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Processed Foods – What exactly are we eating out of packages?

Processed Foods – What exactly are we eating out of packages?

Most foods are processed in some form or another which can make the term confusing. There are foods that are mechanically processed which don’t necessarily take away from the healthiness of the food, and then there are foods that are… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Health, Nutrition
Deli Meat: Maybe cut out the cold cuts

Deli Meat: Maybe cut out the cold cuts

Deli Meat: Maybe cut out the cold cut A nice heart cold cut, lunch meat, whichever type of deli meat you favor, reading the labels of these pre-packed proteins is very important. There are so many types of deli meats… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Health, Nutrition
ADHD Medication Can Cause Psychosis or Worse – Let’s Encourage Health Instead

ADHD Medication Can Cause Psychosis or Worse – Let’s Encourage Health Instead

Eleven percent of children (20% of all boys) are diagnosed with ADHD. Most are on ADHD medication. Parents are told that ADHD is chronic and lifelong. And, they are told that drugs are the “best chance” to get kids on… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Health, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Nutrition
Top Toxic Chemicals, Preservatives, and Harmful Additives in Supplements and Food

Top Toxic Chemicals, Preservatives, and Harmful Additives in Supplements and Food

When people go to the store to buy groceries for the week and maybe picks up a bottle of Vitamin C to ward off a cold or the flu, they generally assumes that the products they are buying are safe… 0 Shares | | Posted in Chemicals, Food, Food, Health, Health, Lifestyle, News, Personal Care
What To Do About Your Kids’ Halloween Candy

What To Do About Your Kids’ Halloween Candy

We all remember how much fun it was to go trick-or-treating, and how enjoyable the candy was to eat in the following weeks (or days) thereafter. But given what we know now about the dangers of the trans fats, high… 0 Shares | | Posted in Child Care, Food, GMOs, Health, Home, Lifestyle, Nutrition
Your Weekly Food-Like-Product – Dr. Pepper Update

Your Weekly Food-Like-Product – Dr. Pepper Update

The previous post I did, “Your Weekly Food-Like-Product“, actually was Diet Dr. Pepper. I appreciate those who pointed it out in the comment boxes. Which is why in my research I try to cross check everything numerous times, even for… 0 Shares | | Posted in Chemicals, Food, Health, Lifestyle, Nutrition
Michigan woman finds white “worm” in son’s Capri Sun drink pouch

Michigan woman finds white “worm” in son’s Capri Sun drink pouch

And now for a moment of … ew. A Michigan woman has found what appears to be a wiggling white worm in her son’s Capri Sun drink pouch. Before giving her child one of the drink pouches made by Kraft… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health
Pretty Poison

Pretty Poison

As I walk down the isles of the supermarket I take note of the shelves, fully stocked neatly in rows, colorful boxes, bottles and packages all so well designed. Eye catching – using words like “diet”, “light”, “natural”, and “healthy”,… 0 Shares | | Posted in Chemicals, Crime, Entertainment, Environment, Fitness Nutrition, Food, Food, GMOs, Health, Health, Home, Liberty, Lifestyle, Mental Health, Money, News, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine, Recipes, Science, Science & Tech, Water
Your Daily Additive – Sodium Nitrate

Your Daily Additive – Sodium Nitrate

I have to ask: If you need personal protection to handle “food” ingredients… Can you assume it’s safe to consume? Yet, the FDA still insists putting this chemical in processed and cured meats. Even though the OSHA (Occupational Safety and… 0 Shares | | Posted in Chemicals, Food, Health, Nutrition
Figs: Dried of all goodness

Figs: Dried of all goodness

When reading the label on a packet of figs, I remember thinking that these innocent looking pieces of dried fruit are not so innocent after all. When they first came off the tree, they were just figs. Then they were… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health