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It's berry season now in BC - lots of organic farms out there - buy fresh local berries while you can get them into your freezer!

What to know about chemical levels on Driscoll's berries | CBC News You may be having second thoughts about eating the berries in your fridge after CBC News spoke with a whistleblower who made a startling claim about the amount of chemicals on fruit that a U.S. company allegedly shipped to Canada.

Apple pie! Blueberry pie! Order one today to support Lifecycles Fruit Tree Project in Victoria, harvesting tonnes of local urban fruit!

Pie Preorder - by October 1st, pickup October 4th onwards | LifeCycles Project Society Pre order a delicious apple pie made from apples rescued from backyards near you! These pies will be ready to cook from frozen in 9in tins. Preorders will be available for pickup starting afternoon Sunday October 4th, and from then on Monday-Friday during our office hours. Proceeds from this fundrai...

Long long ago a clever Irish pharmacist advised me to eat yogurt every day. She said it would keep candida away, but it clearly has many other benefits besides instilling bravery (per Gengis Khan). We've had a long time to study its effects since Gengis, and here are some good things to know about it. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1279770726001752?via%3Dihub

The gut is known as the "second brain" for good reason.

Swedish study reinforces what Canadian IBD experts have been seeing for years A new study suggests people with inflammatory bowel disease face an elevated risk of depression, anxiety and substance misuse years before diagnosis and long afterward. Canadian experts say the findings reinforce the need to make mental health screening and support a routine part of IBD care.

Just about the best talk I've seen on sleep and menopause.

Women, Menopause, and Sleep Live with Dr. Shelby Harris

He's not wrong, but "personal choice" is truly not available to everyone. Thinking yes, poverty.. thinking people forced to eat institutional foods, working multiple jobs, living in food deserts.. etc.

Oxford Report Sparks Fury by Claiming You're 80% to Blame for Your Own Bad Health in Old Age (The Guardian, 2026-05-20)
Summary: Guardian reporter Amelia Hill covers a controversial new UK report, "Living Longer, Better—the Oxford Longevity Project's first Age-less Report," launched at the Smart Ageing Summit in Oxford and sponsored by the supplement firm Oxford Healthspan. The report, co-authored by Sir Christopher Ball (a 91-year-old former Parachute Regiment officer who aims to reach 100), Sir Muir Gray, Dr. Paul Ch'en, Leslie Kenny, and Professor Denis Noble, argues that at least 80% of poor health in old age is down to personal choices, not genes or government. Ball points to twin studies and analysis from nearly 500,000 UK Biobank participants suggesting environment and lifestyle outweigh inherited genetics in shaping aging. The report's recommendations are blunt: avoid processed foods, abstain completely from alcohol ("Alcohol is toxic, don't drink it," says Ball), prioritize sleep, stop eating after 6:30 p.m., and adopt a "not-meat mindset." It also urges the UK government to regulate alcohol the way it regulates smoking. Critics push back hard: Harvard social epidemiologist Nancy Krieger says it ignores poverty, work conditions, and government policies that let corporations sell unhealthy products. Professors Steven Woolf (Virginia Commonwealth University) and Jay Olshansky (University of Illinois Chicago) call the 80% figure oversimplified and unrealistic. Edinburgh public-health chair Devi Sridhar broadly agrees with the number but points out that strong links between income and health suggest policy matters too. Ball's response: blaming yourself is empowering—"if you're responsible, you can do something about it."
(summary from Food/Longevity/Supplements/Medicine News & Research Digest 5/22/2026, Center for Food as Medicine & Longevity)

At least 80% responsibility for ill health in old age down to individual, study says UK report argues people have greater control over longevity than widely understood, but others say claim is simplistic

Worth noting: Glyphosate (and other herbicides) has been sprayed on cereal crops, to allow easier harvest, since 1992. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1D44dEUcGD/

Sustain: The Alliance For Better Food And Farming member Soil Association has launched as petition that calls on the government to deliver:

> A ban on using the weedkiller glyphosate to dry crops before harvest
> Stronger protections on pesticide residues in food
> Support for farmers to transition to more nature-friendly farming practices

You can find out more and sign on the Soil Association website.

The petition is accompanied by an open letter with more than 25 signatories, which calls for a ban on the pre-harvest spraying with glyphosate.

Glyphosate (better known by the trade name Roundup) is one of the world’s most used weedkillers, though not by certified organic farmers. It is also commonly applied directly to crops by ‘conventional’ and even some ‘regenerative’ farmers just days before harvest to dry grains, pulses and other seeds.

This typically leaves residues in the (not-certified-organic) food we eat, including breakfast cereals, chickpeas, lentils, b**r, rapeseed oil, industrial dough products and even Real Bread. The many products of maize and soy mean that glyphosate is found across our shopping baskets and plates.

In 2015, the World Health Organisation’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), concluded that the glyphosate was ‘probably carcinogenic to humans.’

You can read more in the latest articles section of the Real Bread Campaign website.

Breaking (not so) news! Body, mind and spirit are connected!
And.. "Interestingly, women are much more likely to get a broken heart. But men are more likely to die from it."

Yes, You Can Die From a Broken Heart One s*x is more likely to develop Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, and the other is more likely to die from it.

Mushrooms - delicious medicinals, but must be cooked to attain medicinal properties. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1PXqaKSGNC/

Edible mushrooms: an ancient remedy rediscovered by modern science - Chris Kresser Edible mushrooms: an ancient remedy rediscovered by modern science. Read more and find related Medicinal Mushrooms, Nutritional Supplements, Optimal Nutrition, Uncategorized articles from Chris Kresser.

Inulin helps knee osteoarthritis.. who could have guessed that one?

Prebiotic fiber supplement lowers pain sensitivity in people with knee osteoarthritis A new study has found that a prebiotic fiber supplement reduced pain, improved grip strength, and lowered pain sensitivity in people with knee osteoarthritis (OA) - with far fewer dropouts than a digital physiotherapy programme.