Thursday, June 30, 2011
Tastes of York a Success & July's Advisory Group Meeting Info
Healthy World Cafe joined dozens of local farm markets, restaurants, agencies, and foodies at the first annual "Tastes of York" held recently at Spoutwood Farms. We had an opportunity to meet tons of interesting and interested people, who had a chance to hear about HWC and taste some of our delicious food. We served Pea Hummus, made from fresh, local peas, and spread the word about our community cafe.
Healthy World's next Advisory Group meeting will be on Tuesday, July 5, due to the Independence Day Holiday. We will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Friends Meeting House. Please join us and bring a friend!
Thanks to all who came out, and thanks to Spoutwood Farms! What a great event.
Healthy World's next Advisory Group meeting will be on Tuesday, July 5, due to the Independence Day Holiday. We will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Friends Meeting House. Please join us and bring a friend!
Even kids loved our Pea Hummus!
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Healthy Spirits: New Arrivals
1. Brasserie Des Rocs Glassware
2. St. Bernardus Glassware
3. Deschutes Hop in the Dark Black IPA
4. Deschutes Black Butte XXIII
5. Lagunitas Little Sumpin' Wild
6. Speakeasy Betrayal Imperial Red
7. Lagunitas Mason Jar glasses
8. Grand Teton Howling Wolf Hefeweizen
9. Rubicon Hopsauce DIPA
10. La Trappe Oak Aged Isad'or
11. La Trappe Oak Aged Quadruppel
12. De Dolle Bos Keun
13. Pretty Things St. Boltoph's Town Rustic Brown
14. Pretty Things Baby Tree Quadruppel
15. Monschof Schwarzbier
16. Jolly Pumpkin Madrugada Obscura
cheers,
dave hauslein
beer manager
415-255-0610
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Food Reward: a Dominant Factor in Obesity, Part VII
Now that I've explained the importance of food reward to obesity, and you're tired of reading about it, it's time to share my ideas on how to prevent and perhaps reverse fat gain. First, I want to point out that although food reward is important, it's not the only factor. Heritable factors (genetics and epigenetics), developmental factors (uterine environment, childhood diet), lifestyle factors (exercise, sleep, stress) and dietary factors besides reward also play a role. That's why I called this series "a dominant factor in obesity", rather than "the dominant factor in obesity".
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Thursday, June 23, 2011
Drug Cessation and Weight Gain
Commenter "mem", who has been practicing healthcare for 30+ years, made an interesting remark that I think is relevant to this discussion:
It's clear that smoking cigarettes, taking cocaine and certain other pleasure drugs suppress appetite and can prevent weight gain. These drugs all activate dopamine-dependent reward centers, which is why they're addictive. Cocaine in particular directly inhibits dopamine clearance from the synapse (neuron-neuron junction), increasing its availability for signaling.
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Recovering substance dependent people often put on lots of weight and it is not uncommon for them to become obese or morbidly obese.This relates to the question that commenter "Gunther Gatherer" and I have been pondering in the comments: can stimulating reward pathways through non-food stimuli influence body fatness?
It's clear that smoking cigarettes, taking cocaine and certain other pleasure drugs suppress appetite and can prevent weight gain. These drugs all activate dopamine-dependent reward centers, which is why they're addictive. Cocaine in particular directly inhibits dopamine clearance from the synapse (neuron-neuron junction), increasing its availability for signaling.
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Healthy Spirits: New Arrivals
1, Bruery 3rd Anniversary: CUIR (oak aged blended old ale made using the Solera method)2. Bruery Mischief
3. Telegraph Obscura Arborea (oak aged oud bruin with lactobacillus)
4. Pripp's Carnegie Porter
5. 21st Amendment Hop Crisis
6. Anchor Brekle's Brown Ale
7. Rogue Captain Sig's Northwestern Ale
cheers,
dave hauslein
beer manager
415-255-0610
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Food Reward: a Dominant Factor in Obesity, Part VI
Reward Centers can Modify the Body Fat Setpoint
Dopamine is a neurotransmitter (chemical that signals between neurons) that is a central mediator of reward and motivation in the brain. It has been known for decades that dopamine injections into the brain suppress food intake, and that this is due primarily to its action in the hypothalamus, which is the main region that regulates body fatness (1). Dopamine-producing neurons from reward centers contact neurons in the hypothalamus that regulate body fatness (2). I recently came across a paper by a researcher named Dr. Hanno Pijl, from Leiden University in the Netherlands (3). The paper is a nice overview of the evidence linking dopamine signaling with body fatness via its effects on the hypothalamus, and I recommend it to any scientists out there who want to read more about the concept.
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Dopamine is a neurotransmitter (chemical that signals between neurons) that is a central mediator of reward and motivation in the brain. It has been known for decades that dopamine injections into the brain suppress food intake, and that this is due primarily to its action in the hypothalamus, which is the main region that regulates body fatness (1). Dopamine-producing neurons from reward centers contact neurons in the hypothalamus that regulate body fatness (2). I recently came across a paper by a researcher named Dr. Hanno Pijl, from Leiden University in the Netherlands (3). The paper is a nice overview of the evidence linking dopamine signaling with body fatness via its effects on the hypothalamus, and I recommend it to any scientists out there who want to read more about the concept.
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Thursday, June 16, 2011
Healthy Spirits: New Arrivals
1. Evil Twin YIN (Imperial Stout)
2. Evil Twin YANG (Imperial IPA)
The brewery recommends blending the two beers to make a craft beer Black & Tan!
