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” [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
It’s October and you’re sure to see kids in scary costumes. Frankenstein’s monster is a perennial. A young scientist, Frankenstein, created a living man from various corpses he’s stolen from morgues and graveyards. The monster eventually turns on his creator and causes the death of Frankenstein’s family and friends. The latest food experiment began in [...]
Summer’s Memory-Making Foods My recent blog, Summer Food Fun, was written as a response to a mom’s question on mamapedia.com. She exemplified the problem parents face with finding healthy and easy snacks. We often rely on processed snacks, just because they’re convenient. Although, I offered numerous tasty suggestions for healthy munching, there was at least one who was unimpressed. Rita left this comment [...]
Soda Pop Part 2: Phosphoric Acid Picky eaters love soda pop! Don’t think toddlers and preschoolers drink much pop? Soft drinks provide more added sugar in a typical 2-year-old’s diet than cookies, candies, and ice cream combined. Yikes! More than 15 billion gallons of soda pop were sold in 2000. That’s least one 12-ounce can per day [...]
What danger do picnics, barbecues, camping, cool movie theaters, & swimming pool, birthday and beach parties have in common? Carbonated Soft Drinks Soda Pop Part 1: High Fructose Corn Syrup To beat the heat, we often reach for an ice-cold can of soda pop! Today, more than a quarter of ALL drinks consumed in the U.S. are [...]
