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This is Marianne's trilingual knitting blog. I also write about spinning, cats and dogs, knitting lace and other things. The blog languages are English, Swedish and Finnish.
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International Congress on Nutrition
The Nutrition elite are right now meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, to discuss global nutrition guidelines. Here’s what they say on their home page: Näringsexpertisen möts nu i Bangkok, Thailand, för att dryfta globala näringsrekommendationer. ...
Correspondence, korrespondens, kirjeenvaihtoa
The Secretary of Finance read my message, and on Monday the 28th I got an answer from one of his staff. Today I replied with a reference to the special fat edition of Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism, where much of the information on fat is revised...
Finnish meat, finskt kött, suomalaista lihaa
Ingredients for cream marinated pork fillet: Ingredienser för gräddmarinerad grisfilé: Kermamarinoidun possun sisäfileen ainekset: Pork fillet/grisinnerfilé/possun sisäfilee 72 % water/vatten/vesi salt/suola 1,4 % vegetable oil/växtolja/ka...
Dietary guidelines, kostråd, ravintosuositukset
A Swedish blogger has found out how the sugar marketers infiltrate the dietary guideline writers. Jim Mann, a specialist in New Zealand, is one of the foremost people who create our global dietary guidelines. He is also member of the Sugar Research ...
Obesity treatment, quo vadis?
I recently watched a documentary from Woodstock, filmed 40 years ago around Jimi Hendrix. Though there were zillions of people there, I coulnd’t spot a single overweight person there. What the heck has happened? (In came sugar that suddenly was...
Aeolian – FO – as a prayer shawl to the cancer patient
Pattern source: http://knitty.com/ISSUEspring09/KSPATTaeolian.php Yarn: 2/30s superfine merino yarn from my stash Beads: size 10 and size 9 glass beads, also from my stash Total weight of full size shawl: around 75 grams, of which 50 % beads. Knitted...
Kuinka possuja lihotetaan
Ensin lisäys eiliseen postaukseen: Näyttää siltä, että sikainfluenssarokotteet aiheuttavat enemmän harmia kuin itse sairaus. http://www.newsmill.se/artikel/2009/08/05/sa-goder-man-grisar Possuille syötetään maissia ja soijaa, jotta ne kasva...
Miksi en aio ottaa sikainfluenssarokotetta
Katso esim. tämä video. Tämä video näytettiin kerran televisiossa ja joutui sen jälkeen pannaan, kunnes se ilmeistyi äskettäin nettiin. Videon vierellä on kenttä Related videos, josta löydät lisää samantyylisiä videoita. Tuossa videos...
Travelling, resa, matka
I’ve been away from home for five days. One of my best friends, my cousin’s widow, got lung cancer and had an operation just before Easter. I was able to drive the 300 km (200 miles) to her last Tuesday, after my dog had been vaccinated a...
Big fat lies
How did our nutrition recommendations come about? These snippets are from the movie FatHead. Unavailable to European DVD players It seems that Sweden is the only country where the debate about nutrition has started. Margarine sales are dropping and...
Lab results
After four months on low carb, high fat, I went to the lab to get my blood tests. The doctor had forgotten the sugar tests, so the diabetes nurse, who now checks my blood pressure every month, sent me to the lab a second time. She also pricked my fin...
Diskussion, keskustelua
Aftonbladet om LCHF Helsingin Sanomat ja Pohjois-Karjala projekti Känner någon av er till hur proteinintaget och sköldkörtelproblem hör ihop? Tietääkö joku teistä miten proteiinin syönti ja kilpirauhasongelmat liittyvät yhteen?...
Esimerkkipäivän syömiset
Laitoin oikeaan sarakkeeseen erillisen sivun siitä, miten syön nykyisin. Jos joku kiinnostui aiheesta, lisätietoa on Hiilaritietoisissa ja Karpeissa....
Sabotage, sabotointia
Right. I ought to look in the mirror. I’ve made two dietary mistakes now, and my system is really sensitive to such things. First, I took to the Weight Watchers morning porridge with prunes, dried apricots, linseed and wholemeal wheat for three...
Transfats, transfetter, transrasvat
Industrial transfats clog the arteries and are a threat to our health. Now the Swedes are trying to get a EU limitation on transfats in food, and are collecting signatures to hand over to the EU authorities. Please sign the petition here. This is goo...
Project, projekt, projekti
This is my weight reduction project that I started on May 1st (without knowing it). The first four kilos dropped during 5 months while walking my dog and eating recommended food: High carb, low fat. Not very impressive. The 2 kilos dropped after I sw...
Lo-carb (English only)
After 35 years of strictly following the nutrition guidelines, low fat and high carbohydrates, I finally had a BMI of 30, blood pressure medication not quite making it, cholesterol medication, and frozen shoulders, extensive sweating, which I thought...
