As you probably know if you’re reading this article, monk fruit is a popular sweetener. The story goes that during the Tang Dynasty of 618-907AD, there existed an elite group of monks called the Luo Han, or Arhats in Indian. They regularly pilgrimaged to the Guilin mountains of southern China to seek enlightenment. During their […]
Processed food is the bane of civilisation. The facts are that the average American eats 110 tons of sugar per year. In 1999, soybean oil made up 7% of US total calories, a single oil of a single unhealthy seed which originally grew in Chinese wetlands. We could discuss the economics of this all day. How
If you’ve ever attempted to shed so much as two pounds, then you’ll have heard that micronutrient deficiencies increase your appetite. It’s among the most commonly referenced, yet mysterious subjects in the food craving universe: that your subconscious mind is secretly controlling you with a joystick from a bridge just behind your eyes, directing you
Recently, you might have succumbed to the urge to eat a frosting-coated donut. This might have spiralled into five donuts, before you slammed on the brakes and vowed to regain discipline. You might have been a real pro and pinpointed the exact moment your willpower started to fail. Maybe you were hit with overtime the
Yesterday, we discussed how sugar cane went from an obscure grassy reed growing in India, to the glittering jewel in the colonial crown of the Caribbean. We discussed the initial surge in sugar consumption starting 1650, and how it was only the reserve of aristocrats for many centuries beforehand. We stopped at the Brussels convention
