Hot Summer? Cool Off With Watermelon! National Watermelon Day is just around the corner — August 3. Watermelon is a summer favorite with kids. It’s a good thing they often eat it outside. Who doesn’t remember spiting watermelon seeds to see who can propel them the furthest during the dog days of summer? According to [...]
Top Banana Who knew the fruit on top of the list for health is the banana? Kids love bananas as they contain three natural sugars: sucrose, fructose and glucose. Besides, they are fun to peel. A small banana has approximately 12 grams of sugar, medium 14 grams and large 18 grams. An apple is 38 [...]
We are aware that toxins from paint, plastics and chemicals, inks and dyes, building materials, lead-based paint from walls and windowsills are not healthy. Even imported food has the potential for lead poisoning, but food processed in the U.S.? I’m as tired as you are hearing about the list of processed foods, which are not [...]
Why Raw Milk? Raw milk is full of harmful bacteria, isn’t it? We’ve heard the horror stories of people getting sick after drinking unpasteurized milk. So why go to the trouble to obtain raw milk? Before 1800, raw milk was the only option. Dairies in Boston and New York began commercially producing low quality milk. [...]
It’s likely you know someone who will get food poisoning, because one out of every five people get food poisoning each year. Food poisoning usually occurs because someone prepares food without clean hands, transferring bacteria to the food. It will also happen if the food is not thoroughly cooked. A person with food poisoning feels [...]
We sometimes take chances with the food in our kitchens. Seventy-five million Americans get food poisoning a year. Most cases are mild–a day or two of an upset stomach. It’s deadly at its worst. Experts say that poor food-handling practices at home cause most food poisoning. Is your kitchen safe? Do you know when it’s [...]
MSG Is Big Business Recently, I was criticized for a blog I wrote: Hidden Toxin in Food. I’m always amused when a comment is almost as long as my post. I was taken to task because I presented only one “dubious website” as a reference and “peer-reviewed studies don’t show any of these horrible effects” [...]
Frying Food Is Unhealthy We refuse to acknowledge how really bad fried food is for us. Some of the people, who left comments on my Happy Birthday to My Happy Meal blog (which took a lighthearted look at fast food) really got riled up. I’m amazed at how passionate people are about fast food. A [...]
Do you know what percentage of food dollars is spent on processed foods, most, if not all, which have added chemicals to enhance flavor? Kids are conditioned to these psychedelic flavors. The additives like food flavorings, high fructose corn syrup, MSG and salt are almost always ingredients in processed foods, especially junk foods. Salt is [...]
Saturated Fat Any fat that is solid at room temperature, like butter and coconut oil, is a saturated fat. Four decades ago a negative campaign launched about saturated fat, including coconut oil, changed the way America cooked. Coconut oil has a melting point of 76 degrees and was a favorite in the baking industry. Most [...]
