Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday praised a company that makes $7-a-pop meals that are delivered directly to the homes of Medicaid and Medicare enrollees.
He even thanked Mom’s Meals for sending taxpayer-funded meals “without additives” to the homes of sick or elderly Americans. The spreads include chicken bacon ranch pasta for dinner and French toast sticks with fruit or ham patties.
“This is really one of the solutions for making our country healthy again,” Kennedy said in the video, posted to his official health secretary account, after he toured the company’s Oklahoma facility last week.
But an Associated Press review of Mom’s Meals menu, including the ingredients and nutrition labels, shows that the company’s offerings are the type of heat-and-eat, ultraprocessed foods that Kennedy routinely criticizes for making people sick.
The meals contain chemical additives that would render them impossible to recreate at home in your kitchen, said Marion Nestle, a nutritionist at New York University and food policy expert, who reviewed the menu for The AP. Many menu items are high in sodium, and some are high in sugar or saturated fats, she said.
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Who killed Jimmy Hoffa?It’s a (nearly) 50-year-old mystery: Who killed Jimmy Hoffa and where is his body? A trio of people has come forward claiming to have the answer.
Investigative reporter Scott Burnstein, retired federal prosecutor Richard Convertino and former mobster turned informant Nove Tocco say they are going to reveal their findings at a presentation on July 23 at Macomb Community College.
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Greetings from SFO!Here's another sourdough Boston brown bread recipe. Not baked in a loaf pan or a can.
https://forum.breadtopia.com/t/sweet-and-sourdough-brown-bread/43277
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Greetings from SFO!Breadtopia has recipes for all sorts of novel flours. How about this one for sourdough Boston brown bread?
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FLW house #1It's the bathroom in the basement. Ruins the whole house.
The listing says 4000+ sq ft but the actual description says "nearly 3000". Must be the basement?
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Greetings from SFO!I've used Bob's Red Mill whole wheat in some recipe I found online; it was a combination of bread and whole wheat flours. I made it a couple to times but we weren't fans.
I make this sourdough rye, though, and we think it's really good:
https://breadtopia.com/sourdough-ny-deli-rye-bread/
I don't do the glaze and just add a couple of teaspoons of caraway seeds to the dough at the beginning. And I do my standard thing of mixing all the ingredients, doing some stretches after an hour or so, and a few more times after that a few hours apart. In the evening I make the loaf and put it in its proofing basket and stick it in the frig overnight. Bake in the morning, ready for lunch.
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Ambroxol and Parkinson's dementiaA common cough medicine may slow cognitive decline in people with Parkinson’s disease dementia, a clinical trial has revealed.
A 12-month study conducted by researchers at Lawson Research Institute found that Ambroxol helped stabilise psychiatric symptoms, improved cognitive function, and protected against brain damage in genetically at-risk participants.
Parkinson’s disease dementia (PDD) causes symptoms such as memory loss, confusion, hallucinations, and mood changes. Approximately 153,000 people in the UK live with Parkinson’s disease.
There is currently no cure for PDD, but patients can take medications called cholinesterase inhibitors to help manage symptoms.
“Our current treatments for Parkinson’s disease and dementia treat the symptoms, but do not change the underlying course of the disease,” Dr Stephen Pasternak, the lead author of the study, told The Standard.
“We hope that Ambroxol, a cough medicine available over the counter in most of the world, but not in the United States or Canada, will change the course of Parkinson’s disease dementia (and related diseases).”
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Puppy !Ah, yes, I remember puppyhood.
Puppy wakes up - take it out.
Puppy eats - take it out.
Pupy drinks water - take it out.
Puppy plays - take it out.Repeat endlessly for several weeks.
How's your other dog doing with the interloper?
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A pretty little campThat’s a sweet house and I love the property. The stream is to die for.
Propane refrigerator. Interesting!
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FLW house #2Frank Lloyd Wright’s Rare Usonian Gem Just Hit the Market for $2.5 Million
Built without studs, sheetrock, or paint, this Mississippi home is a masterclass in organic design.
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FLW house #1One of Frank Lloyd Wright’s earliest residential designs—and the only authentic Prairie-style home he built in Indiana—is on the market for $1.17 million. “It’s an iconic home, a very livable, functional home,” Steve Bizzaro with Howard Hanna Real Estate told WNDU News. “A real true piece of history.”
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Freevee won't be free anymoreIt's getting folded into Amazon Prime Video.
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Ringo at 85He’s Ringo. And Nobody Else Is.
As he turns 85, one of the last surviving Beatles is still musically curious, dispensing his signature wisdom, and preaching the gospel of peace and love.
“It blows me away,” Starr said one April afternoon in Los Angeles, reflecting on his birthday. “I look in the mirror and I’m 24. I never got older than 24.”
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I think you guys will like this houseI'm conflicted about this one. There's a lot to love but for some reason it doesn't draw me in and make me say "wow".
The interior reminds me of a gift shop. Or maybe a conference center. I do like the color palette and there are tons of architectural details like the cove lighting and the varying height ceilings that are very Sarah Susanka-ish and that are definitely my thing.
But...I don't see interior areas that invite me to sit down and chill. Like there are no tables near the sofa. Where to put my cup of tea? And the slipper chairs with the big pillows that have to be moved in order to be comfortable to sit in. The sofa in the hallway near the front door? I guess you could drop your coat there but it isn't a place to sit. Well, maybe if you're waiting for an Uber to pick you up.
It's also a bit on the dark side, and that's coming from someone who isn't into super-light colored interiors.
But...they've done a masterful job of integrating the inside and the outside. Nice views of the outside from many areas of the house. The walkout basement with the doors to that very inviting patio garden -- lovely. That inviting, cozy vibe is what, for me, is missing from much of the rest of the house.
I think I'll save my $2.65 million and see if there's something else out there that I can't live without.
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Q: What's worse than glyphosate?A: Its replacement, diquat.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/06/weedkiller-diquat-organ-damage-study
