It is so easy to just walk into a grocery store and fill your cart with foods that look delicious. Today’s grocery stores even have ‘organic’ and ‘natural’ foods for you to choose from. For many the label makes it easy for them to feel that they are getting the best foods available, while still maintaining the convenience of purchasing all their food in one place. But just because you can purchase all of your foods in one place does not necessarily mean that you should, and it is a fact … [Read more...]
What Is Your Microwave Doing To Your Health?
When we moved last year we finally said goodbye and good riddance to one popular appliance... the microwave. The old one stayed with the house and I knew that we would not be purchasing another. It was time to say goodbye. We didn't use our old one very much but the very presence of it meant that we did use it occasionally... say for melting butter or to heat up leftovers quickly. I didn't want to use it, but it was hard to resist the convenience. It was just one of those things that required … [Read more...]
Healthier Kids – Moving Beyond Pizza and Hot Dogs
One of my readers, Tessa, recently left a wonderful comment asking me to share some ideas for parents who are just starting to analyze their children's eating habits and try to change them. Specifically she said she would like to see "recipes for kids who are used to eating pizza and hot dogs". This is a hugely important topic because there are so many parents out there that allow their children to be nourished by a diet of pizza, hot dogs, chicken nuggets, and French fries. I think they have … [Read more...]
My Thoughts on Green Consumerism
I have been hearing a lot of criticism from environmentalists about the problem of green consumerism. Many environmentalists believe that the onslaught of green products and gadgets is hypocritical and contradictory. If we truly want to be green then we should be reducing the amount of "stuff" in our lives and not adding to it with all these cool products that claim to be green. They may be green but that is not the point...we don't need them...and buying stuff we don't need is not green. Do I … [Read more...]
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