Horse meat has been in the news. Seems, it’s turned up as hamburgers in England’s fast food restaurants. It’s showed up in tests on “beef” in Ireland as well. In addition, British supermarkets have pulled more than 10 million burgers from shelves, because they contained horse meat. The crux of the horse meat outrage in [...]

Parents are looking for snacks which are tasty and healthy. Well most of the time. Sometimes they go for the crunch and flavor, before nutrition. (Hey, I even did once upon a time.) Even though people are more often reading the Nutrition Label, many times they just gloss over the ingredient list. What’s surprising is [...]

Kids Under 12 Drink Caffeine Every Day Kids are drinking caffeine every day. A lot of caffeine. Recently a mom, while purchasing a coffee for herself, purchased café mocha and split it between her two-year-old twins. Before you feel too superior, you may be allowing your children to consume caffeine as well. Maybe you’re not [...]

You either love or hate him, depending if you lean right or left politically. Glenn Beck is a conservative radio and TV host, known for his provocative TV show, “The Glenn Beck Program” and a daily radio program.  Beck’s programs fuse “Entertainment and Enlightenment.” Beck has been in the news for his summer Washington DC [...]

October: First Ever Non-GMO Month 10-10-10 is Non-GMO Day “A genetically modified organism (GMO) or genetically engineered organism (GEO) is an organism whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques…This DNA is then transferred into an organism, giving it modified or novel genes.”…Wikipedia Thirty countries around the world, including Australia, Japan, and all [...]

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 [...]

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” [...]

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 [...]

Nonna’s Ten ‘Worst’ Foods of the Decade Part 2 Our food supply has become so polluted that it’s difficult to discern what’s a whole food and what’s not. I’ve divided my ‘Top 10 Worst Foods of the Decade’ in half. Today’s blog contains the second half: 5 through 1. Click Here to see Part One. [...]

Part 1 How Did I Choose the Foods On Nonna’s ‘Worst’ Foods List? I must admit this list was harder to put together than I first thought. Our food supply is mostly processed and when you’re talking about processed anything, well, it’s just not healthy. I decided to pick the most common horrible foods I [...]