I've been slacking...so here's some stuff...

I've spent the last couple weeks packing, moving, and unpacking so I've been slacking a bit with posting here. Today I've run across a few excellent articles to share:

1. Here's an article by Jonny Bowden. He wrote "The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth" which I wrote about here. I think this is the best nutrition reference guide out there. In this recent article he writes about soy foods, "And most soy foods — soy milk, soy lattes, soy burgers etc. — are junk food and no healthier than the crap they replace. (However, traditionally fermented soy products such as miso and tempeh can be healthy.)" This is important for people to understand if they eat soy foods because they believe them to be healthy.
2. Here's an excellent analysis of the pasteurization process and what that process does to the nutritional value of the milk we find in the grocery store. I still haven't tried raw milk but I won't go anywhere near grocery store bought milk.
   
3. Check out this article about Vitamin D requirements. And definitely check out the Vitamin D calculator. Very nifty stuff. You can plug in the date, your skin type, outside conditions, even surface type and it will calculate how long you need to be outside to get optimal levels of Vitamin D.