I had decided ahead of time that Super Bowl Sunday would be a “cheat day” as far as nutritional choices go. No need to set myself up for failure, I figured!
I suppose in the big picture, it wasn’t all that horrible, considering what I could have eaten… but my body still feels like it was [...]
Take a guess at what this American classic is:
Enriched macaroni, dried cheddar cheese, corn starch, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, dried tomato, salt, buttermilk, sugar, hydrolyzed vegetable protein and other natural flavorings, dried onion, dried corn syrup, disodium phosphate, dried garlic, sodium caseinate, citric acid, dipotassium phosphate, FD&C yellow No. 5 and other artificial color, sodium [...]
The “mystery food” today was Cool Whip.
I HAD to mention it because of my shopping experience last week. I was in the grocery store a few days before Thanksgiving and was completely awestruck by the amount of Cool Whip I saw in shopping carts!! It was as though some national announcement had been made than [...]
In honor of the holiday season, what food do you think is comprised of the following ingredients:
Water, corn syrup, hydrogenated coconut and palm kernel oils, sugar, sodium caseinate, polysorbate 60 and sorbitan monostrearate (for uniform dispersion in oil), natural and artificial flavors, xanthan gum and guar gum (thickeners), artificial color.
Chances are, you’ve already inhaled some [...]
What food (hint: Halloween ‘favorite’) is made from the following ingredients:
* Sugar,
* Corn Syrup,
* Confectioner’s Glaze,
* Natural and Artificial Flavors,
* Salt,
* Artificial Colors, (FDC Yellow 6 Lake, Red #40, Red 40 Lake, Yellow #5, Yellow #6, Blue 1 Lake, Blue #1, Yellow 5 Lake),
* Egg Whites,
* Honey Glycerin,
* Mineral Oil,
* Carnauba Wax
Oh, but the “good [...]
Guess what food this is. The ingredients:
water
soybean oil
sugar
vinegar
food starch-modified
salt
cellulose gel (microcrystaline cellulose)
mustard flour
egg white
artificial color
sodium caseinate
zanthan gum
cellulose gum
spice
paprika
natural flavor
betacarotene (color)
Hint: It’s a staple in many households.
Question: Other than some of the chemical-ly names, any idea about what’s not healthy in this list?
The answer to the ‘quiz’ is Gatorade Thirst Quencher, Lemonade Flavor.
Gross.
So, here you are, thinking you’re all healthy because you just worked out or played a sport or something physical… so you chug a Gatorade. Ick. Loaded with toxins like high fructose corn syrup.
It’s sabotage!
Yesterday was our last day at the seminar (and hotel). Our kids had really been wanting to go out for breakfast the entire time we were there… I’m not sure why, other than the hotel had their breakfast buffet advertised all over the place! Marketing works like a charm on kids!
I’m not a big fan [...]
If you’re buying or growing conventional (vs. organic) vegetables and fruit, it’s more important than ever to make the effort to remove pesticides and other toxins before consuming your produce.
Toxicity is clearly at the core of every known chronic illness, like cancer, heart disease, arthritis, diabetes, obesity, depression & anxiety disorders, infertility, digestive disorders, learning [...]
The overall theme of today is definitely “fill up with health FIRST!”
We’re heading out for a soon-to-be-seven-year-old’s birthday celebration with some other little munchkins. We’re going to the movies and to Rainforest Cafe afterward. I’m not anticipating that we’ll be loading up with purity and sufficiency at either location!
We’d don’t get popcorn when we go [...]
