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 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, . . . Hmm . . . this was another one of their articles brought to us by “Consumer Reports Insights.” To me, Consumer Reports is that sort of dull magazine I turn to when I want to buy a car or find out if there are really any differences in motor oils. I don’t associate the magazine with dietary or nutrition advice and I have no idea on what they are basing their nutritional findings. All I can say for sure is this advice sucks. Here are the first few . . . 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 . . . Braving the impending snow, I trekked to Alexandria on Saturday morning for the Northern Virginia Whole Food Nutrition Meetup. And although the drive back home took about three times longer than it normally would, the trip was worth it. The meet-up was held at Food Matters, a restaurant in the Cameron Station section of Alexandria, and whose motto is “eat, drink, shop & learn.” The restaurant serves local, in season food and was the perfect setting for a group whose focus is on better living through . . . Today I heard an interesting woman talking about animals on NPR’s Diane Rehm show. Clearly an animal lover, Barbara King, a biological anthropologist and professor of anthropology at The College of William and Mary, was speaking about her new book: Being With Animals. Among the topics she touched on was the idea that animals have benefited from us as well as we from them. Dogs, for instance, have not only survived as a species but thrived because of their relationship with humans. A long time ago, she . . . |
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