Recent content by nunaem

EDIT: Hmm, I guess sofia said too much.

I don't buy the cultural explanation... Iraq had a collectivist culture that placed high value on honor and had no 'entitlement mentality' to speak of, yet there was outrageous looting after the 2003 invasion.

" The tragic demise of the “Frito Bandito” "

d'oh! I got artificial confused with calorie-free.

Almond butter is great. Unfortunately I have a food processor and nothing compares to the taste of homemade peanut butter. I've made almond butter, sunflower butter, walnut butter... they all taste good but not as good as peanut butter. I wish I was still unaware it is a legume, those were the...

Being on a paleo diet I've avoided sweeteners altogether, even artificial ones. Now apples taste like candy to me. Of the sweeteners, pick whichever is least processed like raw honey. Stevia is the best of the artificial sweeteners. But I recommend not using them at all. If you abstain from...

Brown sugar is just caramelized sucrose, so it would be half fructose like sucrose.

Correct me if I am wrong, but I have heard that leaving water out in the open for an hour allows the chlorine to evaporate. EDIT: Yes, Dr. Mercola mentions it here at 8:30:

If you must eat fructose, or sugar in general, (I highly urge you not to) at least eat it with some solid food, preferably slow digesting food like protein or fiber.

True, which I why I avoid both fructose and sucrose like the plague.

I've been eating mostly primal for quite a while now, but I have a soft spot for peanut butter and sweet potatoes. Eating sweet potatoes post-workout is the best compromise. EDIT: Oh, and I do Intermittent Fasting too, it's nearly as beneficial as low-carb paleo. If you combine paleo and IF...

The first commenter nailed it: "Spend the money on the kids who WANT to learn" Why must we spend so much resources on the unwilling/unable at the expense of the willing/able?

Well, excuuuse us for not respecting war criminals that should be tried for treason and executed.

"I ceased in the year 1764 to believe that one can convince one's opponents with arguments printed in books. It is not to do that, therefore, that I have taken up my pen, but merely so as to annoy them, and to bestow strength and courage on those on our own side, and to make it known to the...

A victor is moral and just. Victory is the basis of right.