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During WW11, to cope with the reductions in the amount of wheat imported to England, more flour was extracted from the grain available. The extraction rate was raised to around eighty-five percent, giving the population the nourishing wholemeal National Loaf (with a high vitamin B content), although many people did not find its greyish colourContinue reading “The National Loaf”

Grow Sir (south) on Main Street in Steinbach, was a beautiful A-frame with tall glass windows on the front and lovely shingles towering over the parking lot. It mirrored two churches on the south and north end of Kroeker Street, a place to worship commerce and convenience.

Alrighty then, the price of lumber and other building products has skyrocketed lately. Demand has risen with work-from-home folks renovating their home office, building a shed, fixing their deck. They are saving money by not commuting or leisure travelling, stuck at home. Supply is choked as some mills closed due to the pandemic, and can’tContinue reading “The price of lumber”

Richard Johnson, who I was very impressed with recently, is helping to develop inhibitors of fructose metabolism. I wonder why we would not simple stop ingesting so much fructose. Journal of Internal Medicine “Fructose metabolism as a common evolutionary pathway of survival associated with climate change, food shortage and droughts” R. J. Johnson  P. Stenvinkel Continue reading “Hangry November 11, 2020 Disappointed”

I’ve found a news story and an abstract for the article “Fructose and uric acid as drivers of a hyperactive foraging response: A clue to behavioral disorders associated with impulsivity or mania?” Richard Johnson et al, in the October 1, 2020 issue of Evolution and Human Behaviour say, “Recent studies show that fructose is aContinue reading “Hangry October 31 2020 Is sugar messing with our minds?”