Review: Zevia, the Soda With Stevia

Track 4 from “Transistor”, by 311 -or a Star Wars Trilogy Sandwich

Okay, this one’s been on the shelf and now the hot weather is officially here, I thought it was time to send it out.

Awhile back, I noticed a google ad here on the site and thought, “Soda with Stevia? -NO WAY!” -I immediately shot out an email & Stacey Fujimura + the good folks at Zevia sent us out a sixpack of their soda.

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Posted by Will on 07/15/08 | Email to a friend | Comments (0)
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Vegetarians Responsible For Global Warming

Thank GOD there is at least 1 man out there talking sense.

And that man is Carlos Mencia.

Love him or hate him, he's right. Vegetarians, especially ones addicted to leafy greens instead of Tofu-snorting, are themselves the planet-destroying enviro-pariahs they love to dehumanize and rag on.
Keep Destroying the Earth's Photosynthetic and Carbon-Fixation capacity by eating nothing but plants, you dirty post-hippie patchouli-soaked Gastro-snobs!!! -Vid after the jump. (NSFW)

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Posted by Will on 06/ 3/08 | Email to a friend | Comments (0)
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Cooking Sometimes Best Prep For Veggies -TAKE THAT, Natalie Portman!!!

Raw-Foodies... ...

-Sooooooo Burrrrrrrrned!!!

It's anathema for people like that to get over the "Eat it as I found it"-mantra, but various forms of cooking can help develop/change the amount of nutrients that actually make it into your bloodstream, instead of just passing through you.

One of the veggies that benefits is the tomato. Raw food studies have found people deficient in Lycopene if it's not cooked. ->Viva Italia!

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Posted by Will on 05/27/08 | Email to a friend | Comments (0)
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Dieting Gem: Reminder! - Butter Is A Chef's Best Friend

HOOOOOO-WEEEeee; Ahh Garr - Rawwnnn - Tee, Shearh!!!

It's True; Dom DeLuise and Chef Paul Prudhomme Agree!

You Smarty-Pantses who visit this site have probably heard this before, but:
Of the few evolution-encoded tastes our brains flip over, Fat is probably the biggest trigger.

We are land-bound Great White Sharks

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Posted by Will on 05/20/08 | Email to a friend | Comments (0)
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Nero; -I Mean Teh EPA Sez No 'Known' Ill Effects from PPCPs In Water

"To date, scientists have found no evidence of adverse human health effects from PPCPs in the environment."

"There are no known human health effects from such low-level exposures in drinking water"

O RLY?

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Posted by Will on 04/23/08 | Email to a friend | Comments (0)
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Residual Antibiotics, Hormones found in Public Water

Apparently, fish getting their freak on for Jesus in it is becoming the least of our problems.

And though CityNews has clarified for us some of the snow types not to eat (yellow is still bad, btw), AP’s national investigation team has discovered some stuff may be making its way into the water, -particularly unmetabolized birth control hormones and other

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Posted by Will on 04/21/08 | Email to a friend | Comments (0)
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Ben & Jerry's Wants Hormone Labeling on Ice Cream

If Al Gore, after inventing the internet without DARPA, Unix and Tim Berners-Lee, can get labels on food telling us what the Nutrition Facts are, wouldn't it be nice to know about the other stuff that goes into making it? -Like the chemicals and drugs

Now, I am never one to advocate looking into an Industrial Sausage Press, or a Hot Dog Factory. -Because sometimes, you really don't want to

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Posted by Will on 03/20/08 | Email to a friend | Comments (0)
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The "Clean Plate Club" Can Actually Be A Bad Thing

SOLUTION???
-smaller plates...

++ Less French People.

-Many Americans have been schooled by their parents, in the spirit of puritanism in part, that Waste is Sinful.
While the Protestant Work Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism has its place, certain consequences of it can mean Big Fat Americans.

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Posted by Will on 02/23/08 | Email to a friend | Comments (0)
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Fat Is Contagious

I KNEW IT!!!!!

-How sitting next to a Fat Person can make you fat.
by Kimberly Brittingham
Link

Actually,

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Posted by Will on 02/21/08 | Email to a friend | Comments (0)
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Unusually High Mercury in Tuna Sushi

VIVA LA REVOLUCIÓN!
Workers of the World Unite!!
At last our pinko commie revenge upon the shoulder-surfing Rich Bastards is at hand!!!!
In the form, of ...
... ...
-tuna.

The NYT reports on a study they had started last year with scientists from Robert Wood Johnson

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Posted by Will on 02/15/08 | Email to a friend | Comments (0)
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Dieting Gem: 'Graze' Your Way to Fat Loss

No, this is not how to grow udders and look fashionable like Bessie the Cow. (although udders Are pretty swanky)

Have you ever felt like your Diet/Nutrition and Exercise Program was less effective than it could be? -That your effort in was not equal (!=) to the results

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Posted by Will on 01/ 4/08 | Email to a friend | Comments (0)
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Hourglass Women Smarter (-???); Make Smarter Babies

Damn You SALMA HAYEK! -Damn Youuuuuu!!!! !-Yet Another reason to love hot women!! (++ Note to self: Must become scientist who gets paid to study female hotness.)

