Tag: eating

• The 16:8 diet and inhaling marmite

  

  I have been on the 16/8 diet for a few weeks now. This diet lets you eat whatever you want for 8 hours in the day. For the rest of the 16 hours you can’t eat anything. You can choose when the 8 hours fall and mine are typically from 11am – 7pm. Essentially I’m […]

  Rachel M

  January 23, 2020

  Journal

  16/8, dieting, diets, eating, food, marmite

• Aberdeen’s beach and veganism is mainstream

  

  Daniel was invited to a birthday party today and much to my disappointment it was at a trampoline place by the beach. I dislike going to the beach in Aberdeen for two reason – 1) It’s a bugger to get to by bike. There’s no good route and I’m always stressed and worried about large […]

  Rachel M

  March 17, 2019

  Journal

  Aberdeen, beach, cycling, eating, food, restaurant, Vegan

• Weekday vegetarianism

  I saw this TED talk today about being a weekday vegetarian and thought it was quite good. I know that many people are put off by vegan/vegetarianism because it seems like an impossible task. But it needn’t be done militantly and as Graham Hill makes clear in this video, eating less meat is still beneficial […]

  Rachel M

  February 26, 2014

  Ethics, Vegan

  animals, eating, environment, ethics, food, Graham Hill, meat, veganism, vegetables, vegetarianism, Weekday vegetarian

• Insects, anyone?

  When my sister and I were little, our Thai nanny fried up some grasshoppers for us to eat. I can’t remember what they tasted like but I remember the experience well: it was fun and exciting. We caught the grasshoppers and she cooked them. There is a word for the practice of eating insects. It […]

  Rachel M

  May 29, 2013

  Climate change

  Climate change, eating, entomophagy, farming, food, global warming, greenhouse gas, insects, livestock, methane