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This week’s nuggets: August 8-12, 2017

By Jim August 12, 2017 Leave a Comment

Chia seeds

This set of nugget-sized podcast episodes begins with praise for the humble chia seed and its stupendous fiber. It continues with a lament for the great butter shortage taking place in Europe, mixed with a tip for keeping your butter soft and spreadable. It concludes with a sober consideration of the carb content of alcoholic beverages. Subscribe to the Low Carb Nugget through any of the following services: Apple Podcasts Google Play Music Stitcher TuneIn (With the Amazon Echo, use the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food, Nugget Tagged With: beer, butter, chia, podcast, wine

The need for carb-free beverages — and friendship

By Jim June 6, 2015 Leave a Comment

Saturday Short Takes "Low-carb beer lures young men," Adrian Thomas, The Shout. "Low-carb beer finds unlikely niche," James Atkinson, Australian Brew News. According to an industry study, low-carb beer now accounts for nearly 25% of beer consumption in Australia, compared to just 3% in 2006. However, it isn't clear that low-carb dieting is the reason. The largest group of low-carb beer drinkers in Australia are males aged 24 years and younger. Typically, men in that age group aren't as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Critiques, News & Commentary Tagged With: beer, obesity, sugar

Get Rosie a beer

By Jim June 17, 2011 Leave a Comment

Today, I washed down my frosted brown sugar cinnamon Pop-Tarts (made by the United Steelworkers) with two excellent union-made beers: Schell’s Zommerfest from New Ulm, Minn., a local farming community just under two hours from Minneapolis, and Leinenkugel’s, from Chippewa Falls, Wis. --Manny Herrmann, Choose Union: Raise a Glass for the Working Class, June 16, 2011. I'm not sure what disturbed me the most about this quotation from an AFL-CIO blog: that the United Steelworkers have been … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Personal Reflection Tagged With: beer, carbs, pastry, union-made

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