Purchase Blue Fermenter
Purchase Clear Fermenter
Recent Comments
Jenny Hill on Killing in the Name Brian Grondell on I Wish It Were That Easy dcarmack on Love Your Food, Even Before It… Wells Family Farms on Love Your Food, Even Before It… dcarmack on Killing in the Name
Tag Archives: artificial ingredients
When Mayo is not Mayo
Apparently, we all think that when you say mayo, you mean mayonnaise. So the product beneath the label containing the shorthand name for the egg-based condiment, therefore, must contain eggs, or it can’t be called mayo. Calling it mayo if … Continue reading
Healthy is the Claim
There is almost no more reliable indicator of the overall nutritional value of a food as whether the box or bag it is in contains a bold-text label to some healthy ingredient or lack of a harmful one. If a … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Living
Tagged artificial ingredients, food additives, sugar, Vitamin Water
Leave a comment
When is a Ban not a Ban?
I used to be the kind of person that assumed that products for sale in the grocery store were safe to eat. That didn’t change until recently. After I went on the 21 Day Sugar Detox last spring I began … Continue reading
Allergy Symptoms?
This morning a friend was complaining that after eating his dinner last night he got a histamine reaction. His nose and sinuses all plugged up quickly. The dish, “Sweet and Spicy Orange Zest Chicken–Healthy Choice” contained lima beans. He rarely … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Living
Tagged artificial ingredients, food additives, Food Safety, trans fats
Leave a comment
Avian Flu Not Cured By Antibiotics
Feeding chickens antibiotics can’t protect them from deadly flu, but it can make our foods even more artificial. Continue reading
Feasting On Asphalt
It’s possible to eat healthy on the road. Just don’t do it like the NY Times recommends. Continue reading
Posted in Health, Living
Tagged artificial ingredients, atkins diet, low carbohydrate eating, low fat eating, road food, vacation food
Leave a comment
Multiple Themes
This morning I read on Nina Teicholz’s book website, “TheBigFat Surprise.com”, a complete blow-by-blow takedown of the advice that Doctor Dean Ornish put forth in his New York Times op-ed from about a month ago. At that time I had written … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Living
Tagged artificial ingredients, atkins diet, best diet, dietary supplements, ornish, paleo diet, pseudoscience, real food, real meat recipes, salmonella, science, teicholz, vitamins
Leave a comment
Selling Convenience
More than half of the problem with the foods we eat in the US stem from the market’s attempts to make everything convenient for us. Convenience is a way to add value to foods, value meaning profit in this case. … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Living
Tagged artificial ingredients, farmer's market, fertilizer, local food, real food
Leave a comment
Save Yourself
I often hear people say that the reason they eat processed foods is that it’s all they can afford to eat. Ninety eight cents for a box of Kraft Mac and Cheese sounds like a good deal, hard to beat … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Living
Tagged artificial ingredients, eating healthy, Eating Right, healthy eating, inexpensive food, saving money, savings
Leave a comment
One Small Change at a Time 