since Shaw Chemicals once processed chemicals in the highly industrial 19th and 20th centuries. Later, in April, I wrote about Industrial … Continue reading
Conscious Disregard
If we are allergic to nuts we try to follow a diet which has no nuts in it, which is not easy, but anaphylactic shock can kill. When we see people bathing in one of the most polluted rivers in … Continue reading
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Tagged carcinogens, clean water, conscious disregard, contamination, disease, eco, exposure, malice, protection, robert bilott, safe environment, toxins
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O2
There is an excellent Forbes of India article on how oxygen is made for use by patients in hospital. There are three different ways: Vacuum Insulated Evaporator: Storage system of liquid oxygen 2. Oxygen Cylinders: hold oxygen under pressure 3. … Continue reading
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Tagged Covid, elitism, health infrastructure, India, oxygen supply
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The Air we Breathe
In 2019 I collapsed and was taken to hospital. The paramedics put me on oxygen and took me to hospital. When I breathed that oxygen I thought it was like being in our Glen, standing next to the burn flowing … Continue reading
Quartz and Solar Panels
‘Clean Energy’, ‘Renewables’, ‘Alternative Energy’……….We can save the Planet! Well, can we do so without savaging the Planet and harming our health? Before we even attempt to create technologies to provide such solutions, we need to lay out the evidence … Continue reading
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Tagged cancer, carcinogens, dust, environment concerns, greenwashing, health, new technology, planet harm, quartz mining, silicosis, solar panels, wildlife survival
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