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Confessions of a Fish Killer
I fell in love
with the ocean at age 5 (in 1952) after watching a film in my
kindergarten class about undersea life: fish, corals, giant
clams, and hermit crabs. When I was 12, I became a SCUBA diver,
but my underwater explorations were limited to the murky waters
of Michigan lakes. During my early teens, our family vacations
were to the Outer Banks of North Carolina, where we always
included some deep sea fishing—catching and eating flounders,
blues, and Dorado. My first ocean SCUBA diving experience at age
18 was at John Pennekamp National Underwater Park in the Florida
Keys—here thousands of colorful fish swam through a forest of
corals. I enjoyed this experience so much that Mary and I
returned to the Keys and more diving for our honeymoon in 1972.
That same year we moved to Hawaii. Here we collected small
tropical fish for our saltwater aquariums from the shallow
waters surrounding Oahu. Unfortunately, within a few days of
being removed from their natural environment, most of them we
found floating belly-up.
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Save Your Kidneys—Part 1
The Hard Way, with Medications
The prevalence of chronic
kidney disease in the US adult population is estimated to be
10.8% (approximately 19.2 million people). In 1999 in the
USA 357,000 people had end-stage kidney disease and the
annual cost of dialysis and kidney transplant exceeded $15.6
billion. Almost 70% of new cases of end-stage kidney disease
are due to hypertension, diabetes or glomerulonephritis—and
these common conditions are in most cases a direct result of
foods consumed on the Western diet.
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“Death by Veganism” Begins Its Slow Demise
On June 24, 2007
the Public Editor for the New York Times started
a long overdue correction of the public’s
misconceptions about a vegan diet. This came
about largely because of the letters many of you
wrote to the Public and Op-Ed editors of the New
York Times about the Nina Planck article called
“Death by Veganism.” Consider these recent
events as a good start for a diet revolution
that will change everything.
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Featured Recipes
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Falafel Wraps
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Thai Green
Curry Rice
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No-Bake
Strawberry Pie with Chocolate Chunks
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Tomatillo and Avocado Salsa
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Chu Visits the
Southwest Soup
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Yellow Bell
Pepper Vinaigrette
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Green Chili
Orange Dressing
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