Food Links by George Hernandez

Links that lead to off-site pages about food.

Caffeine
Fasting
Fat
Salt
Vegetarians
Miscellany

Caffeine

Caffeine = 1,3,7-trimethylxanthine.

Fasting

Benjamin Franklin on fasting
Calorie Restriction Drastically Reduces Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke and Diabetes
ChetDay.com. 'Natural Health Articles and Recipes Since 1993'
- New Studies Support The Warrior Diet's Brain Powering and Anti-Aging Effects. 'Recent studies have shown that both calorie restrictions (i.e., undereating) and intermittent fasting (i.e., fasting every other day), with maintained vitamin and mineral intake, can extend lifespan and can increase resistance to disease.'
Fasting Across Religions
HealthPromoting.com. 'TrueNorth Health Education Center has operated its residential health education program in Penngrove, California since 1984. Our program educates participants on the benefits of healthy living and on the use of fasting as a tool to improve their diet and lifestyle. Like a compass, we help our participants chart the course toward optimum health. We call this direction TrueNorth.'
- Therapeutic Fasting: An Introduction to the Benefits of a Professionally Supervised Fast
  - 'Therapeutic fasting is defined as the complete abstinence from all substances except pure water in an environment of complete rest. ... It is important to go into the fast with a willingness to allow the body to tell us what is indicated. The idea is to fast as briefly as possible, but as long as necessary to allow the body to generate and resolve any possible healing crises that might result.'
  - ' The physiology of fasting has been extensively studied, and three phases of fasting have been identified.
    1. The first phase can be called the gastrointestinal phase, and lasts approximately for first six hours following the last meal. During this phase the body uses glucose, amino acids and fats, as they are absorbed from the intestinal tract.
    2. Phase two lasts for more or less the next two days. During this time the body will use its glycogen (sugar) reserves that are stored in the muscle and liver cells. These glycogen reserves are mobilized to provide the central nervous system, including the brain, with its normal fuel, glucose.
    3. Within a few hours the body begins to convert adipose (fat) tissue into fatty acids. Were it not for the body's ability to switch fuels and enter phase three, where the body switches from glucose to fat metabolism, therapeutic fasting could not take place. The body's protein reserves would be quickly depleted. Fortunately, this is not a problem. In fact, within ten hours from the last meal approximately 50% of muscle fuel is coming from fat. Even the brain itself begins to shift over the fat metabolism. The consumption of protein reserves decreases from 75 grams per day at the beginning of a fast to just 20 grams a day by the end of the second week. '
  - 'Most fasts will be terminated with fresh fruits or vegetables or their juices. ... The most important period of the fast is the initial re-feeding. Too rapid a return to food and activity can spell disaster. Materials that have been mobilized during the fast must be eliminated. Improper feeding or activity after the fast can seriously disrupt this process. It is during the re-feeding program that good dietary and lifestyle habits are reinforced.'
Skipping Meals May Protect Against Diabetes and Alzheimers
The Health Benefits of Fasting
- 'Fasting technically commences within the first twelve to twenty-four hours of the fast. A fast does not chemically begin until the carbohydrate stores in the body begin to be used as an energy source. The fast will continue as long as fat and carbohydrate stores are used for energy, as opposed to protein stores. Once protein stores begin to be depleted for energy (resulting in loss of muscle mass) a person is technically starving.'
- 'Detoxification is the foremost argument presented by advocates of fasting. .... A second prescribed benefit of fasting is the healing process that begins in the body during a fast. During a fast energy is diverted away from the digestive system due to its lack of use and towards the metabolism and immune system. ... In addition, there is a reduction in core body temperature. ... Finally, the most scientifically proven advantage to fasting is the feeling of rejuvenation and extended life expectancy.'

