Do you boomers understand the difference between millionaire and billionaire? A society can be healthy with some millionaires, but dead rotten if filled with billionaires. Understand?
-In the 1980s, 40% of Taiwan's population lacked health insurance -Despite some skepticism, Taiwan implemented a single-payer health care system -2020: Everyone is covered. They pay about $12 for comprehensive care. We can and must achieve Medicare for All in the United States.
In Taiwan, approval of the national health insurance program remains at a high of over 80%. Here’s why the system endures 25 years after it was first established. https://t.co/bcKxkqUUEw https://t.co/2GfzUoNioY
MSG in Chinese food isn't unhealthy -- you're just racist, activists say https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/18/asia/chinese-restaurant-syndrome-msg-intl-hnk-scli/index.html For years, monosodium glutamate, a food additive known as MSG, has been branded as an unhealthy processed ingredient mainly found in Chinese food, despite a lack of supporting scientific evidence.
First off: what is MSG? Chances are, you've eaten it. It's a common amino acid naturally found in foods like tomatoes and cheese, which people then figured out how to extract and ferment -- a process similar to how we make yogurt and wine. This fermented MSG is now used to flavor lots of different foods like stews or chicken stock. It's so widely used because it taps into our fifth basic taste: umami (pronounced oo-maa-mee). Umami is less well known than the other tastes like saltiness or sweetness, but it's everywhere -- it's the complex, savory taste you find in mushrooms or Parmesan cheese.
