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...what is the point of fasting in our modern lives? Giving up food is a kind of outdated practice: we do it every day for our ethos or, much more realistically, our bodies. Complying with social standards, fasting is a year-round norm rather than a Lent exception. Vegetarian, vegan, low-fat, non-fat, low-carb, zero trans-fats… you name it, Whole Foods has it. In a world with staggering numbers of anorexics and bulimics, it would be senseless to argue that such often-paranoid food obsessions clear our minds in the same way they...
...madrasah in the neighborhood of Hauz Khas, you can stand on the stone steps where Mongol conqueror Timur the Lame walked in 1398, admiring the city whose inhabitants he had butchered (his contribution to Delhi's architecture-pyramids of skulls-has thankfully been lost). Sitting in Haldiram's, a vegetarian eatery in old Delhi, you can admire the Sunehri mosque, whose roof Nadir Shah, a king of Persia who had invaded Delhi, climbed in 1739 to make sure that the city's inhabitants were being massacred as he had ordered...
...Vegetarian sources of omega-3 fatty acids, such as walnuts, flax and hemp, are good additions to the diet but not so reliable as fish. They supply a short-chain compound (ALA) that the body must convert to long-chain DHA, and the efficiency of that conversion can vary. Some people don't do it well, and those eating mainstream diets top-heavy in the omega-6 fatty acids found in processed food and prepared meals are at a disadvantage because omega-6s interfere with the conversion of ALA to DHA. For vegetarians and vegans, there is one nonfish source...
Student satisfaction with Harvard’s residential dining halls has reached an all-time high, yet students still hanker for greater menu variety, including more seafood and vegetarian entrees, according to the biannual survey conducted by Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS). The 3,230 students—almost half the College—who responded to the survey gave HUDS its highest ratings ever in eight categories ranging from visual appeal of food to cleanliness of facilities. Overall satisfaction averaged 3.89 out of 5, and total turnout was the second highest ever. “The high number...
Student satisfaction with Harvard’s residential dining halls has reached an all-time high, yet students still hanker for greater menu variety, including more seafood and vegetarian entrees, according to the biannual survey conducted by Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS).The 3,230 students—almost half the College—who responded to the survey gave HUDS its highest ratings ever in eight categories ranging from visual appeal of food to cleanliness of facilities. Overall satisfaction averaged 3.89 out of 5, and total turnout was the second highest ever.“The high number...