Fat

"Trans Fat Spells Double Trouble for Arteries"
"The Rise and Fall of Crisco"
- 'By adding hydrogen atoms to the fatty acid chain, this revolutionary industrial process transformed liquid cottonseed oil into a solid that resembled lard.'
- 'Crisco was introduced to the public in 1911. It was an era when wives stayed home and cooked with plenty of butter and lard. The challenge for Crisco was to convince the stay-at-home housewife about the merits of this imitation food. P&G's first ad campaign introduced the all-vegetable shortening as "a healthier alternative to cooking with animal fats. . . and more economical than butter." With one sentence, P&G had taken on its two closest competitors--lard and butter. '
- 'P&G also had the brilliant idea of presenting Crisco to the Jewish housewife as a kosher food, one that behaved like butter but could be used with meats. Because it made kosher cooking easier, Jews adopted Crisco and margarine--imitation lard and imitation butter--more quickly than other groups, with unforeseen consequences.'

Salt

Vegetarians

Vegetarians, Vegans, etc.

GoVeg.com. Via PETA.
Vegetarianism [W]

Miscellany

AllRecipes.com
Betty Crocker [bettycrocker.com]. Recipes.
- "Easy Red Velvet Cake"he
ChefMoz.org. 'Yes, you can read and write restaurant reviews here, but you'll also find direct links to reviews on other sites. It's all the work of our volunteer editors, who scour the web to collect restaurant information for you. We also accept reviews and restaurant information from the public.'
Eat [EarthEasy.com/eat_menu.htm]. Sustainable eating ideas.
EatSushi.com. Info about sushi. Includes videos on how to make sushi too.
EGullet.com
Epicurious.com
Fish and Veggie: Healthy Dietary Life In Japanese Style From Nothern Osaka Of Japan
FoodFromSweden.com.
- 'Swedeness: is to mean what you say and to say what you mean; to use the earth not abuse it'
- A very well rendered site too.
- Personal connections:
  - I love Ann Sather, a lovely set of Swedish Chicago restaurants. (They catered my wedding too!)
  - I grew up near Andersonville, a decidedly Swedish neighborhood in Chicago. (And it's hyper-hip now too!)
  - Yes, I've eaten at Ikea too.
FoodGeeks.com. Geeks have to eat too! Scale recipes and convert ingredients to metric and decimals.
FoodMuseum.com. Well, why not? We all eat don't we?
FoodNetwork.com, aka FoodTV.com. Yes, the TV channel dedicated to food.
FoodPornWatch.arrr.net. A collection of blogs about food. EGs:
- Chocophile.com
FoodSubs.com.
- ' The Cook's Thesaurus is a cooking encyclopedia that covers thousands of ingredients and kitchen tools. Entries include pictures, descriptions, synonyms, pronunciations, and suggested substitutions. '
- I personally dislike substitutions but the site is good for insights.
GlobalGourmet.com.
GodeCookery.com
- Medieval and Renaissance food.
- Related:
GumboPages.com/links/food.html.
HillBillyHousewife.com
- 'Welcome to my website. I'm Maggie, the proprietor. I created this site so that I could access all of my recipes easily and so that I could clean out the recipe boxes under my bed. Like most personal projects, this is a work in progress. Be patient with me please. I am not a professional, and this is not a professional website. I am just a humble, barefoot, hillbilly, woman with too many irons in the fire, like most folks. '
- Now you can eat like a real American.
HomeCooking.About.com
JoyOfBaking.com
Katzer's Spice Pages. ' On these pages, I present solid information on (currently) 117 different spice plants. Emphasis is on their usage in ethnic cuisines, particularly in Asia; furthermore, I discuss the history, chemical constituents and etymology of their names. Last but not least, there are numerous photos featuring the live plants or the dried spices. '
TheYummyCo.com
World's Healthiest Foods [WHFoods.com]. 'The George Mateljan Foundation is a non-profit organization with no commercial interests. Our purpose is to show you a healthier way of eating that's enjoyable, affordable, quick and easy to fit your personal needs and lifestyle.'

2007-10-22 18:55:59Z