I was drawn to aerial arts from the first performance I saw. Perhaps that’s because I love airplanes, and flying. But propellers and horsepower aren’t what I mean. In saying “aerial arts” I mean, basically, circus stuff. Some old-school, iconic stuff like trapeze and lyras (a circular hoop), but aerial arts also includes straps and silks, and other things I’ll fail to give proper mention. Silks are my favorite. And a few years ago I looked for classes.
The closest class I could find was 150 miles away. Darn. Portland, Oregon, has several aerial arts schools and after moving here last month–coincidentally, I swear–I contacted the two who’s Web site spoke to me. I think I signed up that day.
Before I experienced the intense muscle contractions required to keep myself aloft and properly wound in curtains of chiffon, [click to continue…]
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Though I’m tempted to shine an interrogation light upon the never-ending lineup of foods that contain MSG–or its offending compound: processed glumatic acid, also known as glutamate–this will be the last record. At least for awhile. There are only so many assaults a person can withstand.
If you missed the original article, about how difficult the FDA and food manufacturers have made it to detect MSG in your food, you can find it HERE.
Today’s 10 surprising, and not so surprising, foods that contain the toxic substance found in MSG:
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I know, healthy fast food is a bit of an oxymoron, especially when we’re referring to food served at franchises like McDonalds, Wendy’s, KFC, etc. But you have to give them a little credit. They’ve tried to up the nutritional value in some of their menu options–sort of. You can get a green salad at the country’s #1 burger joint, grilled chicken where fried prevails, and a baked potato in place of French fries. If we take a closer look, however, we’ll see the nutritional equivalent of cockroach infestation beneath a seemingly clean presentation. [click to continue…]
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You’ve read food labels for years and you pride yourself in having learned how to spot the more offensive ingredients, like MSG–otherwise listed as monosodium glutamate. See! But navigating the ingredient list on a majority of food products today is like wandering through a botanist’s nursery where plants are referred to only by their Latin name. A syringa josikaea what? Some Latin and scientific names, fortunately, are similar to their common one, like rhododendron, for example, or … monosodium glutamate.
But monosodium glutamate isn’t MSG’s only alias. [click to continue…]
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