Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Salad wall garden in a small space
This is an old idea but still worth considering for a small space
WSJ:
....Tucked inside Congress's new trillion-dollar omnibus spending bill
is potential regulatory relief for small businesses in agriculture. A
recent Journal editorial noted that the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration has been attempting to do an end-run around a law
preventing the agency from regulating small farms. The bureaucrats were
trying to redefine the farms as grain storage companies to make them
eligible for OSHA inspections. But Sen. Mike Johanns says that he now
has a bipartisan agreement to clarify that the agency must keep its
hands off the family farm.
Monday, January 13, 2014
Lowdown on the kale-thyroid connection
http://commonhealth.wbur.org/2014/01/the-dark-side-of-kale-and-how-to-eat-around-it
from the Oregon State University Micronutrient Information site:
Very high intakes of cruciferous vegetables…have been found to cause hypothyroidism (insufficient thyroid hormone) in animals (68). There has been one case report of an 88-year-old woman developing severe hypothyroidism and coma following consumption of an estimated 1.0 to 1.5 kg/day of raw bok choy for several months. Two mechanisms have been identified to explain this effect. The hydrolysis of some glucosinolates found in cruciferous vegetables (e.g., progoitrin) may yield a compound known as goitrin, which has been found to interfere with thyroid hormone synthesis. The hydrolysis of another class of glucosinolates, known as indole glucosinolates, results in the release of thiocyanate ions, which can compete with iodine for uptake by the thyroid gland. Increased exposure to thiocyanate ions from cruciferous vegetable consumption or, more commonly, from cigarette smoking, does not appear to increase the risk of hypothyroidism unless accompanied by iodine deficiency. One study in humans found that the consumption of 150 g/day (5 oz/day) of cooked Brussels sprouts for four weeks had no adverse effects on thyroid function.http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/foods/cruciferous/
LCFG meeting tomorrow from noon to 2pm
Remember:
LCFG meeting tomorrow from noon to 2pm in the OSU Ext. Service
Conference room which is an accessible facility, and everyone interested
in food related issues is encouraged to attend. Venga todo el mundo
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