Do you ever stop and really think about the food you eat? Where it comes from, what's in it, how it was made? I have spent the better part of my life analyzing, or perhaps I should say over-analyzing, everything food! And while there are many things about our food supply that disgust me, there is nothing more that infuriates me than genetic modification.
Read MoreIt’s a new year! So I figured it’s best that we start off on the right foot regarding organics. At this point, most of you know what that oh so convoluted term means but just to clarify, let me give it to you straight up!
Read MoreAs is typical in our house, my husband and I try to catch one of the morning shows. A difficult task, but something we seem to manage to do in bits and pieces at least 3 mornings a week as we give our kids breakfast, get them dressed and thankfully occupy them with some form of play. Chaos at its best! Quite sometime ago, I caught a segment on “healthy breakfasts”.
Read MoreOur nation is protein-obsessed—we are literally brainwashed into thinking that high protein promotes weight loss (as in the Atkins Diet, the Zone or even the South Beach Diet). Or that protein pre-workout and post workout is critical for muscle gain. We cower at carbs and fear fat.
Read MoreA few summers ago, my friend’s son David was selling lemonade for charity. I took my oldest boy Jack, then four, into town to contribute to the cause. Now I must preface this by saying that Jack has been in the kitchen with me since he was old enough to sit in a high chair and I have been talking to him about it as well—the good, the bad and the ugly (the rated PG version though).
Read MoreAbout a year ago I received a call from my dear friend Allison, “You won’t believe what I did and please don’t scold me.” I could sense a measure of stress in her voice.
Read MoreI was recently in Starbucks with my boys and Jack, my 7-year old, grabbed a small yellow “sugar” packet and said, “Mom, this is the bad stuff right?” My heart just swelled with pride! OK I admit it—I am grooming my child to be the next nutrition know-it-all!
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Since the FDA released their first analytical results of arsenic in rice mid-September, I have received a multitude of questions, even from my mother! And when my mom asks, I answer.
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