one.point.zero - Colin O'Brien's weblog
December 26 2011
How doctors die. It's not like the rest of us, but it should be.
December 22 2011
Why a group of longtime vegetarians and vegans converted to the idea that flesh and other food from animals can be healthful, environmentally appropriate, and ethical.
June 03 2011
Why don't we get cancer every day?
May 10 2011
Sitting is killing you.
August 12 2010
Are you ready for a world without antibiotics?
July 08 2010
A crop-killing fungus is spreading out of Africa towards the world's great wheat-growing areas.
October 09 2009
health as currency“Since [poor people] don't have as much money to spend on happiness, they "spend" their health instead. ”
August 17 2009
Tapped trailer
January 04 2009
How the city hurts your brain“After spending a few minutes on a crowded city street, the brain is less able to hold things in memory, and suffers from reduced self-control”
August 27 2008
Nos enfants nous accuseront
July 13 2008
How habit-forming advertising techniques are used to improve public health in the developing world.
February 24 2008
I always try to take stairs instead of elevators and escalators when I can, although some places make it near impossible. It seems planners have noticed.
January 06 2008
Interesting audio interview with Michael Pollan concerning his latest book: In Defense of Food. His previous bestseller, The omnivore's dilemma, was one of the finest texts I've ever read about food.
November 11 2007
The health effects of shipping fuel fumes have been under the radar for a long time but statistics are starting to show up. No mention of the port of Antwerp in there, but considering its size, I imagine there must be consequences to the local population.
August 16 2007
The truth is out - cyclists shave their legs to look good. Like anyone ever bought the aerodynamics story.
May 27 2007
Drinking Pepsi and other soft drinks may switch off vital parts of your DNA. I'm not sure what to think here, it sounds like something straight out of apocalyptic fiction.
Update: I checked several cans including Pepsi Max and saw no mention of Sodium Benzoate/E211, maybe it's country-specific?
Update: I checked several cans including Pepsi Max and saw no mention of Sodium Benzoate/E211, maybe it's country-specific?
April 21 2007
Biofuel may actually increase ozone levels.
April 03 2007
city life worse than radiation“Air pollution in major cities may be more damaging to health than the radiation exposure suffered by survivors of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster”
Organic food is better for our health. On the flipside, some of it is less energy efficient, producing more emissions.
February 01 2007
Join the mouth revolution now!
January 31 2007
Inside your car you inhale 5 times more smog than outside.
January 29 2007
Michael Pollan in Unhappy Meals“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”
December 10 2006
What happens to your body if you drink a Coke right now?
December 09 2006
An interesting article that goes some way into explaining why people don't change even when faced with overwhelming evidence they're heading at full speed towards an unstable if not deadly future.
November 17 2006
Behind the salad in a bag“Bad housing and bad diets - these are the sort of conditions that before the war sustained TB. These are the people who are cleaning your salad.”
November 01 2006
hydrogenated ingredients are everywhere“Would you melt tupperware and put it on your toast?”
August 24 2006
Has Coke become the new McDonald's?
August 14 2006
There are now more fat people in world than there are starving ones.
July 19 2006
Yes, it's unbelievably hot and we're in the middle of a big ass ozone peak which can do permanent damage to your lungs. And what do the authorities do? They ask you to stay inside and avoid exercise because attacking the root causes requires courage (on our part too).
June 13 2006
The constant gardener isn't just fiction.
May 26 2006
I've cut myself over packaging many times too. Damn you plastic shells from hell!