I have always liked basil and am always anxious to plant it in my herb garden each year. It is one herb that does not come back every year so I have to wait awhile before it grows enough to make pesto. This year, I am growing four basil plants so that I will …
Category Archives: Ingredients
The Dangers of Sodium Benzoate
It seems like when reading labels almost everything contains sodium benzoate. I knew it was a preservative, mostly used as a mold inhibitor, but I guess I just thought it was a type of salt and not to dangerous. Silly me! After researching this additive more closely, I realized it is a carcinogen and can …
Can The Foods You Eat Affect Acne?
I never had much of a problem with acne. I get the occasional pimple now and then but I was fortunate as a teenager and never had to deal with full blown acne. Growing up, we always ate lots of fruits and vegetables and rarely had processed foods or ate out. My daughter has started …
Foods That Can Be Bad For Your Mood
I am sure you have heard the phrase “you are what you eat.” Usually, we don’t really pay that much attention to those words in any other way but that it refers to our weight and our health. It turns out that some foods can make you happy while others can make you sad …
Microwave Popcorn and Alzheimer, Lung Disease and Asthma?
My family loves popcorn and we eat a lot of it. However, we gave up microwave popcorn over a year ago because of all the artificial additives and flavors. Not to long ago, I came across an article about the lung damage that the workers were experiencing in factories that make microwave popcorn. Diacetyl (DA) …
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Is Your Health Suffering Because of MSG?
MSG, also known as monosodium glutamate, has many harmful effects on your body. It may be possible that you are sensitive to this processed additive and are unaware that the problems you are having may be linked to this additive. You find it a lot in Chinese food, but also in many processed foods. Since …
Your Diet and Asthma
I do not have asthma and am very thankful for that. However, I do know people who do and I know it can be a difficult thing to live with and manage. We know about a lot of different foods that cause allergies and asthma but did you know that food coloring, specifically FD&C yellow …
The Health Benefits of Rosemary
I love using fresh herbs when I cook and have a large herb garden in my yard. One of the herbs I use most often is rosemary. Not only does rosemary add a lot of flavor to grilled chicken or sauted vegetables but it can also protect the body from certain carcinogens especially when using …
Pesticides and ADHD
Many studies have been done linking pesticides to cancer and other illnesses but more studies are now being done linking pesticides to ADHD. Most pesticides rely on organophosphates as its core ingredient. Organophosphates work by attacking the nervous system of the pests that are targeted by pesticide products. Therefore it makes since that organophosphates that …
Food to Help Reduce Your Cholesterol Level
If you have been diagnosed with high cholesterol, you may want to take a look at your diet and see if you can change some of your eating habits. We need some fat in our diet, but we want to eat monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats. There is never any benefit in eating saturated and trans …
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