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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I’ve been gone a long, long time, swept up with family obligations and big changes.
But I am back and here to tell you that sugar causes cancer. Not really news. We all suspected it, right? I mean, my parents used to tell me this when I was a kid in an effort to curb my sweet tooth. In fact, they once told me that “everything causes cancer” and I took them at face value for years.
Well, anyone whose read up on sugar (“Sugar Blues” is a good place to . . .
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Almost half of Haiti’s population is under the age of 18 and many of those are infants. Since the earthquake, there have been numerous calls for aid, supplies and money. Our family put together a package of children’s clothes and toiletries that we hope will get into the right hands and be of use. (If you want to help click here or here.)
One of the items I see asked for over and over again is infant formula. This makes sense. There are many orphans in . . .
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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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