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Altered Fats Hiding in Your Food

Nonna Joann • January 9th, 2009 • What's in a Label?

I’m fried! That’s right, absolutely fried. Altered fats make me crazy. Today, food is genetically modified and irradiated. There are over 3,000 additives found in food! Yet, people are genetically designed to thrive on a naturally derived diet. Fake foods are loaded with sugar, white flour, and altered fats. Today, we’ll focus on fats which [...]



We Lie About What We Eat

Nonna Joann • August 28th, 2008 • Nonna's Nutrition News & Views

We regularly lie about three things: sex, money, and what we eat. We lie most about what we eat. Because we desperately want to believe we eat a healthy diet; we comfort ourselves with lies and food myths. We believe we eat better than most of the world! Americans are fatter than the rest of [...]



Junk Food Is, Well, Junk

Nonna Joann • July 15th, 2008 • Horrible Foods

Morgan Spurlock, producer, director, and guinea pig of Super-Size Me, shocked America by documenting his month-long fast-food binge. I had no desire to watch his movie…until recently. I thought the premise was preposterous, after all, who wouldn’t expect to gain weight after eating exclusively at McDonalds? I couldn’t have been more wrong. Supersize-Me, actually shed [...]