Twenty years ago, Paul Stitt, a biochemist working in the food industry, wrote the following. " Have you ever eaten just one Oreo cookie? Bet you can’t either. They look so sweet and innocent! What you should realize is that the Nabisco Company spent millions developing that formula so that you can't eat just one. It contains 23 different appetite stimulants and 11 artificial colors. I saw the … [Read more...] about It’s the Food
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The Browner Your Bread the Sooner Your Dead
I say that with a smile on my face because I use to say “the whiter your bread the sooner your dead”. But all joking aside let’s discuss the “browning” effect on foods and how it impacts your long-term health. When high carbohydrate foods are browned or blackened a substance called acrylamide is formed. The browning reaction occurs when certain carb molecules bind with proteins and cause … [Read more...] about The Browner Your Bread the Sooner Your Dead
URGENT: Detox Info for Dioxins
You would have to be living underground not to have heard about the derailment of a train in East Palestine, Ohio. The toxic cloud of chemicals has been much debated but the truth is coming out. Who do you know that lives in Ohio, Pennsylvania, upstate New York, West Virginia, Indiana, and as far away as lower Michigan? This chemical cloud has spread wide and far and it’s urgent we let people … [Read more...] about URGENT: Detox Info for Dioxins
Deceitful Diet Foods
Are you confused about what food is “healthy”? I don’t blame you if you are! The main stream media, your USDA and your local grocery store are all SCREAMING at you to eat THIS FOOD, it’s “heart healthy”, it’s “low-fat”, it’s “gluten free”, it’s “sugar free” and the labels go on and on. They promote products like….. Low-fat, sugar free yogurt full of toxic ingredients like aspartame, … [Read more...] about Deceitful Diet Foods
Antibiotic Shortage?
First it was toilet paper, then semi-conductors, then lumber, then baby formula and now….. A scarcity of liquid amoxicillin, that pink fruit-flavored stuff that's the first-line treatment for pediatric illnesses like strep throat and ear infections. This has many parents across the country frightened. Have you ever had a baby or young child with an ear infection? Not fun…. “Right now, we are … [Read more...] about Antibiotic Shortage?
Eating With the Seasons
It’s fall! This is my favorite time of the year. Living in Texas the summers are long and I can’t wait for it to cool off. The other reason why I love fall is I can turn my oven back on, fill up a crock pot and start making warming foods. Nature is amazing. When we look at spring vegetables, they are the ones you would often eat raw, like spinach and lettuce, and they are detoxifying as … [Read more...] about Eating With the Seasons
Good News for Coffee Lovers!
I love my morning cup of coffee, how about you? Well, now we are finding out that coffee is actually good for you! Of course, that depends on what kind and what you put in it. Let’s dive a little deeper. Benefits of Coffee Brain Health The benefits of coffee for energy and brain performance have been well researched for decades. A 1993 study published in Neuropsychobiology and a 2000 study … [Read more...] about Good News for Coffee Lovers!