According to a study by the University of Pittsburgh and UC Santa Barbara on about 16,000 women

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Posted by Will on 12/30/07 | Email to a friend | Comments (0)
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Soda With High Fructose Corn Syrup Further Linked to Health Problems

EN GARDE, Soda Drinkers!!! :( No, this is not an entry on how to make a sub-nuclear pipe bomb out of a 2-Liter Splenda-fied bottle of Diet Coke, 2oz. Ammonia, #0000 Steel Wool, and a pack of Mentos. (try BoingBoing for that)

Researcher Extraordinarie, Dr. Chi Tang Ho and his associates at Rutgers Food Science Department have tested several carbonated sodas containing that longtime mV "Agent Smith"

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Posted by Will on 08/31/07 | Email to a friend | Comments (0)
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77 Deadly Ways to Learn Better & Bruce Lee Your Brain! -whaaaaaa!

Ok, this list is just too great to wait any longer to post.

The Online Education Database has come up with a Monster list of techniques (77?! -teh Pwnzz!!) to help you learn faster and better. Out-Standing! -Must pass on to all mV readers immed!

My habits for cognitive support have always been: oatmeal, high-protein diet, vitamins/supplements and physical activity. -When you're stag

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Posted by Will on 03/ 7/07 | Email to a friend | Comments (0)
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Bomb Your System, Drink a Coke

(-or most any soda, for that matter)

I admit I used to be a big fan of Coke, until I found out a few of the joys of what High Fructose Corn Syrup, that Crack Cocaine of sugars, does to you. -So it's back to tea, because artificial sweeneners don't look much better.

-If only they would start making Coke with Stevia instead of sugar, artificials, or HFCS.

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Posted by Will on 12/20/06 | Email to a friend | Comments (3)
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Fat Loss & BioChem Mashup: Diet Can Mitigate Epilepsy

At the intersection of fat loss fads and a problemmatic disease, comes the use of a fairly old diet that helps reduce seizures where incidents are frequent and anti-convulsants stumble.

The various Keto Diet study results thus far seem to reflect the greatest benefit for children instead of adults. It was unclear why. -Were the adults drinking on the side? Was there increased neuroplasticity in children?

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Posted by Will on 12/19/06 | Email to a friend | Comments (0)
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Want to Lose Weight? Drink Water.

In addition to improving all kinds of functions like cell metabolism, toxin-flushing and mental acuity, regular consumption of water has been proven to aid in yet another area. Weight Loss.

Dr. Jens Jordan and his 8 colleagues have proven the long-posited "Thermic Effect of Water". Drinking it increases metabolism because the body has to heat it up to 98.6.

In addition to every fad diet

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Posted by Will on 09/17/06 | Email to a friend | Comments (0)
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Quickest Fat Loss Results Ever: MetRx and Sandwiches; Who Knew?

From my own personal experience, the Best and Quickest Fat Loss Results I've Ever had were with this simple combination. I have no idea why it worked.

Exercise: 5min. Warmup jog + Lifting. 3 times a week, 6 exercises, 3 sets to failure, each set. 1-1.25hrs per day. Bench, Curls, Squats, Shrugs, Triceps & Crunches. No exercise in between days.

Nutrition: The only food I had was Chocolate MetRx Shakes, 1 sandwich for Lunch and 1

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Posted by Will on 07/22/06 | Email to a friend | Comments (0)
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The Dangers of DHMO

Due to the fairly-recent breakthrough research of scientists Eric Lechner, Lars Norpchen, Tom Way, Nathan Zohner and others, it has been shown that another chemical compound is pervasively affecting lives all around the country (and probably the world).

This insidious substance is called DHMO, and is sometimes known as hydric acid or hydroxic acid.

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Posted by Will on 04/ 1/06 | Email to a friend | Comments (0)
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'Natural' Beef Sales Increase with Mad Cow Concerns

-Although the government spec for it is a bit squishy, the market for 'Natural' beef is increasing at about 20% per year. This is largely due to fears about Mad Cow Disease (BSE). Given the natural/organic market share is presently 1%, that growth rate is still slow.

As the market for ‘Natural’ is increasing, the overall beef market is down from 25.1 billion pounds in 1995 to 24.6 billion pounds this year.

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Posted by Will on 10/24/05 | Email to a friend | Comments (0)
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Hope for Cocoa Addicts Everywhere!

Rejoice! Rejoice! It turns out that chocolate is good for you! -However: It has to be Dark Chocolate.

Researchers at the University of Cologne, Germany and Italy's National Institute for Food and Nutrition have done studies on the health effects of this popular treat.

Each participant in the studies ate 3.5 ounces

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Posted by Will on 05/20/05 | Email to a friend | Comments (0)
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High fat food impedes expansion of blood vessels

Using ultrasound and blood tests, Dr. Paul J. Nestel demonstrates that the ability of arteries to expand is reduced by roughly 25% within 3-6 hours of ingesting high-fat foods.
The upside: giving your kid a cigarette (for now) is cheaper than buying him a happy-meal.

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Posted by Will on 05/ 4/05 | Email to a friend | Comments (0)
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14 Superfoods

14 Foods that could save your life from Steven G. Pratt. Beans, Broccoli, Blueberries and others.

Link

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Posted by Will on 05/ 4/05 | Email to a friend | Comments (0)
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