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Digestion of Processed Vs Homemade Food

This video already has nearly 2 million views so maybe many of you have already seen this. Personally I wouldn’t want to be swallowing one of those so called ‘smart pills’ but I sure do appreciate getting a look at the difference between digesting processed foods and homemade food. Those ramen noodles just never disintegrated, and everything is green from the gatorade the whole time! Uggg–sure glad I don’t eat that stuff anymore, they sure know how to make processed food addictive on every level though.

Artist Stefani Bardin, shows us her latest project — using a “smartpill” to reveal how we digest differently processed foods.

Stefani produces videos and immersive, interactive installations that explores the influences of corporate culture and industrial food production. Her current project works with gastroenterologist Dr. Braden Kuo at Harvard University where they just completed the first ever clinical study to use the M2A™ and SmartPill devices that look at how the human body responds to processed versus whole foods. She is an Honorary Resident at Eyebeam Art +Technology Center in New York and teaches in the School of Art, Media and Technology at Parsons The New School for Design and in the Food Studies Program at The New School for Public Engagement.

Kombucha Vinegar Conditioner

Kombucha Vinegar Conditioner

About a year ago I started using apple cider vinegar to condition my hair. It worked so well that I started adding chamomile to the vinegar. In the past couple months I have gone one step further and started making kombucha vinegar (by simply allowing some kombucha to sour to vinegar) and then i ...

Swedish Doctor Explains Science Behind Low Carb High Fat Diets

Swedish Doctor Explains Science Behind Low Carb High Fat Diets

More and more information is coming out about the dangers of eating a diet high in carbohydrates. People are finally waking up to the fact that the past 20 years or so of the low-fat fad have created more obese people and kids than our world has ever seen and have put an incredible strain on our hea ...

Foods to Detoxify Radiation Poisoning

Foods to Detoxify Radiation Poisoning

The following is quoted from the book Culinary Treasures of Japan: The Art of Making and Using Traditional Japanese Foods by John and Jan Belleme. The Japanese are currently facing impossible times with the earthquake, tsunami and now their nuclear plants leaking radioactive materials. Of all the na ...

Homemade Tooth Powder

Homemade Tooth Powder

I was having some trouble with cyclical vomiting syndrome for a couple years and perhaps as a result of that I have holes in my teeth now which I have never had before. This year I am focusing on remineralising my teeth, so I will be posting ways to get more dietary calcium soon too. In reading abou ...

Grape Kombucha Soda

Grape Kombucha Soda

This is a very simple technique that makes an extra tasty batch of kombucha. By adding fruit juice after the ten day fermentation period you get a fizzier drink, which means there is more alcohol. This drink is very much like a grape soda, but good for you! I have been making kombucha lately ...

Soapnut Dishwashing Detergent

Soapnut Dishwashing Detergent

It is very easy to make liquid soap from soapnuts. I use it for my dishes, the floor, cleaning the bathroom and washing delicate items. Very handy to have around the house. It also can be used as a shampoo. 100g soapnuts 3 quarts (litres) water Method: Add the soapnuts to the water. Brin ...

GAPS / SCD Diet, Cancer and Fungus

GAPS / SCD Diet, Cancer and Fungus

A big thanks to everyone for their kind words of support over the past week or so since we found out that my mother has cancer in her pancreas. :-( Sorry I haven't been communicating this last week, we got the news and then had to get our taxes done, which was a bit pain in the neck. We are also tak ...

Natural Diet – Masanobu Fukuoka

Natural Diet – Masanobu Fukuoka

The One-Straw Revolution is Masanobu Fukuoka's manifesto about natural food and farming. It is a collection of short essays that were translated from Japanese. Masanobu was trained as a scientist, but rejected modern agribusiness and centuries of agriculture lore. He perfected what he called the ...

Thoughts on Guerrilla Gardening

Thoughts on Guerrilla Gardening

There are as many ways to guerrilla garden as there are stars in the sky, and that is the best thing about it. The best way to do it is your way and to just get started. Many people love to make seed bombs and drop them as a group, other people love sneaking privately about the city -- planting plot ...