If cooking, as many anthropologists and social scientists believe, is the key to our humanity, separating us from the 'beasts,' what is the decline in cooking doing to our culture, to our lives? Our Lady of Weight Loss sprinkles 'food for thought' on 3 humanity saving dishes. Eat Healthy: Be Political!

Our Lady of Weight Loss: Sometimes free isn't really free. So ... before you take up Mars Candy on their offer to give a quarter million people per week a free piece of candy, you might want to consider the actual cost of eating a high calorie, sugar and fat ladened bar.

These past few weeks, I have watched the numbers on the scales of injustice slowly rise, 1/4 pound to a 1/2 pound per week. But Why? Nothing obvious that I could detect, for I swear I did not dive into a vat of chocolate, nor did I devour a bag of vinegar & salt potato…

Generally speaking, I am an optimist. My glass is half full, and I truly live in a state of gratitude for all that I do have. I am a happy person, living the rules of happiness. Nevertheless, I am not a happy idiot. There are some very troubling facts circulating out there about our environment…

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