Goodbaker’s Blog

My aunt recently told me about an acquaintance who had been placed on a restricted diet. So she thought Goodbaker mixes might be good for him. Now, I adore my Aunt, but this annoyed me profoundly, because it represents a common but erroneous way of thinking about food choices. I believe it is not necessary to wait until a doctor tells you to stop eating “normal” food before you consider healthier options. Read the rest of this entry »

I’m frustrated with the overly-sweetened soy yogurts I find in my local grocery stores. The extreme amounts of sugar in them cancel out any health benefits, in my humble opinion. So after seeing Martha Stewart make homemade dairy yogurt on TV, I decided to make homemade soy yogurt. It’s surprisingly satisfying.
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A friend, who eats eggs, gave me a crepe pan recently. I couldn’t find a good vegan crepe recipe, so I invented my own. It’s surprisingly simple: Read the rest of this entry »

Mahatma Gandhi once said, “First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.” The agrichemical industry is now in attack mode. Read the rest of this entry »

A study published in the November 2004 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, shows that women who consume two or more glasses of milk a day have twice the risk of a certain form of ovarian cancer than those who rarely or never consume milk. Read the rest of this entry »

There’s a good, but much too brief, interview with Neal Barnard, the Founder of Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine here:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28550-2004Dec2.html

PCRM is a tremendous force for good. He is the child of cattle ranchers, now a vegetarian

Originally posted 2006-12-22

I just read in my Sunday paper that a government commission wants to warn the public about the dangers of sweet sodas (dangers like obesity and diabetes), but they are of course being blocked. Read the rest of this entry »

Finally, some real science has come forward to dispute the dairy council’s ridiculous ads that claim consuming lots of dairy products help you lose weight.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2004-11-17-dairy-weight-loss_x.htm

Prior to the ads, there was no study to prove their point. However there was a study that showed calcium supplementation helped with weight loss. Since there is calcium in milk, the dairy council made a giant leap, and I have no idea why the FDA didn’t try to stop them. Of course, you can get better calcium from dark leafy greens, among other things. But there’s less profit in that…

Originally posted 2006-12-22

This lovely green puree makes a great side dish or party dip. Read the rest of this entry »

I just made the best “egg” salad. Read the rest of this entry »