Food Presentation Affects Choices

Turns out top chefs are right, presentation matters, even for kids. According to a study published in Acta Paediatrica, children’s food choices are influenced by presentation. The study, led by researches from Cornell University, found that while adults tend to find three items of different colors most appealing, children preferred much greater diversity. On average, [...]

What’s in Your Chicken Nuggets?

What’s Really in Your Chicken Patty/Nugget?  The following statement from a Facebook posting is not entirely true: Say hello to mechanically separated chicken. It’s what fast-food chicken is made – things like chicken nuggets and patties. In addition, the processed frozen chicken in the stores is made from it. Basically, the entire chicken is smashed [...]

Paula Deen’s Diabetes

Oprah Winfrey asked Paula Deen in 2007 how she dealt with criticism that the Southern Cooking Queen’s recipes were too high in fat, Paula Deen, true to form, quipped, “Honey, I’m your cook, not your doctor,” The audience responded with wild applause. With Deen’s recent admission that she has Type 2 Diabetes (and has known [...]

GE Corn Deregulation Sought

Dow Seeking Deregulation of GE Corn Resistant to 2,4-D (This is a major component of Agent Orange) by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor (NaturalNews) This is an exclusive breaking news story from NaturalNews. Dow AgroScience, LLC, is petitioning the U.S. government to deregulate a genetically engineered variety of corn that is resistant to [...]

Replace Empty Foods

Replace empty foods with whole foods! Especially for the picky eater, there should be absolutely no snacking between meals. You want your fussy eater to be hungry during meals. The only snack to even consider is one immediately after school. This should be a mini-meal, no soda pop or chips, or even popcorn. (For special [...]

Realistic Expectations

The goal of Baby Bites is for your child to appreciate new tastes and experience different textures, before taking the first bite. The first Baby Bite step is all about experiencing food–not eating. After the first seven days, one new food is featured every week. This new food is called the Featured Food of the [...]

What’s for Dinner?

It’s time to make good on your New Year’s Resolution to nutritionally enhance your meals. As the Chinese proverb states, “Talk doesn’t cook rice.” Today, Approximately 90 percent of American’s food budget is spent on processed foods. No natter how much you might discuss a subject, (read about, study, etc.) it’s not until you get [...]

Convincing a Picky Eater to Eat

Do you have a picky eater? A child must be exposed to a food between ten and twenty times before she’ll readily accept it. This is especially true for fussy eaters. Most parent give up way too soon. One way to expose your picky eater to more foods is to include her/him in the process [...]

Make Healthy Resolutions for Your Kids

Resolve to Eat Healthy You can make one more resolution… for your children. If you want your kids to eat healthy foods, you need to make changes yourself. It’s up to you to resolve that your family will be healthy this coming year. Your kids eating habits will change when YOU change. We need to [...]

Food Trends for 2012

“Kid food” is synonymous with “junk food.” Most kids’ menus are loaded with chemicals and fried foods. Eating in restaurants with kids is nearly impossible to find whole foods, unless you order off the adult menu. Of  course, the very best place to eat out is in an organic restaurant. There’s good news! According to [...]