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EarthLust

12-Jun-09

In my recently published book, Food and Nutrition Controversies Today: A Reference Guide, there is an entire chapter devoted to bottled water. On the second page of the chapter, I include a quotation from Richard Wilk, a professor of anthropology at Indiana University. “This is an industry that takes free liquid that falls from the [...]

Athena Partners: Drink Water, Help Yourself and Others

19-Jul-08

When I was a teen and young adult, I almost never gained weight. And, if I did, I would skip dessert for a few days, and the weight would disappear. To say the least, those days are long gone. It has become an ongoing struggle to maintain a relatively normal weight. And desserts? Except for [...]