There was an interesting piece recently in the Wall Street Journal on January 30, 2012 titled; “New Chief Unveils Plan to Revive Disease-Fighting Fund,” by Betsy McKay and the article noted that the “Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria plans for a major overhaul of its operations following an assessment urging improved management,” and attached to the article was a chart showing that the US has pledged $9.5 Billion and has paid in $6.1 Billion so far with France, UK, Japan, and Germany pledging 2.9, 1.7, 1.4, and 1.5 respectfully – along with the Gates Foundation with a pledge of $1.4 Billion and already paid in $700 million.

Now the Global Fund must prove its worth to receive the rest of the funds at a time when money is very tight due to economic conditions. This makes sense right, after all it is the taxpayers in all these nations which will be used plus the more efficient Gate’s Foundation money – still, at the 2012 Davos Economic Forum it is a big topic, no not as big as the EuroZone economic crisis, but right up there with what to do about Syria, Iran, and the unbalanced trade with China.

There was another interesting article in the WSJ titled “Agencies, Drug Makers, Gates to Target 10-Diseases,” by Jeanne Whalen. It turns out that Abbot Labs, Johnson and Johnson, and Pfizer are all working to help in the cause, even though each of those companies has cut a significant number of employees in the last year, Abbot even announced this last week that it was cutting a huge number, so what are we going to do? Drugs are expensive, so too are other solutions available, even the mosquito nets, which are a wonderful life saver cost money, and we are talking millions of them.

It is hard for folks who are in a tough economic situation to allot the money in taxes to pay for such things, meanwhile giving HIV/AIDS drugs is also challenging for folks because medicines in our own countries are so costly, and there are shortages too, worse, the increase in the number of people in the third world who need the drugs isn’t slowing down, well, slightly, but something needs to be done on that side of things too. Please consider all this and think on it.

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W toku montażu klimatyzacji w budynkach już istniejących musimy się liczyć z pewnymi utrudnieniami a, także w wielu przypadkach też sporym bałaganem. Trzeba będzie przeprowadzić odpowiednie przewody, powiesić klimatyzatory, wyprowadzić na zewnątrz kompletną aparaturę. Wszystko to jednak niesłychanie się opłaca i warto się poświęcić te kilka dni niewygody na zainstalowanie klimatyzacji. Późnej na co dzień, jak na dworze będzie spiekota, będziemy się cieszyć z tego, że podjęliśmy takową decyzję. Spośród przeróżnych przedsiębiorstw produkujących klimatyzatory bezspornie na uwagę zasługuję Samsung. Klimatyzatory Samsung są bardzo wysokiej jakości jak i również doskonale działają w trudnych warunkach.

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In Defense of Food Michael Pollan has given us the most important book on nutrition in this decade. He strikes back at the deluge of diet books and nutritionalism that has confused Americans now for two generations. He uses science to attack the “science” behind the nutritionalism that has so distorted the American attitude toward food and has left Americans as the most over fed and under nourished in the world.

After poking generous holes in the various theories and diet fads of the past 40+ years Pollan gives us some very decent guidance about what we should be eating and how we should be thinking of food. His fundamental thesis is simple: we should eat food, not too much, and mostly plants. By that he means:

Eat food: the evidence is overwhelming that we should eat food in as natural a state as possible. We should eat whole foods, not processed foods or refined foods. We should eat more like our ancestors of a century or more ago. If you cannot pronounce or do not recognize the ingredients on a package don’t eat it. If there are generally more than five ingredients don’t eat it. If it contains highly processed and refined foods, including grains, sugar and oils, don’t eat it. If your great grandmother would not have recognized it – don’t eat it. Eat everything else. Eat fresh and frozen (but unprocessed) fruits and vegetables. Eat meat that is not processed or filled with hormones, chemicals, etc. There is a bit more to it than that, but that captures the essence of eating “food”.

Not too much: Americans eat on average 700 calories more per day than they did just 50 years ago. We are bigger, fatter, more obese, and have more disease arising from poor nutrition than ever. We have more diabetes, heart disease and cancer from eating junk food. We also have too much fat on our bodies because we exercise too little and eat too much. Portion sizes are too large and our food is more loaded with fats and sweeteners.

Mostly plants: while one does not need to be a vegetarian to eat healthy, the more meat one eats, especially fatty and processed meats, the less healthy we are. Plants provide the healthiest nutrients and the least unnecessary calories for our body if they are fresh and wholesome.

Pollan points out that various ethnic diets, especially in the Mediterranean and Asia are far healthier because they follow these three simple guidelines. The modern American diet, on the other hand, with its processed foods, high fructose corn syrup laden drinks and quickie pizza and burgers is a short road to disease.

Our youth, who have grown up on this diet, and will less exercise than Americans traditionally got, may be the first generation to have a shorter life span than their parents.

Pollan is not a radical. He does not say you have to eat tofu and raw food all day. There are many very healthy, delicious foods that you can and should eat. His indictment is against the highly processed and inadequate foods that dominate our diet today.

This is not the first book to send this message – but Pollan does a very good job as a careful journalist to bring us the facts to support the position he takes. By adhering to the simple guidelines he suggests we can regain health as well as our waistlines. His arguments are compelling as well as reasonable.

Readability/Writing Quality:

This is very well written. He writes in an engaging style and yet provides the footnotes and sources that support his position.

Notes on Author:

Michael Pollan is an accomplished author and journalist and is the Knight Professor of Journalism at UC Berkeley. He writes for NY Times Magazine. He also authored The Omnivore’s Dilemma among others.

Three Great Ideas You Can Use:

1. Eat food that is wholesome, as natural and whole as possible and with as little processing as possible. Stick to the outside of the supermarket, if you must buy food in supermarkets, aiming for in season produce, fresh unprocessed meats and dairy with as little processing as possible. Avoid artificial ingredients and “convenience foods”.

2. Make sure to get exercise every day.

3. Eat slowly and intentionally, and only eat until you are full or nearly full. Reduce the size of portions that are all too common in the Western diet today.

Publication Information:

In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan

(c)2008 by Michael Pollan. Published by Penguin Books. 205 pages not including Sources and Index.

Rating for this Book:

Overall Rating: Excellent

Writing Style: Very Good

Application: Very timely; very applicable.

Technical Difficulty: Moderate

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