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What’s the deal with Vegetable Glycerin???

1 November 2019November 1, 2019Jeremy Cummings1 Comment

An investigation into Larry & Lenny’s complete cookie. When I started reviewing other energy bars, I started to notice an ingredient that many manufacturers use — vegetable glycerin. There’s a lot of debate about how to classify glycerin, but here’s a simple explanation of what it is: A sweet syrupy substance manufactured on a...

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Top 5 Mushrooms for health & happiness

31 October 2019October 31, 2019Jeremy CummingsLeave a comment

Mushrooms are extremely healthy and very cool. If you aren’t already hip to the astoundingly long list of their health benefits, I recommend you listen to any podcast with Paul Stamets and buy his book Mycelium Running. There are a lot of different mushrooms, and a variety of perspectives from which to examine them....

The parable of the mountain climber

17 September 2019November 15, 2019Jeremy CummingsLeave a comment

Once upon a time, there was a mountain that no one had ever climbed. Although generations of hill dwellers had come and gone, no one had ever reached the mountaintop without losing their life along the way. During a particularly prosperous time, however, there came a Mountain Climber whose skill was known far and...

When life is chaos, tranquility will save you

5 September 2019September 19, 2019Jeremy CummingsLeave a comment

I’ve finally reached a milestone. My life is a total mess by any objective standards. I can’t go into more detail but trust me. The average person would describe my current situation as totally FUBAR. This week in particular has launched multiple artillery strikes of bullshit at my consciousness. I find myself not caring...