Can you believe it is October already? I saw a neon sign in the neighborhood recently that is counting down the days until Christmas! I am not really ready to think about Christmas right now because I enjoy the fall season. The cooler weather and colored leaves make be feel at peace. Of course, we …
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Aggression in Small Children Linked to Soft Drink Consumption
A new study recently released by the Journal of Pediatrics has found that small children who drink soft drinks are more likely to be aggressive, withdrawn and have attention problems. The study took 3,000 five year old children from 20 major cities. Of these children, at least 43% of them had at least one serving …
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Red “Honey” in Utah
Last October I posted an article about bees that were producing blue and green honey in France. It turned out they were feeding on the waste products of M&Ms. Earlier this month, several commercial hives in Utah started seeing red honey. It appears that one of the large beekeeping operations began “open-feeding” the bees. They …
Who Decides Which Food Additives are Safe?
There are over 10,000 additives that are allowed to be used in foods in the U.S. Of those, 43% are considered to be “Generally Recognized As Safe” or GRAS. So how do they decide which ones are safe? The answer. The company manufacturing and selling the additive gets to decide which are safe. This all …
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Big Companies Dropping GMO Products in Other Countries But Not in the U.S.
Based on consumer fears in many countries, some large U.S. companies, including Kellogg, Pepsi, Kraft, Coke and Heinz, are now dropping their GMO foods from their European products. Rather than just drop them from all products in general, here in the U.S. we will still be eating GMOs if we chose to eat their products. …
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Grilled Pineapple
Are you looking for a healthy but nutritious dessert? If you like pineapple, you will really enjoy this grilled pineapple recipe. Cooking the pineapple over high heat caramelizes the pineapple’s natural sugars which brings out its natural sweetness and gives it a golden color. Pineapple is high in Vitamin C and is also a great …
Eat Fiber to Lower Your Risk of Stroke
Did you know that stroke is one of the leading causes of death? We hear a lot about cancer and heart attack but stroke seems to take a backseat to those. Because there is a family history of stroke in my family, I was interested in the article recently in the American Heart Association journal, …
Grill Your Vegetables, But Be Care of Grilling Meat
Grilling out is one of America’s favorite ways to prepare food as well as to gather together with friends to have what I call a cook-out and others call a BBQ, depending on where you are from. Since I rarely eat meat, I like to grill vegetables. Just last night I cut up some local …
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The Dirty Dozen for 2013
Each year the EWG (The Environmental Working Group) puts out their list of the “dirty dozen” and the “clean fifteen.” The “dirty dozen” are the fruits and vegetables with the most pesticides. The Environmental Working Group developed this list based on 89,000 tests for pesticide residue in 48 of the most popular produce. It is also based on …
August is National Peach Month
I can’t believe it is already August. The summer seems to be flying by and I am wondering what happened to July! The thing I like so much about summer is all the fresh produce that is available locally. August is national peach month so I set out to find a good peach. I have …