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  • Day 90 – Where Does Your Food Come From?

    Day 90 – Where Does Your Food Come From?

    July 3, 2010 / 100 Days of Starvation, Feed Your Head

    “Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.” ~Voltaire 185.8 lbs I’ve already written about the dubious environmental benefits of buying local, but there’s no doubt that when it comes to pounds and pence it’s better to give your money to local producers than have it shipped off to who knows where. In theory, the quality control can be higher if you’re buying food produced under the watch of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), United States Department [...]

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  • Day 79 – Big Brother Wants The Rest Of Us To Slim Down. Finally.

    Day 79 – Big Brother Wants The Rest Of Us To Slim Down. Finally.

    June 22, 2010 / 100 Days of Starvation, Feed Your Head

    “It is bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my children’s health than the pediatrician.” ~Meryl Streep 190 lbs. How I gained more than 3 lbs overnight after eating about 350g of food, total, yesterday is a mystery to me. We’ll see what tomorrow’s scale reading is. One of my old high school friends just boasted on Facebook that she can still fit into the earrings she wore back then, ha ha. I’ll be glad when this is [...]

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  • Day 62 – Are Organic Foods Really That Much Better?

    Day 62 – Are Organic Foods Really That Much Better?

    June 5, 2010 / 100 Days of Starvation, Food, Nutrition, The Status Quo

    “People are more opposed to fur than leather because rich ladies are easier to harass than bikers.” ~ Bumper sticker 193.9 lbs. Weight loss from starvation, check. Muscle atrophy, check. Social isolation, check. Oy. I can’t emphasize enough that the reason I’m starving myself is to raise awareness of how we should eat, and why. I don’t condone it; in fact quite the opposite. If you’re overweight, it’ll take time to lose it safely. If you’re anorexic or bulimic and [...]

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  • Day 45 – Moral Fibre

    Day 45 – Moral Fibre

    May 19, 2010 / 100 Days of Starvation, Feed Your Head, Nutrition, Tips

    “ The sun is shinin, In this rainy city And the sun is shinin, Ooh isn’t a pity That every year has it’s share of tears? Every now and then it’s gotta rain“ ~ Trooper 204.4 lbs Caution ~ The opening 5 paragraphs may contain emo. Skip ahead for the skinny on fibre. Getting close to the 200 lb. mark. With everything I know about how unhealthy this starvation diet is, and all the negative physical effects it’s having on [...]

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