Health Notes
MetaFilter points out that there is a new tool available to analyze personal nutrition. This tool, known as NATS, was developed by the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at the University of Illinois, and is available here.

Here are some tips for trying to prevent breast cancer. They include exercising, controlling your weight, getting enough vitamin D, and eating more fruits and vegetables. See the article for a more detailed discussion. This is a very important topic.

Here is an article about pumpkin as a food. Interesting. Many people think of pumpkins primarily as a seasonal decoration, or a symbol of the holidays, but they are a very healthy food also, presuming that you cook them in a healthy way, using healthy ingredients. Coincidentally I bought some pumpkin seeds last week and roasted them. Of course you can buy them already roasted, with tamari. They are very good as a snack.

Alfred Glenstein asked me this week to mention him here. I haven’t had much time to peruse his blog, but I’m happy to do a favor for a fellow blogger.



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