Helder Luis » health http://helderluis.net "Jack of all trades, master of none, though ofttimes better than master of one" Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:34:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Slow Food http://helderluis.net/541 http://helderluis.net/541#comments Sun, 16 Aug 2009 10:31:49 +0000 Helder Luis http://helderluis.net/?p=541 Click here to view the embedded video.

]]> http://helderluis.net/541/feed 2 6 ways mushrooms can save the world http://helderluis.net/328 http://helderluis.net/328#comments Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:43:30 +0000 Helder Luis http://helderluis.net/328 Entrepreneurial mycologist Paul Stamets seeks to rescue the study of mushrooms from forest gourmets and psychedelic warlords. The focus of Stamets’ research is the Northwest’s native fungal genome, mycelium, but along the way he has filed 22 patents for mushroom-related technologies, including pesticidal fungi that trick insects into eating them, and mushrooms that can break down the neurotoxins used in nerve gas.

]]> http://helderluis.net/328/feed 1 What’s wrong with what we eat http://helderluis.net/322 http://helderluis.net/322#comments Sun, 01 Jun 2008 17:50:25 +0000 Helder Luis http://helderluis.net/322 In this fiery and funny talk, New York Times food writer Mark Bittman weighs in on what’s wrong with the way we eat now (too much meat, too few plants; too much fast food, too little home cooking), and why it’s putting the entire planet at risk.

Mark Bittman is a bestselling cookbook author, journalist and television personality. His friendly, informal approach to home cooking has shown millions that fancy execution is no substitute for flavor and soul.

]]> http://helderluis.net/322/feed 0 How our brain works! http://helderluis.net/307 http://helderluis.net/307#comments Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:23:45 +0000 Helder Luis http://helderluis.net/307 Massive TED talk by neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor who had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened — as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding — she studied and remembered every moment. This is a powerful story about how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another.

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