"When you look on the package of most types of rice at the nutritional information you will find that 100g of dried rice has roughly 360 calories. As such 300 grams of dried rice has just over 1,000 calories.
When I cook brown rice I cook up 500…"

"It depends what you mean by 'moderate'. For instance a number of dietary studies include a 'low fat diet' but the 'low fat' option contains 30% of calories come from fat - far from 'low'. You may want to track, at least for a while the amount of fat…"

"Your friends were very thoughtless - I would mention that to them. I would have politely declined although I understand that may have offended the host.  I would ask your friends would they offer the same dish with the  bacon to Jewish friends (if…"

"The following link may help you in your debates;
http://www.theskepticsguide.org/resources/logical-fallacies"

"You are highly unlikely to change the mind of these people. They have invested so much time in their ideological beliefs which they won't give up easily. Cognitive dissonance is a powerful psychology mechanism;…"

"Are you planning to grow semi-dwarf fruit trees?
You would have to grow many - probably 50 or more if you aim to get a significant amount of calories from such a harvest. This poses the question do you have a sufficient amount of land on which to…"

"I particularly find the following quote galling;
'Regular moms like me, however, feel as though a choice has been yanked away'
And what mam choice do these do hens have?'"

"Not a either or question as far as I'm concerned. The greater the diversity of plants that are grown the better. As a gardener when growing veggies the general consensus is you need to rotate crops otherwise there is an increased risk of pathogens…"

"I've never heard of this - it sounds like bunk.
Foods that are high in cholesterol (animal foods only) often have high vitamin D. There are no vegan foods that can be relied as having significant levels of vitamin D - unless the food is fortified…"

"I'm not absolutely 100% sure about the answer to this question but if you use that standard you probably won't get a response. Most likely the reading of 1g of fiber is a mistake. Dried bananas are dehydrated so the amount of heat applied in this…"