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Kellogg’s Recall Cereal

Shar — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:06:43 +0000

Kellogg’s Recalls 28 million boxes of cereal; everything from Corn Pops to Apple Jacks. Article Found here!

Growing your herb garden

Shar — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 23:12:51 +0000

Not only is this my favorite time of year because it starts getting warm but I start getting my indoor herb garden in order. This year, I am going to grow tarragon, chives, basil, spearmint, sage and rosemary. This is only my second year growing an indoor herb garden. I went into it having no [...]

Food Revolution — A show you need to see

Shar — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:57:03 +0000

Jamie Oliver (Food Network TV Chef) has changed gears and is educating people around the country on nutrition. He has been challenging school boards on the food they offer young children and hassling parents to be more healthy. Jamie is a part of a big food revolution and has such passion; I really respect him [...]

Update: Yale Responds

Shar — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:37:28 +0000

I received an e-mail response from the Yale School of Medicine regarding my lack of support with their decision to have Pepsi fund their nutrition research. I appreciate him taking the time to write a response, below is his e-mail to me:

“Thank you for your recent e-mail regarding the Yale School of Medicine.

Dean Alpern has [...]

Pepsi sponsoring Nutritional Research at Yale- VOTE AGAINST IT NOW!

Shar — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:52:14 +0000

Pepsi and Yale Public Health department are teaming up to share their “un-biased” scientific research with the world!! This is very disheartening. Yale being one of the most prestigious universities has just sold-out at the expense of our health!

According to the company’s press release, “the endowment will specifically fund work that focuses on nutritional research, [...]

FDA is changing our food labels

Shar — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:39:22 +0000

I can’t stand grocery shopping. Maybe I wouldn’t despise it so much if I lived closer to a Whole Foods or had access to a Farmer’s Market on a daily basis. However, my closest grocery store is unfortunately Stop & Shop. I’m given the illusion of healthy options when its actually [...]

Obama and Your Food Safety

Shar — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:45:45 +0000

It seems obvious that the US would easily be able to monitor all food and trace back any case of contaminated food to the source…not the case at all. With all of the horrendous ground beef/other red meat, poultry and cheese recalls we had in 2009, it honestly makes me nervous touching any [...]

Healthy Habits

Shar — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:50:50 +0000

I’m a big Doctor Oz fan and came across a really inspiring segment from one of his recent shows. A man by the name of Rocco changes his life after being diagnosed with diabetes. In only 28 days, Rocco transforms his life and reverses diabetes, drastically lowers his blood sugar level, and lowers his cholesterol, [...]

My interview with a local farmer, Paulette Satur

Shar — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:16:22 +0000

If you have been following my blog, you would know that I not only support organic food but locally-grown food as well. I recently ate at a wonderful restaraunt in South Norwalk, CT, Pastra Nostra known for the homestyle Italian meals. All of the food I ate was delicious but one dish in particular struck [...]

The Food Network is pulled by Scripps

Shar — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:31:08 +0000

Food Network will no longer be aired to those who have Cablevision as their cable provider. Food Network was definitely one of the best channels and now I don’t really have any reason to watch tv. Here is an article on what happened between Food Network and Cablevision: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/01/cablevision_drops_food_network.html

Food Safety – FDA can’t trace tainted foods

Shar — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:40:12 +0000

I watched a very interesting video on PBS News Hour on how the US is unable to track tainted food. The FDA takes far too long in their attempts to track the contaminated food that could cause salmonella poisoning and other terrible illnesses. Obama has taken steps to appoint a new FDA director with hopes [...]

Pesticide, Herbicide…something for you to decide

Shar — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:56:12 +0000

I try to avoid food which that have ever been touched with pesticides or herbicides. It is difficult to avoid foods that have been contaminated since grocery stores don’t share this information with you. Sometimes you can just pass through the produce section and see the thick layer of chemical residue on the oranges or [...]

America’s food system through the eye of a chicken

Shar — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:59:15 +0000

Short cartoon showing a chicken’s plea for a smarter food system:

Fast Tube by Casper

Eat a local, organic raised turkey this Thanksgiving!

