Eating Animals
Posted by Margaret in Books, Nutrition on 12. Nov, 2009 | 1 Comment
Jonathan Safran Foer best known for the novel Everything Is Illuminated writes in his new book, Eating Animals, that he struggled with ambivalence over eating meat for most of his life, but never committed until he adopted his dog, George.
Foer argues that there’s no difference between the value of the lives of pets and the lives of [...]
Secrets of Longevity
Posted by Margaret in Books, Nutrition on 06. Oct, 2009 | 0 Comments
Last year, my sister gave me a book called Secrets of Longevity Hundreds of Ways to Live to be 100. Each day, I read one tip on a natural way to live a longer, healthier and happier life. Dr. Mao brings knowledge and experience of both Eastern and Western medicine to give us simple yet [...]
In Defense of Food
Posted by Margaret in Books, Nutrition on 06. Oct, 2009 | 0 Comments
Food. There’s plenty of it around, and we all love to eat it. So why should anyone need to defend it?
Because most of what we’re consuming today is not food, and how we’re consuming it — in the car, in front of the TV, and increasingly alone — is not really eating. Instead of food, [...]
Half the Sky
Posted by Margaret in Books on 02. Oct, 2009 | 1 Comment
The best way to fight poverty and extremism is to educate and empower women.
Half the Sky lays out an agenda for the world’s women and three major abuses: sex trafficking and forced prostitution; gender-based violence including honor killings and mass rape; maternal mortality, which needlessly claims one woman a minute. We know there are many [...]
