Eat Insects

(Bon Appetit)

This report came out a few weeks ago now where the UN tries to support eating insects to battle world hunger.  Natural News brought the situation up again today so I thought it was worth sharing their thoughts on the subject:

World hunger would not really be that big of an issue if people would just eat more insects as part of their normal diet. This is the basic premise of a new report recently put out by the United Nations (U.N.) Food and Agriculture Organization (F.A.O.), which actually makes the claim that ants, grasshoppers and other bugs are somehow healthier and better for the environment than the traditional protein-dense foodstuffs we are all used to eating. 

The ridiculous proposal gives a whole new meaning to the phrase, "Let them eat cake!" Except for the fact that, to most people living in developed countries, being told to eat bugs by an unelected and highly-corrupt entity like the U.N. is far more offensive. Worse is the fact that the U.N. is pulling out all the usual propaganda to push its new bug-eating agenda, including the tired warnings about how eating meat contributes to "global warming." 

"Insects are healthy, nutritious alternatives to mainstream staples such as chicken, pork, beef and even fish," claims the U.N. in its report  

Mmm Yum Yum!

Nazi Ronald McDonald

Vitamin C

I am dumb founded by the current status quo of doctors in America.  When someone come's in begging for help, explaining symptoms and hoping for a cure chances are they will be prescribed some sort of insane drug that will completely change their mental state and their ability to properly get through the day.  The doctors would rather give you a drug that gives you suicidal thoughts and blurred vision than possibly recommend a long term solution for a problem based on substances that actually help the body and don't just cover up the symptoms.

With all of that said, apparently Vitamin C is like a magic cure for many different diseases.  According to Natural News:


If you suffer from fatigue, muscle weakness, achy joints and muscles, bleeding gums or leg rashes - you could be vitamin C deficient. Everything from the common cold to cancer can't resist the healing power 
of vitamin C. In fact, there is not a known virus that can survive in the presence of this essential antioxidant.

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Eating enough vitamin C, antioxidant-rich foods make it virtually impossible for our body to experience cellular inflammation. And, remember, inflammation is an essential component to just about every chronic, degenerative disease - including cancer.

According to the work of Linus Pauling and the Linus Pauling Institute, vitamin C therapy has been shown to prevent, even reverse serious health condition, like cancer. 

So maybe next time your doctor tells you that some sort of crazy drug you've never heard of can help, you should ask him if there are any natural alternatives.  The  natural "drugs" may take longer to fix the problem, but they will actually fix it in the long run, instead of just covering it up and creating even worse problems due to side effects.  Stan Lee said it great in a Stan's Rant recently.

Just to be clear here, Big Pharma, you want to cure my mountain cedar allergies with a pill that will also give me cancer? 

GMO VS Non-GMO Companies

While many people claim to eat healthy, and think they are, in reality there are a ton of companies out there that claim to be "natural" or "organic" and are actually filled with genetically modified organisms. For a quick list of companies to avoid check out the image below:

On the opposite side of things you can check out this link to see a list of companies that are fighting the good fight to rid our food supply of GMO's.

Check out Natural News for more.

Bolivians Kick McDonalds out of their Country!

Natural News has a great article on just why Bolivia has rejected McDonalds and it's brand of "food".

McDonald’s happy image and its golden arches aren’t the gateway to bliss in Bolivia. This South American country isn’t falling for the barrage of advertising and fast food cooking methods that so easily engulf countries like the United States. Bolivians simply don’t trust food prepared in such little time. The quick and easy, mass production method of fast food actually turns Bolivians off altogether. Sixty percent of Bolivians are an indigenous population who generally don’t find it worth their health or money to step foot in a McDonald’s. Despite its economically friendly fast food prices, McDonald’s couldn’t coax enough of the indigenous population of Bolivia to eat their BigMacs, McNuggets or McRibs.

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The eight remaining McDonald’s fast food shops that stuck it out in the Bolivian city’s of La Paz, Cochabamba, and Santa Cruz de la Sierra, had reportedly operated on losses every year for a decade. The McDonald’s franchise had been persistent over that time, flexing its franchise’s deep pockets to continue business in Bolivia.

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Store after store shut down as Bolivia rejected the McDonald’s fast food agenda. Soon enough, they kissed the last McDonald’s goodbye.

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The rejection isn’t necessarily based on the taste or the type of food McDonald’s prepared. The rejection of the fast food system stemmed from Bolivian’s mindset of how meals are to be properly prepared. Bolivians more so respect their bodies, valuing the quality of what goes into their stomach. The time it takes for fast food to be prepared throws up a warning flag in their minds. Where other cultures see no risk, eating McDonald’s every week; Bolivians feel that it just isn’t worth the health risk. Bolivians seek well prepared, local meals, and want to know that their food was prepared the right way.   

That is awesome!  The people of Bolivia make the people of the "west" look like ignorant slaves to fast food.  Yet somehow westerners are the most civilized population in the world (in their own minds)?

Interactive Craft Beer Map

This is awesome!  A map of the U.S. that allows you to see which states have the most craft breweries, which breweries are the fastest growing, which make the most beer and so on and so forth.  How is your state doing in the Craft Beer revolution?

Here are two examples, the first being the newest craft breweries of 2012 the second being the largest craft breweries in the country, my personal favorite being highlighted on Long Island.  Oh how I cannot wait till the 4th of July to take a trip back to the island.  Family is a secondary reason, Blue Point Beer is the main one!

Burger King: Hands Free Whopper

According to Fox News:

Tired of the exercise required to lift a burger to your mouth? Have no fear. Burger King has found the solution.

In celebration of its 50th anniversary in Puerto Rico, the burger chain gave away 50 hands free Whopper holders. Yes, they are exactly what they sound like, plastic burger-holding devices that hang from the neck leaving your hands free to perform all sorts of tasks.

A Burger King-produced video announcing the product shows happy Whopper-eaters using their hands to ballroom dance, practice karate, box, trim hedges, give massages and shoot hoops.

To the sound of an electric guitar, the video begins with an introduction in Spanish that reads, “In a world of multitasking, how can you use your hands to do your daily activities and eat a Whopper at the same time?”

This may be an all-time low in the laziness to calorie intake ratio, but it does appear to make burger consumption much more convenient.

While it appears Burger King has removed its official ad for the Whopper holder, here is an unofficial version of the video in all its gluttonous glory. 

Are any comment necessary or is this story absurd enough on it's own?