SuRu’s Blog
A treasure trove of great information on a wide range of topics. You’ll laugh, you’ll learn, you’ll get hungry reading about delicious food. Lots of great stories from the adventures of the Rubin Rodeo along with plenty of recipes and strategies for better health.
Re-thinking Your Drink
Last night while most of the country was watching the Super Bowl, I was learning about fructose metabolism. A lecture by Dr. Robert Lustig, a pediatric endocrinologist held my attention for over 90 minutes as he explained how fructose, present in both fruit juice and...
Raising the Food IQ of Docs
photo credit: YoAmes This week, 4th year medical students at New York Medical College learned about inexpensive and highly effective edible tools for healing. Kale, quinoa, ginger, turmeric, garlic and more. They also discovered the power of mindful eating along with...
Recipe: Cabbage Soup
photo credit: mike warren My twice a month winter CSA share from Bialas Farms contains lots of onions, root vegetables, hearty greens like dinosaur kale and a head of cabbage. Not feeling inspired to make stuffed cabbage or cole slaw, the heads of cabbages have...
Slow Cooking Up a Solution
The more I learn about building movements, the more I appreciate my Crock Pot. My handy slow cooker has taught me much about fixing good food for my family along with the fine art of patience and persistence. This morning, I popped loads of veggies into my slow...
What’s Cheap Oil Got To Do With It?
I'm not talking about the kind of cheap oil that goes into Girl Scout Cookies and other forms of industrialized junk food. Its the oil that comes out of the ground that I'm thinking about! Created tens of thousands of years ago from prehistoric animals, not...
This Teacher Is Fed-Up!
She is fed up with school food and is taking it personally. Very personally. An unidentified teacher somewhere in the mid-west has started a horrifying stunt. She will be eating (and photographing) her school's lunch every day this year. I greatly admire her bravery...
Food IQ in Medical School: Part 2
As I finish putting together the finishing touches on lecture portion of my class on food for medical students, its time to focus on the really fun part of this class. For a clinical rotation, they'll be joining me at a supermarket. I want them to understand what...
Movie: A Crude Awakening
Addictions of any kind can result in catastrophe when the supply falls short or the costs rise beyond reach before curing the addiction. Like it or not, we live the way we do thanks to cheap fossil fuels, and like it or not, we are addicted to them. That will be...
Peak Oil Explained
This short and sweet video explains what peak oil is and how everyone of us will be impacted when fossil fuels become less available and more expensive. There is a better way to deal with this potential crisis, it will take some planning and re-localization of our...
Are You Ready For Transition?
December's UN climate talks in Copenhagen failed to failed to produce a strong, binding agreement to cut carbon-dioxide emissions. Most Americans are painfully aware that burning fossil fuel contributes to increasing CO2 levels, pollution and climate change, but did...
