Disclaimer I am not a doctor. I am not a nutritionist. I am not a dietician. I am not a tax-preparer, a lawyer, a scientist, a phlebotomist, a bassoonist, a balloonist or a cop.
If you need medical or nutritional advice, please seek it out from a qualified professional. Because that's not me -- I am simply a curious and opinionated woman who loves butter.
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What if I told you that there was a liquid that would weaken your bones, giving you osteoporosis, replace your bone marrow with fat, cause insulin resistance, increase inflammation in your body and make you obese — especially around your midsection, you know the kind of fat that most predicts heart disease?
Would you call this stuff poison? Would you demand that it be removed from grocery shelves and school cafeterias? Or would you take it home and cook your dinner in it? You may have eaten it today when . . .
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Apparently, Maryland may be about to ban the chemical bisphenol-A (BPA) in baby bottles and sippy cups. As early as tomorrow, the state Senate is expected to vote on a bill to bar BPA in bottles and cups for children under 4.
BPA is a synthetic estrogen linked to reproductive and neurological disorders and other serious conditions.
Contact your senator if you support this bill. And while you are doing so, tell him or her that this is a great start, but government needs to, ahem, encourage the food industry to find a substitute for BPA liners . . .
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Now, I love broccoli. I eat it a lot. I like it raw. I like it steamed with butter and lemon. I like it roasted with garlic.
So this is no disrespect to broccoli when I question the claim made by some that it has more protein that meat. I read the following sentence last night:
“Now, which food has more protein — broccoli or steak? You were wrong if you thought steak.”
Really? I then read: ”Steak has only 5.4 grams of protein per 100 calories and broccoli has 11.2 grams, almost . . .
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We’ve been sick with a nasty gastro bug. The kind that makes you lose 5 lbs fast and leaves you collapsed in a weakened heap swearing off food forever.
Only you can’t swear off food forever.
So what should be your first choices after your body’s been through it? Like many, I was taught about the BRATT diet growing up — Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, Toast and Tea. Not sure why the tea is in there, although if you drink tea make sure it is decaffeinated.
Clearly you will need a lot of . . .
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I am going sugar-free.
Well, sort of. Let’s call it refined-sugar-free. I still have honey and maple syrup in my kitchen. There’s molasses in my fridge and some stevia somewhere. But I no longer have refined sugar in my cupboard. Today I bought a package of Sucanat. Sucanat, like Rapadura, is the result of crushing sugar cane to remove the juice, drying it and then breaking the dried syrup into little granules. It is basically an unrefined sugar that has as strong molasses flavor as a result. It’s a more . . .
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I have a love/hate relationship with Whole Foods and a recent move on their part is squeezing the love out.
They are officially pushing a low-fat, plant-based diet in their stores. It’s called: Health Starts Here. and the principles are the food you eat should be:
Plant-based
Whole Foods
Low-fat
Nutrient Dense
That last part is funny, because most of the really nutrient-dense foods are neither plant based nor low-fat, but animal based and loaded with lots of saturated fat. Think sardines, marbled steak, eggs.
Now I have always enjoyed shopping at Whole Foods, . . .
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Grain, it’s as American as apple pie. Or at least the crust on that pie.
But is it good for us? If we believe the USDA food pyramid, we should be eating 6-11 servings on grain a day! That’s SIX to ELEVEN servings of rice, cereal, bread and pasta a day! And we wonder why as a nation we’re obese, depressed, suffer from diabetes and have low energy. Yikes!
As for veggies — 3-5 servings according to the government, fruit 2-4 servings (does that include fruit juice? I know some companies . . .
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Over at Food Renegade, another Fight Back Friday is in full swing.
Click here to check out another collection of recipes, tips, anecdotes, and testimonies from members of the Real Food Revolution.
“Who are they? Why, they’re the Food Renegades. You know who you are — lovers of SOLE (Sustainable, Organic, Local, and Ethical) food, traditional food, primal food, REAL food, the list goes on. I believe that by joining together, our influence can grow, and we can change the way America (and the industrialized world) eats!” — . . .
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A piece entitled Eating Healthy is Overrated on CNBC’s website is supposed to be light, it’s supposed to be funny, but really it’s just sad. We’re supposed to chuckle while we read this as we munch on french fries deep-fried in vegetable oils, dipped in ketchup filled with high fructose corn syrup, and shake our heads in recognition. “That is sooooo me. I tried to give up sugar once. That lasted, like, 2 hours.”
This is the latest in a series of media attempts to portray healthy eating as . . .
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Bacon makes you happy. Actually bacon and eggs with a side of potatoes makes you happy. No really, clinically happy.
You should eat them.
This pretty much flies in the face of conventional wisdom, but the science — both established and emerging — supports this. Not to mention common sense.
SEROTONIN
This is a hormone acts as a neurotransmitter in your brain. Among other things, it makes you happy, relaxed and helps control impulses. Without it you could easily become depressed, anxious, possibly suicidal and violent.
Your sleep might be disturbed because melatonin, a hormone . . .
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Guiding principles: We should strive to produce & eat food that is:
Organic
Humanely raised (animals on pasture, not in factories)
Grown locally when possible
Whole and unrefined (real maple syrup instead of high-fructose corn syrup)
Processed as little as possible (raw milk instead of pasteurized and homogenized)
Nutrient-dense (enzymes, vitamins, minerals, and probiotics)
Free of additives and preservatives
Free of synthetic and chemical ingredients
Not genetically modified
Traditionally produced and prepared
Myth Buster Myth: Saturated fat (animal fat) is bad for you.
Truth: Saturated fats are necessary for health. It's polyunsaturated fats (most vegetable oils) and hydrogenated fats that cause disease.
Myth: Fat makes you fat.
Truth: Sugar makes you fat -- whether it comes in the form of table sugar, grains or starches.
Quote of the week: I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give.
-- Thomas Jefferson
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