Shar — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:42:50 +0000

This Thanksgiving, I vow to not eat any turkey unless it is 100% organic in every sense of the word. According to the National Turkey Foundation, 48 million turkeys were eaten on Thanksgiving in 2008. The most popular mass-produced turkey is known as the “Large White” turkey or “Broadbreasted White” turkey. These turkeys are bread [...]

Map of McAmerica

Shar — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:00:49 +0000

Below is the US map colored by the distance to the nearest McDonald’s; 13,000+ locations in the US today. The farthest distance seen on this map is 145 miles by car between the Dakotan hamlets of Meadow and Glad Valley. Excluding this example, there is never a McDonalds more than 107 miles away. Only mountains [...]

Life without cow and pig

Shar — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:34:28 +0000

It has been a little over a year not eating red meat or pork. My entire life, I grew up on eating and loving to eat these meat products. Some of my favorite foods included Italian combos, steak drizzled with gorgonzola and rueben sandwiches. Anytime I ate red meat, I always felt tired [...]

Major Ground Beef Recall

Shar — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:38:32 +0000

The federal government is investigating a beef plant in upstate NY which just recently recalled 550,000 pounds of contaminated ground beef. This ground beef was distributed all over the east coast and can be found in places like Trader Joe’s and Shaw’s. The ground beef was produced with a label which reads “EST 492″. So [...]

The next superfoods to eat

Shar — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:25:57 +0000

New superfoods are always popping up and getting plenty of media attention. As of late, the Pomegranate was in focus, then came along Goji berries and now acclaimed Acai berry. What is a superfood? By definition, a superfood is a term to describe any food that has “remarkable” health properties (antioxidant rich foods). Make way [...]

Stop Feeding Chicken Feces to Cows!

Shar — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:51:13 +0000

Cattle companies are allowed to feed the waste of chickens to cows: manure, feathers, spilled feed, bedding material and dead rodents — this should not be allowed! Feeding cows this waste causes the outbreaks of E. coli and Salmonella. There are some feedlots that prohibit cattle by-products to be fed to other cows, [...]

Health Benefits of Flaxseed

Shar — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:33:44 +0000

Despite it’s tiny size, flax seed (also known as linseed) has been shown to prevent everything from heart disease to breast cancer. Flax seed is not a “grain” per se but it does have a similar mineral and vitamin profile as a grain. In my opinion, flax seed is necessary in everyone’s diet. Flax seed [...]

Cooking with whole grains

Shar — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:25:31 +0000

Are you getting your daily grain requirements? I’ve taken larger steps in getting my whole grain intake and ditching refined pastas and rice. Whole grains will help increase your levels of fiber, iron, manganese, vitamin E, B, folate and zinc. For more information on vitamins in whole grain foods, refer to the USDA website: http://www.mypyramid.gov/pyramid/grains_why_print.html

When [...]

Organic Food – The levels you need to know

Shar — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:41:20 +0000

Today, almost every major grocer contains some sort of organic food product(s) to keep up with the demands of it’s consumers. Even the large promoter of conventionally engineered food, also known as Wal-mart, just got involved with selling some organic products. I am amused by their efforts but still would never shop there for food. [...]

Community Supported Agriculture

Shar — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:33:03 +0000

By word-of-mouth, I recently heard about a national organization named, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). Wesbite: http://www.localharvest.org/csa/

If there is one site I’d like for people to be aware of, it would be this one! This organization’s purpose is to support the organic farming industry, local farming and in return, support your well-being and overall health. Farms [...]

Americans are consuming too much sugar

Shar — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:49:31 +0000

The American Heart association says that Americans consume about 22 teaspoons of refined sugar a day. The study does not include natural sugars that come from fruit, dairy products or vegetables. The high sugar consumption is thought to be coming from soft drinks (by a long shot) and next in line would be candy. Women [...]

Controlling Food Cravings

Shar — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:55:48 +0000

For most of us, it is difficult to suppress our cravings. Below I’ve illustrated what your body is really telling you when you crave certain foods.

Here is a helpful video explaining cravings:

Fast Tube by Casper

If you crave this:

What you lack is:

Healthy Foods that have it:

Bread

Nitrogen

Nuts, Fish, Chicken, [...]