one.point.zero - Colin O'Brien's weblog

“What the company actually said was that it can no longer compete with Icelandic fast-food joints that rely on local produce”

“the focus on food miles is missing the bigger picture and may be counter-productive”

“The governments using biofuel to tackle global warming know that it causes more harm than good. But they plough on regardless.”

“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”

“Would you melt tupperware and put it on your toast?”

“many food packets talk about sodium content rather than salt content. To make sense of this, you need to know that every gram of sodium is equivalent to 2.5g of salt”

“I will only use a product for my family if there is 200 years of tradition behind it. You are asking for trouble if you take an isolate from soya”

“Every single calorie we eat is backed by at least a calorie of oil, more like ten”

“When you think about it, it is odd that something as important to our health and general well-being as food is so often sold strictly on the basis of price.”