Vegetable parenting begins to creep into the scientific literature: “A Model of Goal Directed Vegetable Parenting Practices,” Melanie Hingle, Alicia Beltran, Teresia O’Connor, Deborah Thompson, Janice Baranowski, Tom Baranowski. Appetite 58 (2), April 2012, pp. 444–449. The authors, at Baylor College of Medicine and at the University of Arizona, write: “The aim of this study […]
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Eating leather
Two reports about eating leather (allegedly and really): 1. From 1891, in the report “Report on a beetle destroying boots & shoes in Sydney,” by Walter Wilson Froggatt, on page 4: 2. 1980, in the film “Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe“:
Carrots, carrots, carrots, in a man
Another slight boost for the metaphor “you are what you eat”: “Carrot man: A case of excessive beta-carotene ingestion,” Randy A. Sansone [pictured here, in black-and-white] and Lori A. Sansone, International Journal of Eating Disorders, epub March 19, 2012. The authors The authors, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, report, about their report: “In this […]
Fire Eating and Good Health
A new medical report demonstrates how to tell a story: “Severe Pneumonitis After Fire Eating,” Daniel Franzen [pictured here], Malcolm Kohler, BMJ Case Reports 2012;10.1136/bcr-2012-006528. The authors, at University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland, begin their report with eight words that, by themselves, provide a wealth of information: “A 38-year-old, previously healthy fire eater…”