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...what some consider a break with tradition, the Cambridge Historical Commission last night endorsed a proposal to place a memorial to the Irish Potato Famine on the Cambridge Common...
...Grafton Street Pub and Grille--offering pricey European cuisine--is set to open either this weekend or early next week in the space vacated in June by the One Potato Two Potato Restaurant...
...will try just about anything--short of giving up our overeating, couch-potato habits. Just three weeks ago, a U.S. Department of Agriculture researcher presented a fat substitute made from the hulls of oats, corn and soybeans. If it is remotely palatable, it is sure to sell. History suggests, however, that it won't make much difference. Despite the arrival of Olestra last winter, despite NutraSweet and 1% milk, despite an estimated $33 billion spent every year on diet books, over-the-counter medications, health-club memberships and low-calorie foods, the flab still remains, entrenched solidly on waists, hips...
...Judy, a nutritionist, theorized that eating high-carbohydrate food might be an unconscious attempt to elevate mood by giving the brain extra jolts of serotonin. "We reasoned," says Wurtman, "that people were using these foods as drugs." And because the best-tasting high-carbohydrate foods--ice cream, French fries, potato chips--are high in fat, the calories and pounds pile...
That's how my first week on Redux went--deep thoughts about food without deep cravings. Though I didn't exercise much, I sensibly ate lots of chopped salads and grilled vegetables and avoided French fries and pasta. Midnight binges were limited to munching a few potato chips rather than pigging out on the usual half-bag. I didn't suffer any short-term memory loss, nor did I experience a Prozac-like up feeling. There were occasional headaches and a tingly, spaced-out sensation, as if my skull were tightening around my brain...