Tipping Point
Louisa Enright lives in Camden. Her discipline is cultural studies, which focuses on systems of cultural power.
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Senomyx's patented chemical flavor enhancers
By Louisa Enright - Feb 19Lee Burdett is a food and health blogger: http://blog.wellfedfamily.net. Her Summer 2011 “Wise Traditions” article, “Senomyx: The Brave New World ...
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Part III: Stopping fluoridation
By Louisa Enright - Nov 11An Oct. 13, 2011, article in The New York Times reported that about 200 jurisdictions in the United States have chosen to end fluoridation in the ...
Go wild!
By Louisa Enright - Sep 17Sandor Ellix Katz’s “Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods” arrived last week. I found myself dropping all ...
I feel it in my gut
By Louisa Enright - Jul 04Some of you might remember that I got into researching and writing about food issues because I suddenly developed food allergies that caused me to ...
Why we get fat: A cultural studies answer
By Louisa Enright - Apr 24In “Why We Get Fat” (2011), Gary Taubes asks a scientific question. His answer deploys scientific data from respected scientists working with the ...
'Tapped': The 8 x 8 glasses of water myth
By Louisa Enright - Feb 07The documentary “Tapped” traces how the bottled water industry successfully encouraged people to drink water every day, which encouraged buying ...
Please pass the salt
By Louisa Enright - Jan 28If you were to make me choose between sugar and salt, I’d choose salt every time. I’m almost always the first one at the table to say “please pass ...
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The case against flouride: Part II
By Louisa Enright - Oct 24In “The Case Against Fluoride: How Hazardous Waste Ended Up In Our Drinking Water And The Bad Science And Powerful Politics That Keep It There” ...
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Fiber menace
By Louisa Enright - Sep 05One of the most striking things I’ve discovered while researching food and health issues over the past few years is how often strong personalities ...
The very bad breakfast
By Louisa Enright - May 17Cold cereal with milk and some orange juice on the side. We think this breakfast is nourishing, right? Well, let’s take a look at the individual ...
Why we get fat
By Louisa Enright - Apr 01In "Why We Get Fat" (2011), Gary Taubes, a highly respected science researcher and writer, drives a scientific stake into the heart of the ...
Winning the cancer war
By Louisa Enright - Feb 07In June 2001, my niece and godchild Catherine, at 27 years of age, died. An aggressive form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma took her down in 13 months. ...
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