Many different types of sauces require a few common ingredients. These things can range from fresh veggies to red wine and even soy sauce. If you’re someone who likes to cook you may use soy sauce as an ingredient in various recipes. Sadly most brands of soy sauce on the market are made from genetically modified […]
Are you aware that the diversity of our crops lies mostly dependent on pollinators? These pollinators mostly being honey bees and even butterflies. It turns out that literally one-third of our diet directly relies on insect-pollinated plants. Back in 1976 a retired agriculturalist by the name of S.E. Mcgregor wrote a paper about this and […]
If you know anything about how ingredients are labeled you know that companies list the ingredients in order from what is most in the item to what is least in the item. This can be very confusing. There are so many reasons to stay away from Heinz ketchup for the sake of your health. But […]
Diatoms are rarely given any thought. These lowly single-celled creatures are typically found in mass quantity in large bodies of water. When they die, their remains settle to the bottom and become fossilized as time passes. In this process, they become one of mother nature’s most healthful, and beneficial substances, diatomaceous earth. Diatomaceous earth (DE) […]
I am positive that everyone reading this has bought a piece of produce, and if you have you might have noticed a small sticker with numbers written on it. You might not pay attention to things like that, but maybe you should! You might just think that they are some mark that manufacturers use for […]
If you take the time to examine your personal buying habits closely, it is extremely obvious that those habits are based on decisions, informed or not. Often times we are forced to reexamine out habitual choices in the light of new information or based on negative experience, this is one of those times. If Starbucks […]
As I’m sure you have heard GMOs are taking over! They seem to be everywhere we turn, whether we like it or not. About 80% of our food products here in the United States contain GMO ingredients, things that other countries have been smart enough to ban because they are not good for peoples’ […]
I am positive that everyone reading this has bought a piece of produce, and if you have you might have noticed a small sticker with numbers written on it. You might not pay attention to things like that, but maybe you should! You might just think that they are some mark that manufacturers use for […]
What do you think of when you think of the word breastfeeding? I think of a beautiful natural way of feeding a baby; according to the Journal of Pediatrics, this just isn’t so… A recent article in the journal Pediatrics is calling on health professionals to stop saying that breastfeeding is natural, arguing that doing […]
Healthy eating seems to be a thing of the past with the lifestyle that people lead in today’s world. A world of convenience and fast food, but does it have to be that way; start with breakfast! Whether you are an intellect, an athlete, a basket case, a princess or a criminal, you have got […]