food and nutrition

Benefits of Organic Foods

May 6, 2012

If you look around a typical grocery store you might notice the abundance of variety and choices, but if you look more closely you will realize that most of the “choices” are brought to you by a handful of companies that have a stranglehold on food. Six beef producers bring us about 90% of all [...]

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Red Meat and Health

April 1, 2012

A recent far reaching study conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health urges moderation in red meat consumption. The study looks at the interaction of red meat and health. It isn’t news that red meat may not be the most healthy choice of all, but this study definitely puts the case to rest. It [...]

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Health Benefits of Coffee

February 20, 2012

For a while there people were trying to talk me out of caffeine and specifically coffee, but studies are showing that there are some definite health benefits of coffee consumption.   All I can say is thank goodness, because I love me some coffee in the morning, and truth be told, also throughout the day. [...]

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Farmer’s Markets Provide Best Fresh Produce

December 24, 2011

Even in the middle of winter we can still get fresh produce at local farmer’s markets. Much of that is going to be imported from various places around the planet, so if you are looking to stay local, be sure to ask the people tending the stand, and to look at the containers they are [...]

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Common Food Allergies Update

November 11, 2011

One of my readers commented on the last post regarding food allergies. Kay said According to the statistics the most common are these 8 products: – milk – eggs – peanuts (groundnuts) – nuts from trees (including Brazil nuts, hazelnuts, almonds and walnuts) – fish – shellfish (including mussels, crab and shrimps) – soya – [...]

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Common Food Allergies

November 1, 2011

Something that I haven’t really posted about is food allergies. There are a lot of common food allergies that people seem to be mostly oblivious about, but lately I’ve been reading about a few that are really interesting. (or annoying, I guess it depends on if it affects you.) What spurred this post on is [...]

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Anti Inflammation Foods and Arthritis Pain Relief

October 10, 2011

It has been very interesting to see a lot of articles surfacing on arthritis and an anti-inflammatory diet. There have been studies going on for many years about the impact of diet on arthritis pain relief. Like many other things it seems that eating whole foods and eliminating (or at least reducing) processed foods has [...]

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FDA Food Pyramid Replaced, Harvard Healthy Eating Plate Competes

September 30, 2011

For many years we have heard about the “Food Pyramid” (sometimes also known as the FDA Food Pyramid) and that was the guideline for healthy eating. Times change and so do attitudes towards what constitutes “healthy eating.” This also really depends who you talk to at any given moment. First a bit of history. The [...]

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The average american diet and why we gain fat

August 26, 2011

I was amazed at the information available from the USDA on where Americans get their daily “nutrition.” Check out their chart. So between added sugars and grains that is nearly 1100 calories per day! wow. 468 calories per day from added sugar alone! and only 129 calories from vegetables? Actually that part doesn’t surprise me [...]

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A Gluten Free Diet?

August 17, 2011

Gluten is a protein found in wheat, rye and barley and the anything produced using those grains. A lot of people have a physical reaction to eating products which contain gluten and they aren’t even really aware that the reaction is from gluten. Reactions can range from lethargy to stomach cramps to just plain old [...]

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