Can You Buy Anything Nutritious for a Dollar? Money spent on junk food is money thrown away. The best “bargains” at the grocers aren’t usually best for your health. Stores regularly offer cheap, processed fake foods in their weekly specials. A can of processed Spaghetti Os or a bag of cookies or a bag of [...]

With so many families on the run, snacking fills us between meals and sometimes in place of meals. The dinner hour is a thing of the past for many families, because of our busy lifestyles eating mini-meals are more common. Many turn to cookies, candies and chips to satisfy their between meal hunger and fast [...]

Need Motivation to Avoid Junk Food? A recently published study will give you one more reason to stand firm: Kids who regularly eat chips, fries, cookies and fast food are more likely to have lower IQs. Kids are masters at pestering their parents to convince them to buy what they want. After all, not only [...]

Have you noticed you’re going to the grocers more often and you’re spending more? Twenty-nine percent of Americans say it’s difficult to afford food. What’s going on? You know your grocery bill is going up, even though the official government inflation rate for 2010 was only 1 percent. I explain in QE & Your Food [...]

Study after study prove the same thing: Kids develop taste preferences early. We’re not surprised when we hear that a recent study finds “preschoolers prefer salt, sugar and fat and equate their taste preferences to brand-name fast-food and soda products.” The latest confirmation is from a new study published in the journal Appetite. Their findings [...]

New Government Food Guidelines The government issued new diet guidelines this week. The latest guidelines for Americans are pretty much the same as previous years. Eat less trans fats, salt and sugar. Not much really new. We all know that we should be eating whole foods. Sodium Intake What is different in the government recommendations [...]

While sharing dinner with some dear friends last week, we learned their daughter, Hannah, is experiencing numerous health issues. Hannah lives in a college dorm and is eating primarily cafeteria food. One of the illnesses Hannah recently experienced is shingles. Singles is an autoimmune disease. Once you’ve have had chicken pox, the virus lives dormant [...]

Hosting a Super Bowl Party? What will you serve? According to a recent 2011 SUPERVALU® Snack Down Survey, the list of popular Super Bowl snacks include dips and spreads, chicken wings and pizza. Chips and salty snacks such as peanuts, popcorn or pretzels are present at most gatherings. Of course there’s the ever-popular burgers, hot [...]

Microwave Ovens are Convenient Have you ever stood impatiently beside your microwave waiting for water to boil? We want everything FAST. Microwaves are convenient, they cook food quickly and they’re a snap to clean. Microwaves are so easy, even a child can use one. Over 90 percent of American homes have a microwave. In the [...]

Processed food has been changed to one degree or another. There is an inherent problem with any processed food. Food purchased in jars, cans, packets, boxes and bottles have been altered from the way it was provided by nature. Fresh food is the most nutritious. Processed food is the least and sometimes even injurious. There [...]