Category Archives: Health in General

Milk mustache, cancer, osteoporosis and beyond…

Posted on 09/24/2011 by J. Morris Hicks

As a boy growing up in semi-rural Tennessee, I got to experience first-hand the production of milk. In addition to his day job of selling livestock feed for the Quaker Oats Company, my father operated several small, commercial farms near … Continue reading →

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Dr. Oz, apple juice, cantaloupe — food scares continue…

Posted on 09/21/2011 by J. Morris Hicks

Here we go again, another round of contaminated plant-based foods But, once again, the news media never mentions the underlying cause of most of these contaminations. The latest big news is all about arsenic in apple juice and listeria in … Continue reading →

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Big news re “weiner wars.” Which hot dog is best? Who cares?

Posted on 08/17/2011 by J. Morris Hicks

We all know that all of them are bad for our health. Did you see the big news about the two major hot dog brands going to Federal court as the “weiner wars begin?” This was the lead paragraph in … Continue reading →

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