3. Brasserie De Cazeau "Saison De Cazeau (with elderflower)
cheers,
dave hauslein
beer manager
415-255-0610
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Healthy Spirits: New Arrivals
1. Stone Belgo Anise Imperial Russian Stout
2. Stone Imperial Russian Stout
cheers,
dave hauslein
beer manager
415-255-0610
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Healthy Spirits: New Arrivals
1. Nethergate Dirty Dick's Audit Ale
2. Deschutes Twilight Ale
3. New Belgium Lips of Faith Grand Cru
4. Reel Ales Swordfish Cascadian Black IPA
5. Lammsbrau Organic Pilsner
6. Allagash Curieux
7. Allagash Black
8. Victory Summer Love
9. Victory Hop Wallop
10. Tieton Blossom Nectar Cider
cheers,
dave hauslein
beer manager
415-255-0610
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Healthy Spirits: New Arrivals
1. 8 Wired "The Big Smoke" Smoked Porter (New Zealand)
2. Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast (Bourbon Barrel Aged)
3. Mikkeller Barrel Aged Big Worse Barley Wine (Red Wine Barrel)
4. Coniston Bluebird Bitter
5. Aecht Schlenkerla Helles
6. Fantome Saison
cheers,
dave hauslein
beer manager
415-255-0610
Friday, June 3, 2011
Healthy Spirits: New Arrivals
1. Dogfish Head Squall IPA 750ml (in my opinion, this is Dogfish's best hoppy beer)
2. Robert Johnson's Hellhound on my Ale 750ml
3. Sah'Tea 750ml
4. Ballast Point Sculpin 22oz.
cheers,
dave hauslein
beer manager
415-255-0610
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Food Reward: a Dominant Factor in Obesity, Part V
Non-industrial diets from a food reward perspective
In 21st century affluent nations, we have unprecedented control over what food crosses our lips. We can buy nearly any fruit or vegetable in any season, and a massive processed food industry has sprung up to satisfy (or manufacture) our every craving. Most people can afford exotic spices and herbs from around the world-- consider that only a hundred years ago, black pepper was a luxury item. But our degree of control goes even deeper: over the last century, kitchen technology such as electric/gas stoves, refrigerators, microwaves and a variety of other now-indispensable devices have changed the way we prepare food at home (Megan J. Elias. Food in the United States, 1890-1945).
To help calibrate our thinking about the role of food reward (and food palatability) in human evolutionary history, I offer a few brief descriptions of contemporary hunter-gatherer and non-industrial agriculturalist diets. What did they eat, and how did they prepare it?
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In 21st century affluent nations, we have unprecedented control over what food crosses our lips. We can buy nearly any fruit or vegetable in any season, and a massive processed food industry has sprung up to satisfy (or manufacture) our every craving. Most people can afford exotic spices and herbs from around the world-- consider that only a hundred years ago, black pepper was a luxury item. But our degree of control goes even deeper: over the last century, kitchen technology such as electric/gas stoves, refrigerators, microwaves and a variety of other now-indispensable devices have changed the way we prepare food at home (Megan J. Elias. Food in the United States, 1890-1945).
To help calibrate our thinking about the role of food reward (and food palatability) in human evolutionary history, I offer a few brief descriptions of contemporary hunter-gatherer and non-industrial agriculturalist diets. What did they eat, and how did they prepare it?
Read more »
Healthy Spirits: New Release
We are happy to announce the arrival of Iron Springs's excellent new J.C. Flyer IPA! Come get some.
cheers,
dave hauslein
beer manager
415-255-0610
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Healthy Spirits: Shipping Program
Hello Everyone,
We are taking a break from our shipping program while we figure out some details. Thank you for your patience.
cheers,
dave hauslein
beer manager
415-255-0610
We are taking a break from our shipping program while we figure out some details. Thank you for your patience.
cheers,
dave hauslein
beer manager
415-255-0610
Healthy Spirits: Cantillon (Please Read Carefully)
We just received a VERY LIMITED supply of Cantillon.
1. Gueuze 750ml
2. Rose De Gambrinus 750ml
3. Cuvee Des Champions 750ml
Bottles are LIMIT 1 PER CUSTOMER. Beer Club members may reserve over the phone, but this is one of the rare exceptions when the club discount does not apply. For everyone else, bottles are behind the counter, and will not be stocked on the shelves. They are available by request only.
cheers,
dave hauslein
beer manager
415-255-0610
1. Gueuze 750ml
2. Rose De Gambrinus 750ml
3. Cuvee Des Champions 750ml
Bottles are LIMIT 1 PER CUSTOMER. Beer Club members may reserve over the phone, but this is one of the rare exceptions when the club discount does not apply. For everyone else, bottles are behind the counter, and will not be stocked on the shelves. They are available by request only.
cheers,
dave hauslein
beer manager
415-255-0610
Healthy Spirits: Bruery Coton
Just scored another case of this barrel aged old ale from The Bruery. It's on the shelves now. Come and get it!
cheers,
dave hauslein
beer manager
415-255-0610
Healthy Spirits: FW Parabola (PLEASE READ CAREFULLY)
Hello Everyone,
We just got a very small allocation of Firestone Walker PARABOLA. Bottles are limit 2 per customer, only Beer of the Month Club members may have bottles held for them. Members should make reservations BY PHONE ONLY. This is the only way we can guarantee your reservation. The number is 415-255-0610.
For non members, bottles will be behind the counter and available by request only. You will have to ask for them, as they will not be stocked on the shelves.
I realize these small releases can be frustrating. The bottle limits and by request only policy should help to ensure everyone gets a fair shot at this. Good luck everyone.
cheers,
dave hauslein
beer manager
415-255-0610
