I want a ponicorn!

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Nutritionally-balanced pizza set to debut in the UK; fish and chips coming soon!

Professor Mike Lean, from Glasgow University’s human nutrition department, has partnered with businessman Donnie Maclean to create and market a truly healthy frozen pizza. By modifying traditional recipes with some modern ingredients — like using seaweed in the dough to cut down on sodium —  Professor Lean says the two have perfected a recipe which is safe to eat three meals a day. Every day. Forever. Of course, the two don’t recommend doing so, but they stand behind the claim and say their pizzas taste just as good if not better than their competition. It’s worth noting, though, that their competition is named “Tombstone.” (Photo via BBC News) source

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The picture makes the pizza not look that good. As a man who seriously wants this to succeed I hope this pizza is damn tasty.

“… a drink is any alcoholic beverage that

delivers 1⁄2 ounce of pure ethanol:

• 5 ounces of wine.

• 10 ounces of wine cooler.

• 12 ounces of beer.

• 11⁄2 ounces of distilled liquor (80 proof whiskey, scotch,

rum, or vodka).”

-Understanding Normal and Clinical Nutrition, 7th edition

“…the body cannot store excess amino

acids as such; it has to convert them to other compounds. Contrary to popular

opinion, a person cannot grow muscle simply by overeating protein. Lean tissue

such as muscle develops in response to a stimulus such as hormones or physical activity.

When a person overeats protein, the body uses the surplus first by replacing

normal daily losses and then by increasing protein oxidation. The body achieves

protein balance this way, but any increase in protein oxidation displaces fat in the

fuel mix. Any additional protein is then deaminated and the remaining carbons

used to make fatty acids. Thus a person can grow fat by eating too much protein.

People who eat huge portions of meat and other protein-rich foods may wonder

why they have weight problems. Not only does the fat in those foods lead to fat

storage, but the protein can, too, when energy intake exceeds energy needs. Many

fad weight-loss diets encourage high protein intakes based on the false assumption

that protein builds only muscle, not fat…”

- Understanding Normal and Clinical Nutrition, 7th edititon