The Wheele of Five by Weston Price
There is a new ‘Food Guide’, in which the government and the Nutrition Centre set out their views on how the population ‘should or ought to eat’. It is a guide with a moral compass, as key drivers behind this …
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Vorzugsmilch, a quiet death
Vorzugsmilch, RIP Vorzugsmilch, or raw milk suitable for young children, the milk that healed, milk that was used for milk cures, milk that was recommended by doctors, was first mentioned around 1900 and resulted in legislation (Vorzugsmilchgesetz) around 1930. In …
Milk fat may slow down dementia…
… provided it is mainly consumed in full-fat cheese. Take home message Dementia as a spectre for the ageing population In the fight against lifestyle diseases, dementia is a high priority. For many, it is a horror to no longer …
Listen to Pasteur
Take home message Louis Pasteur and heating The concept of “pasteurisation” is attributed to Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), although as early as the beginning of the 19th century, there were people who advocated heating milk to make it safe for consumption (Westhoff, 1978). Nowadays, milk is heated before consumption almost everywhere. The combination of temperature and time determines whether a product has been heated sufficiently to be classified as safe. For example, at start pasteurisation of milk was …
Escherichia coli
The word “bacteriology” did not exist in the early 1880s. With people such as Louis Pasteur (France) and Robert Koch (Germany), a new field of study emerged. Between 1870 and 1890, many bacteria were discovered, described and given names. Robert Koch discovered the tuberculosis bacterium (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) and the cholera bacterium (Vibrio cholerae). The same applies to Escherichia coli, named after its discoverer Theodor Escherich (1857-1911). Bacteriology opened up a completely new window to observe the world …
Rules, trust and boundaries
Without rules, you are powerless and lost, whether you are a human being, an animal or even the earth itself. Without agreements, you cannot trust other people. Suddenly changing agreements makes you an unreliable fellow human being or government. Rules …
Fear for bacteria or environment?
Take home message It is an age-old contradiction: bacteria or environment, nature or nurture, genetics or epigenetics/nutrition/lifestyle? Where do you start when it comes to controlling infectious diseases? Diseases such as tuberculosis have been brought under control in Western countries …
How many live bacteria does food contain?
Take home message Interest in live bacteria Is the die cast? If you believe the title of an article in the journal Trends in Food Science, it certainly seems so: ‘The future is fermented: Microbial diversity is an important source …
Essential fatty acids: n-6 or n-3?
Take home message Plant-based, essential unsaturated fatty acids The plant produces some essential polyunsaturated fatty acids (Eng.: PUFA), namely linoleic acid, C18:2 n-6 (LA) and alpha-linolenic acid, C18:3 n-3 (ALA). As humans, we ingest these fatty acids through diet. Both …
Dairy consumption by early humans
Take home message How to find out, what people ate since the Stone Age? When did milk become part of their diet and to what extent? How fast did milk consumption develop across Europe? There are several methods to gain …
