Let me be very clear. I do not like beets. I’ve spent over fifty years disliking beets.
I’ve tried them boiled (gag-inducing), roasted (almost tolerable, but no), raw (the additional chewing required just prolongs the misery), and picked (where’s the bathroom?).
To me, beets taste like garden dirt laced with a little bit of sugar. Interestingly, there is validity to that perception. Beets contain a naturally-occurring compound called geosmin, and geosmin gives beets their dirt-like . . . er. . . earthy flavour.
Some people like this earthy flavor.
I’m not one of them.
Just as interesting – at least…
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Langley, Coquitlam medical clinics closing, leaving patients worried about finding new doctors – BC
The Lower Mainland is losing two medical clinics this year, leaving thousands of patients without a family doctor in a province grappling with a shortage of them.
According to the Gain Medical Centre’s website, all five doctors at the Coquitlam clinic are slated to leave. One is moving to a clinic in Port Coquitlam, while the remainder are retiring on Aug. 31.
The Brookswood Family Practice in Langley, which had three family physicians, is also slated to shut down on Dec. 1. A letter to a patient obtained by Global News provided no reason for the end of the signing…
Benefits of Eating Meat | Diabetic Mediterranean Diet
July 1, 2023 · 2:15 PM
Mucho protein, amigo
I found a review article at Animal Frontiers that makes the argument in favor of meat consumption. The authors admit little focus on the downsides of eating meat. I’ve been cutting back on my meat consumption out of sympathy for the animals. Here are some of the key points verbatim:
Aspects of human anatomy, digestion, and metabolism diverged from other primates, indicating evolutionary reliability on, and compatibility with, substantial meat intake. Implications of a disconnect from evolutionary dietary patterns may contribute to today’s burden of disease, increasing the risk for both…
Montreal’s REM: Company in charge of project hit with health and safety violations
The company responsible for building Montreal’s REM light rail has violated multiple health and safety regulations during the construction of the railway that put workers at risk, according to reports issued by Quebec’s occupational health and safety commission (CNESST).
The FTQ union representing construction workers says there have been concerns since the beginning of the project, which was contracted to construction and engineering firm NouvLR in 2018.
“It’s been so many years that we’ve been fighting with those issues with the CNESST and they’ve been on job sites, but many times the employer just didn’t listen,” FTQ general manager Eric…
The baby gets sick after being given the wrong breast milk in the Toronto ICU
A Mississauga couple is still seeking answers a year after their newborn daughter was given the wrong breast milk while a patient in a neonatal intensive care unit at a Toronto hospital.
“I want to know why they say the system is safe when that happened,” said Gabriele Forneris, whose daughter was born prematurely on May 22, 2022, weighing just 770 grams.
The infant was transferred to Sunnybrook Hospital and moved to the neonatal intensive care unit at St. Joseph’s Health Center in Toronto on June 17.
Global News has agreed not to report the girl’s first name, or the…
ENHANCE HEALTH AND TRACKHOUSE RACING UNVEIL NO. 91 ENHANCE HEALTH CHEVROLET CAMARO FOR INAUGURAL NASCAR CUP SERIES RACE IN DOWNTOWN CHICAGO
Published: Jun. 30, 2023 at 1:16 PM CDT|Updated: 58 minutes ago
SUNRISE, Fla., June 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Enhance Health, a digital health insurance brokerage and care navigation platform, and Trackhouse Racing, a prominent team in the NASCAR Cup Series Race, are thrilled to announce their partnership in the first-ever NASCAR Chicago Street Race in downtown Chicago. The race is scheduled to take place on July 1-2, 2023.
Announcing the No. 91 Enhance Health Chevrolet Camaro at the inaugural NASCAR Cup Series.(PRNewswire)
As part of this exciting collaboration, the No. 91 Enhance Health Chevrolet Camaro will hit the track, driven…
How many hours of shuteye is best? Here’s what the latest science says about sleep
With the release of two studies that try to untangle the relationship between sleep and brain health, specialists are offering some reassurance for anyone who’s feeling anxious about optimizing their shuteye.
New research published Monday suggests that getting less than the recommended seven or eight hours of sleep each night might not be as harmful as expected for some people’s brains.
That follows a study printed last week that suggests daytime napping could have some positive effects.
But sleep science is still a relatively new field, with much more research still to be done on how sleep patterns intersect with…
Why I Don’t Eat Mushrooms
Mushrooms are commonly eaten among vegans and non-vegans alike, but many feel that mushrooms are not suitable for food. Below are a few of the reasons that I personally choose not to eat mushrooms.
(Note: Before anyone starts jumping on their keyboards to chastise me for posting this article, please note that these are my personal reasons for not eating mushrooms. I am not telling you that you cannot eat mushrooms. You are entitled to your personal preferences just as I am entitled to mine.
If you are offended by my personal decision concerning what I eat, then . .…