…and it’s back

I was recently contemplating when my corn strike should end. I couldn’t remember if I had set a date and didn’t really want to look back to check because I wanted to set a new date: Thanksgiving. I wasn’t sure what the holiday would bring (we don’t usually have a corn dish at our annual [...]

Alternative Food Fair

Last Monday (November 24th), five of us held an Alternative Food Fair in front of the school for approximately an hour. It was Ann (of the sea vegetables), Emily (of the local foods), Matt (of the vegan food), Rosanna (of the insects), and I at a table set up in front of the main building [...]

Happy Meal?

The bf (or does a ring make him just an F?) found me this great little blog post from Wired magazine called Fast Food: Just Another Name for Corn. The post reiterates and strengthens much of what I’ve discussed on my own blog. Most importantly, the post ties obesity to fast food and fast food [...]

Then Came Diabetes

Following along the same idea of the previous post (corn derivatives in large supply=obesity), I thought I’d share some slides on diabetes that my dad handily shared with me a couple weeks ago. A known risk factor for Type II diabetes is obesity. As the corn in our diets has increased, the rate of obesity [...]

Corn and Obesity

As I start figuring out what sort of action I want to take to steer people away from corn, I began looking into the health issues related to our corn saturated diets. Apparently, some members of the scientific and medical communities think that the key to our nation’s obesity epidemic lies with fructose. They concede [...]

Rethink and Revise

I’m starting to wonder if my original corn elimination plan was the right route to take. Tomorrow I am supposed to present to my class how I am going to get others on the “let’s eat less corn” bandwagon, but I haven’t even completely figured out how to eliminate corn from my life! Not to [...]

Back on Track—With Plastic

I’ve been a little lax lately with my blog, so my apologies. You know when the weather changes and you get distracted by all sorts of new things? Well, it happens to me and this time, I was distracted by an overwhelming sense of lazy. Luckily, lazy can get old and I am back to [...]

Bad!

I’m bad. So bad! I have been neglecting this blog and my corn practices. This avoidance is leading me to believe that I made the jump to get rid of corn syrup and high fructose corn syrup too quickly. Perhaps I should have eliminated those more slowly since they are in so many things. Plus, [...]