This article reveals the 10 processed-food secrets the food industry doesn’t want you to know and offers a simple step-by-step guide to break the addiction. Processed foods are typically loaded with excess sugar, salt, unhealthful fats, preservatives and other additives. But you probably know this already. What you may not know about processed foods is the extent of the ... Continue Reading
Healthy Snacks for Guilt-Free Indulgence
Here are five healthy snacks, low on calories and high on fiber and nutrients, that you can indulge in, without feeling guilty afterwards. The phenomenon of guilt involving eating is just a state of mind. Why would someone feel guilty when all he wanted to do is eat? The hype about guilt-free eating has been misinterpreted by many to mean not eating at all. Self-deprivation ... Continue Reading
10 Packaged Foods To Remove From Your Shopping List
This article lists 10 pre-packaged foods that are completely unnecessary, as making them at home is simpler, healthier and cheaper. Grist Magazine started me off on this list by providing the first five packaged foods that are completely unnecessary, as making them at home is not only simple, but far healthier and more inexpensive. I added five more to Jane Mountain's list, ... Continue Reading
Shoppers Kept In The Dark About GM Corn In Whole Foods Products
Ronnie Cummins of the Organic Consumers Association has been protesting Whole Foods for several years, demanding the company label the GMOs it sells. Whole Foods management has foolishly ignored him. In fact, until recently his efforts achieved relatively little traction, but all of a sudden "he appears to be a prophet," a friend told me yesterday. Yep, Ronnie Cummins was ... Continue Reading
16 Superfoods You SHOULD Know About! (Part 2)
In the first part of this series, we learned what superfoods are and how they can make a difference to our lives. We discovered that superfoods do not possess just a single nutrient, but many. They offer us many benefits at the same time so in effect you get more nutrition with lesser amount of food that you eat. Part 1 also explained why we should eat superfoods. They are ... Continue Reading