‘Corn-Fed’ White Boys

Weird thoughts: Do ‘corn-fed’ cattle suffer from high blood glucose problems? Do dairy cows that are ‘corn-fed’ produce sweeter milk? Does that have anything to do with my having been warned off of milk as well, causing me to have to take Vitamin D supplements now? And finally, if milk produced by ‘corn-fed’ Iowa cows really is sweeter, than how does that effect the taste of Wisconsin cheese made from that milk? Yeah, I’m not supposed to eat cheese either, dammit!

How Badly Do I Want It?

When I was diagnosed with Type II Diabetes, my medical “team” gave me a list of all the foods I should avoid. I looked at that list, and then mentally compared it to the things that I actually eat. I was shocked, no dumbfounded (I love that word!), to know that at least 85% of…