The Largest School Lunch Program on Earth

From Religion and Ethics Weekly
September 16, 2011
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Akshaya Patra

 

3rd Annual Valentine’s Day Gooey NYC Yoga Classes for Couples and Stuff

 

• Exploration of Love, Intimacy and Relationships
  Party, Workshop, Dance, Yoga, and More
  With Anton Diaz and Paula Tursi
  Feb 11, 12, and 13 at Reflections Yoga
  couples $299, singles $175
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• Restorative OM yoga for Couples
  with Brian Liem with Adam Gwosdof
  Feb 12, 4 – 6 pm or Feb 13, 12:30 – 2:30 pm at Om Yoga
  $50 per couple
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• Foods of Love:  A Menu for Valentines
  with T. I. Williams
  Feb 12, 4 – 7 PM at Integral Yoga
  $54
  sign up

• AntiGravity Yoga: Valentine’s Workshop for Couples
  with Emilia Conradson
  Feb 13, 5 -7 pm at Om Factory
  $85 per couple
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• Couples Partner Yoga and Thai Massage Workshop
  with Kathryn Ulrich, Chris Loebsack, & Adam Rinder
  Feb 12, 4:30-6:30pm or Feb 13,  7-9pm at Om Factory
  $75 per couple
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Slaughtering your own turkey

Video at the NY Times. Consumers are getting back to the land…

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2010/11/19/arts/1248069338605/slaughtering-your-own-turkey.html

Drug Studies: Alcohol most harmful and Pot Soda

From Discovery News

Alcohol More Harmful Than Heroin, Cocaine: Report

Alcohol is more dangerous than heroin, cocaine and other “hard” drugs, claims a new study published in The Lancet.

Researchers scored a variety of legal and illegal drugs on 16 criteria of harm, nine related to the harms the drug produces in the individual taking them and seven related to the harm to society. They studied substances such as alcohol, cocaine, heroin, marijuana, LSD and tobacco.

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Marijuana Soda Provides a High Without the Smoke

One Colorado soda company has developed a line of sodas that have an unusual ingredient: marijuana. Dixie Elixirs has made their drinks available to anyone with a prescription for medical marijuana.

The drinks come in eight different flavors, including pink lemonade, root beer and grape. But if the company really wants to get their drinks into the hands of marijuana lovers, they may want to start working on pizza and nachos flavors.  full article

 

Veg does it

from cnn.com Ultra Man fuels on plant-based diet.

Added On October 29, 2010

A California lawyer transformed from coach potato to Ultraman competitor on a plant-based vegan diet.

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Do you eat pork?

It turns out pig products are not just found in butcher shops.  From the shower to the human body, Christien Meindertsma traces the “afterlife” of pig 05049.

Cooking with Saraswati

Although no one seems to agree on the spelling of her name (we’ve seen Saraswati and Saraswathi), her cooking is a different story.  The first of many cooking vids with Master S?

Saraswati recipes v1 from JOIS YOGA on Vimeo.

link: http://vimeo.com/15005887

How Soy Can Kill You and Save Your Life

“Eating soy will kill you!” Scan the media reports and surf the Internet, and you’re bound to come across scary claims that would lead you to believe this is true. You may have heard:

• Soy will give you breast cancer.
• Soy formula is dangerous to babies.
• Genetically modified soy foods may modify you.
• Soy foods block your thyroid function.
• Soy prevents the absorption of minerals and interferes with digestion.
• Tofu causes Alzheimer’s disease.

If you want an excellent, unbiased, scientifically sound review of all the relevant human data on soy, Dr. Hyman recommends reading the 100-page report from the Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality entitled, The Effects of Soy on Health Outcomes, which reviewed thousands of studies based on rigorous criteria for scientific validity. Its conclusion was this: There is no evidence of significant benefit or harm based on the quality of evidence that exists today.

So what’s a confused consumer to do? Give up on soy until we know for sure? Or chow down on soy nuts? Don’t panic. There are some things we do know about soy, both good and bad. Read More

Did you ever even like Kombucha anyway?

Gawker’s hilariously true rundown of the acquired taste plus the latest on why you might feel a little tipsy.

Gawker.com
Jun 17, 2010 11:52 PM By Adrian Chen

The Non-Kombucha Drinker’s Guide to Kombucha Tea

When you’re in Whole Foods tomorrow to pick up your organic free-range sustainable humanely slaughtered coconut chicken skewers, you might see some people staring forlornly at an empty shelf. Why? The kombucha’s gone! Oh, overpriced fermented tea. Where’d you go?

Today Whole Foods, a key driver of the stuff’s mass consumption, has pulled all kombucha from their shelves because testing revealed that the it might be slightly more alcoholic than permissible by law. (.05 percent.) Some extremely skinny people are extremely upset right now. But what is kombucha? Put down your Diet Coke. Place your baby in your uncool baby carrier that isn’t made out of sustainable free trade cotton. Turn down your adult contemporary music. Here’s what you need to know.

continue reading at Gawker.com

THE GREAT DEBATE UPDATE

Back in August we leaked the news about the Great Debate between the meat-eating Sadie Nardini and the veggie-loving Sharon Gannon. After a delay in plans, our sources now tell us that theses yoginis will take their corners on October 8th at 12 noon (EDT) via The Huffington Post. More details to follow soon…

-Freebean