Category: Healthy Food
Because access to healthful and uncontaminated food should be a human right.
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Strawberry Keifer Lemonade
Its incredible. So refreshing. So healthy. So delicious. Its Strawberry Keifer Lemonaid! Its hot. The kids are thirsty and they feel like they are missing out as the ice cream truck passes by with its off key tunes beckoning the neighborhood to its sugar laden dye filled food products. Ingredients 4 cups coconut water 4…
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Eating Out? First Visit The Eat Well Guide
HFI: What a wonderful resource to eating well wherever you are! These days, it’s hard to trust that the food you’re eating was produced in a safe, humane and sustainable manner. From their site: “We built the Eat Well Guide to make it easier to find good food and to support local farmers, restaurateurs and…
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Pesticide Perspective: Eating Organic. Should You Care?
Pesticides. Should we fear them? Does an Organic diet eliminate them? Have there been studies to prove the cumulative effect of these chemicals on our bodies and the health of our children? Is it worth the money to buy organic produce for my family. Opinion from: Joel Kahn, MD, FACCClinical Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), Wayne…
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FOOD DYES & KIDS: A Rainbow of Risk
In 2011, the FDA acknowledged that food dyes (and other ingredients) cause behavioral problems in some children, but has done nothing to protect children. Still, mounting public concerns about dyes has spurred several major companies to remove dyes in some of their foods. Kraft has removed food dyes from some child-oriented varieties of its Macaroni…
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Your Tax Money Will Now Pay for GMO Marketing Campaign NOT Safety Testing
HFI: Thanks to a recently passed spending bill, $3 MILLLION TAX PAYER DOLLARS will now be spent to convince the public that their concerns about GMO safety and the 26% increase in pesticide and herbicide application on their foods aren’t valid. According to Beyond Pesticides.org $3 MILLION of YOUR Tax Dollars are now going to…
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Food & Mood
Food and Mood: How food impacts your brain health We are all aware of how our moods influence our food choices. Many of us have used food as an alternative to feeling our feelings. It is often easier to feel full than it is to feel angry, sad, lonely, depressed or anxious. We celebrate with…
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Are Gum Additive Safe?
What are Gum additives and Why are they in our food? Gum additives are everywhere in our food supply today. Xanthan and guar gum are by far the most common. But there are many others too, such as locust bean gum (carob gum), gellen gum, cellulose gum, and relative newcomer tara gum. The savvy shopper…
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Farmed Salmon the Dirty Secret
HFI: Here are some facts about Farmed Salmon which may get you think twice about buying one again: Farmed salmon is fed pellets of chicken feces, soy, GMO canola oil, corn meal and other fish with high levels of toxins Farmed salmon has 7 times higher levels of PCB’s compared to wild salmon Farmed salmon…
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Buyer Beware: You HAVE To Read Labels
HFI: Research your foods and learn to read labels. Healthy doesn’t necessarily mean free of harmful ingredients. Food labeled “healthy” should be nutritious, low in added sugar, and free of trans fat and other harmful ingredients, right? Not according to the Food and Drug Administration’s current labeling guidelines. The rules for health claims on food…
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Food Affects How You Feel
Harvard Health affirms that food affects how you feel. Your diet matters SO MUCH MORE than you think. Beat anxiety and depression by eating eating more fruits and vegetables! “Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that helps regulate sleep and appetite, mediate moods, and inhibit pain. Since about 95% of your serotonin is produced in your gastrointestinal…