If you're spending time and energy digesting, you're not not growing your intelligence.

Mark nails it as usual. Essential reading for America's political class.

Chris' stories about athletes are great, and why we should run barefoot. However, I'm not convinced with his theories around meat. A great video to watch from TED nonetheless.

Loved this phrase:

"Back to munching Ding Dongs while waiting in line for the heart medication."

Interesting if lighthearted article on why you should stretch!

Amusing set of ideas that could make you happier, from Business Insider.

It's great that there is better guidance. It's still far from perfect, but what's important is that it's a move, a strong move, in the right direction.

Some excellent ideas from the No Meat Athlete community on how to eat great food, be healthy and save money.

Industrial farming is totally unacceptable for the environment, human health and animal welfare. Here are 13 facts from Business Insider that underline that.

That's a nice mix of paleo with vegetarian. Very tendance.

Fantastic quote from the author's mom:

My mom always used to say “If you cry when you burn the toast, what to you do when the house burns down?” That stuck with me.

The food industry is trying to define what they should be to hide some of the worst aspects of their products. Always check the food ingredients list.

New front of package labelling on food should have you very wary. Always check the ingredient list to make sure you're eating wholesome food.

Dara Pettinelli:

When I tell people I started dieting at nine they get this look on their face as if they want to call child protection services. “Your mother supported that?” they ask, in shock. But I think nothing of it. Of course she supported it. I was unhappy and she wanted to help. I’d be more shocked if my mother saw my weight and my unhappiness growing and handed me a chocolate bar.

Love the concept around this sustainable business. Based in Vermont, it really seems just the kind of thing that would take off there.

This is a really good analysis of men, and essential reading for women.

Logically I think it does, and vegetarianism is better for your overall health.

If you want to continue eating meat, for your health and for animal welfare, eat well raised animals. This usually means grass-fed.

80% of antibiotics are given to food animals. These antibiotics can find their way into the food meat eaters consume, increasing their risk of antibiotics being ineffective when needed.

Fact: realclearscience.com

Surprise, Surprise, a new study shows that foods made by bigAg that have health messages on the box, are not healthy at all. The game seems to be to promote one or more nutrients, but keep quiet on the added sugar and salt.

Always read the ingredient labels.

A great treatise of current thinking about protein in the raw world. A must read.

This is a really good list that high-lights some of the questions you need to ask to make sure that your midwife or OB-GYN are natural birth friendly.

A really great interactive tool that shows how much CO2 you are generating with your activities. It's great fun and a good way to spread consciousness.

Watch your baby, they'll let you know when they want to taste normal food. This can happen around 4-5 months, and then you can slowly start weaning. Each baby is different though, I wouldn't sweat about it.

It's a concept at the moment, but hopefully ideas from such concepts will find their way into standard building projects.

This is one of those really simple ideas that could benefit some people. A watering can that's easy to sit on to collect your urine. Apparently, the composition of human urine is surprisingly similar to that of standard fertilizer.

Sounds like there are some interesting aspects to this approach, especially around building self-esteem for babies.

Mark Bittman has put together three recipe ideas he thinks everyone should know and should be able to cook. It's a great idea - I think we should send out these recipes to everyone in the US, followed up with supporting YouTube videos and more detailed instructions or variations.

Let's make sure everyone can cook affordable nutritious food.