What do we “do” when we are healthy, when we are no longer concerned about our health and how to recover or preserve it? When we are not confined to a hospital, what is to occupy us? If we are made to be healthy, what is the activity of health? What is the life of [...]
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The Life of Health
Posted in Existence, Health, Life on August 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A Poultry Farmer on the Meat We Eat
Posted in Agriculture, Food, Health on March 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Why are entire flocks of industrial birds dying at once? And what about the people eating those birds? Just the other day, one of the local pediatricians was telling me he’s seeing all kinds of illnesses that he never used to see. Not only juvenile diabetes, but inflammatory and autoimmune diseases that a lot of [...]
Overfed and Undernourished: Part 1
Posted in Food, Health, Politics on March 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
And perhaps worst of all, our food is increasingly bad for us, even dangerous. A series of recalls involving contaminated foods this year — including an outbreak of salmonella from tainted peanuts that killed at least eight people and sickened 600 — has consumers rightly worried about the safety of their meals. A food system [...]
