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Science Corner: Cutting the String on Yo-yo Dieting

November 30, 2016 by Andy Walsh Leave a Comment

I'm not here to tell you how to celebrate the holidays; whatever you do, do it all for the glory of the Lord. I simply observe that there is a lot of diet discussion this time of year, and so a new paper examining why dieting works and more significantly why it doesn't work caught my eye. Yes, it involves the microbiome; turns out that Innerspace is the final frontier. Mice that switched back and forth between a high fat diet and a "regular" diet actually gained more weight than mice on a high fat diet all the time, … [Read more...] about Science Corner: Cutting the String on Yo-yo Dieting

Filed Under: Science and Faith Tagged With: diversity, food, microbiome, science, science corner, x-men

Science in Review: The Open and Closed Case of Steve v Steve

August 3, 2016 by Andy Walsh Leave a Comment

Exhibit A: During a beach vacation with my extended family, I repeatedly heard my mom, my sister and my wife discussing the complexities of food shopping. These are three intelligent women, each with a Masters' degree in their respective field, each with a minimum of 10 years' experience buying and preparing food for themselves and at least some experience doing so for a family, and yet all three find this basic task increasingly overwhelming. Optimizing for sustainability, personal cost, global resource consumption, … [Read more...] about Science in Review: The Open and Closed Case of Steve v Steve

Filed Under: Science and Faith Tagged With: complexity, democritization, food, science, science in review

Science Corner: I Can’t Believe I Ate That Whole Thing

July 6, 2016 by Andy Walsh Leave a Comment

Eating well in academia can be challenging. On any given day there's probably pizza or donuts or cookies somewhere on campus. When either your time or your money (or both) are limited---and for students and faculty alike they often are---it's hard to beat "free" and "right here." But even with unlimited funds to buy whatever you wish and unlimited time for shopping and preparation, eating well still poses a challenge. There is an educational component as well; you have to learn or be taught what choices to make. And as … [Read more...] about Science Corner: I Can’t Believe I Ate That Whole Thing

Filed Under: Science and Faith Tagged With: complexity, Feast, food, nutrition, science, science corner

Feasts and Revelry: Good Food and the Grad Life (Scholar’s Compass)

July 12, 2015 by Dana Ray 2 Comments

I visited the Trade Winds Asian Market on a rare summer evening where time slows and places itself like infinity in your hands. I wanted to make green coconut curry before the summer ran out; summer always seems to run out before it has any right to do so. A friend and I drove to the market and wandered the aisles of unfamiliar labels and food types. We pondered the notations in Chinese characters of which green stalks were lemongrass and which was the Thai basil. Some others in the shop helped us make our choices. The … [Read more...] about Feasts and Revelry: Good Food and the Grad Life (Scholar’s Compass)

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Graduate Studies, Scholar's Compass Tagged With: Career Stages, Feast, food, Graduate Studies, health, Scholar's Compass, wellness, work-movement-art-series

Book Review: Eat with Joy

September 10, 2013 by Bob Trube Leave a Comment

Tonight as the first year medical students of Penn State Hershey College of Medicine  prepare for their final  Anatomy and Physiology exam (on Friday), the Christian Medical Society (CMS)/CMDA will host another free exam week dinner. What inspires upperclass students to bless first years with an every-other-week potluck during the stress of "proving themselves" (and even for some, a "finding" of their identity) during their first class? Eating good food is important for medical students and their graduate student … [Read more...] about Book Review: Eat with Joy

Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Christ and the Academy Tagged With: Called to Care, Eat with Joy, food, intervarsity press, Rachel Marie Stone

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