The fake meat industry, predicted to be worth $ 3 trillion, is being touted as an environmentally friendly and sustainable way to feed the world. In reality, however, the rise of fake meat and other animal foods is nothing more than an attempt to create global control over yet another food sector. Globalists already have… Read More »
This article was previously published December 17, 2016, and has been updated with new information. Consumption of olive oil has increased more than 10-fold in the U.S. over the past 35 years, from 29 metric tons (MT) in 1980 to 327 MT in 2015.1 The popularity of the Mediterranean diet made olive oil a $… Read More »
This article was previously published August 5, 2020, and has been updated with new information. Fake meat is all the rage, and although plant-based meat alternatives have been on the market for years, the industry is gaining speed, promoting its meatless ‘burgers’ as a sustainable solution to feed the world. The green image is an… Read More »
The new Anthony Bourdain documentary features a range of voices weighing on the all-star chef’s life — including a computerized version of Bourdain himself. Director Morgan Neville deployed A.I. technology to create a voice-over reading of an email the late chef had written in “Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain,” according to an interview with… Read More »
The year 2019 was, in a way, defined by food making the headlines. Fast food restaurants started hopping on the Beyond Meat and Impossible Burger bandwagon, while others proclaimed they had the best chicken sandwich. There was even news about growing meat in space. Here are five food stories that made us talk in 2019:… Read More »
Acupuncture Getty If you can’t afford to offer real medical care, why not offer fake medicine? The U.S. Medicare system is about to give this strategy a try, for treating back pain. Last week, Medicare announced that it wants to start paying for studies of acupuncture as a treatment for low back pain, as reported… Read More »
Over time, meat substitutes have gotten increasingly more like real meat. The question is, are these newer, so-called virtuous alternatives to meat healthier than the real meat they mimic? Friends of mine used to run a vegetarian restaurant. Their customers would come in and interrogate them about menu items: what kind of oils were used in… Read More »