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Food Facts

25 Diet Busters

June 16, 2010

Health.com recently came up with a list of 25 foods that are sure to derail your diet. All of these are commercial food products that you can pick up in the grocery, a restaurant or the (dreaded) mall. I was horrified to find out that I’ve sampled a handful of these products more than once- [...]

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When it comes to eggs, buying organic may not be enough.

June 11, 2010

Apparently buying organic isn’t safe these days. The label “organic” simply indictes FDA standards for how food is grown or raised. It doesn’t speak to what happens to the food once it leaves the farm. In the case of eggs, many are processed in the same way that factory farm eggs are processed-washed in chlorine [...]

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Wheatberries

June 11, 2010

Do you know these guys? If not, let me introduce you. These are wheatberries and they are delicious! Boil them in salted water for a half hour, drain and pop into the fridge. Throughout the week, sprinkle them on salads, overnight oats, cereal, yogurt or eat them plain. They are perfect as is.

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What you should know about cholesterol

May 12, 2010

One of my readers, Deborah, submitted this informative guest post to give us the scoop on cholesterol levels (good and bad). She is a blogger at www.cholesterolloweringdiets.net and has tons of great information on how to eat healthy and be mindful of your cholesterol. Click here to read a bit more about Deborah (see how [...]

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What does “free range” and “cage free” really mean?

November 19, 2009

Like many of you, Jessica and I are conscientous about the types of products we buy at the grocery store. We try to pick the healthiest options which often draws us to products promising to be natural and organic. When it comes to buying dairy and eggs, we look for signs of a happy cow [...]

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125 Best Packaged Foods

August 31, 2009

When I was reading through my latest issue of Women’s Health, I came across the list of the 125 best packaged foods for women. Although we all know that packaged foods are not the healthiest foods for us and we should try to eat as many whole foods as possible- I know that I rely [...]

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The China Study

June 11, 2009

Just wanted to let you all in on a new book that I’ve been reading! I’m a nutrition junkie and I love to read new materials on the variety of diets, effects of diet on health including diseases and cancer and the China Study has been so informative thus far. Although I am not done [...]

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Some like it HOT!

May 20, 2009

For a history of our favorite Sriracha/Rooster hot sauce check out today’s article in the NY Times. It looks like this once little known, foreign-made hot sauce has found its place in the hearts and homes of average Americans looking to spice things up! Sriracha is the new ketchup.

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Battle of the Oats!

May 18, 2009

A lot of food bloggers out there are really into oats. They like them in all shapes and sizes and cooked a variety of ways. Although I have tried my hand at oats in the past, they just never stuck. But, since I’m a veggie who likes to stay up on the latest health food [...]

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Oh Honey! I like it RAW!

May 13, 2009

If you haven’t tried raw honey, you must! It’s basically just honey that hasn’t been “purified” by the heating process. The clear honey that you see on grocery store shelves is not raw, it’s processed. Raw honey is cloudy in color and has tiny bits of honeycomb and pollen. It also has a TON more [...]

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