Because natural isn't always possible — or easy.
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Eating Healthy, Food, Siblings on Apr 24th, 2012
One of my most popular posts is one I wrote about WhoNu cookies last fall. To reiterate, the manufacturer says they have: as much Vitamin C as cup of blueberries as much iron as a cup of spinach as much calcium and Vitamin D as a glass of milk as much Vitamin A as an [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Eating Healthy, parenting, Safety, School and education on Apr 9th, 2012
Let me start out by saying I can’t consume caffeine. It gives me heart palpitations and makes me feel jittery. However, I understand that there are scores of people out there who depend on a caffeine fix to get them going in the morning and keep them up late at night. I get it. I [...]
Posted in Eating Healthy, Food, Health, Pop Culture, Preventative medicine on Mar 26th, 2012
I will start this post by saying I have eaten chocolate every single day for at least a decade. Maybe longer, actually. Sometimes it’s a chocolate Vitamuffin. Sometimes it’s a small handful of organic semi-sweet chocolate morsels. Sometimes I go for a Trader Joe’s 100 calorie dark chocolate bar. No matter, I eat my chocolate [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Eating Healthy, Food, parenting on Mar 13th, 2012
I am not a big fan of Girl Scout cookies, although they are a little better this year. No more high fructose corn syrup or artificial colorings, but they still use palm oil. Anyway, last year I wrote about how, as a Girl Scout leader, I find this time of year very challenging. Yes, I [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Eating Healthy, Food, Health, parenting, Reviews on Feb 23rd, 2012
Pros: Gluten-free. Contains a variety of grains including flax, quinoa, amaranth, and buckwheat. Contains omega-3s and has three grams of fiber. Tastes really yummy. Cons: Contains seven grams of sugar, which is on the high side for something marketed as a “healthier” cereal. My Big Girl is in an anti-cereal phase. She won’t eat her [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Eating Healthy, Food, Going Green, Health, Organic, Siblings, Toxins on Dec 8th, 2011
A recent Consumer Reports story took a look at the safety of apple and grape juices, and the results were less-than-comforting. The organization tested a variety of juices including some organic options and found both arsenic and lead — neurotoxins that can cause a multitude of problems such as bladder, lung, and skin cancer as [...]
Posted in Eating Healthy, Environment, Food, Going Green, Health, Organic on Nov 21st, 2011
I’ve been buying the Thanksgiving turkey for a few years now. I fight the crowds at Whole Foods, spend a crazy amount (last year I paid $75 for a 20-pound bird), and hand it off to my mother for cooking. And every year at least one or two people tell me I am insane to [...]
Posted in Eating Healthy, Environment, Food, Going Green, Health, Research, Safety on Nov 16th, 2011
I recently participated in a food-related Twitter party. During our discussion about Thanksgiving turkey and whether or not stuffing is safe to eat, the host asked about cookware: what were people cooking their turkeys in? I immediately tweeted that I used to cook in a non-stick Teflon pan, but about two years ago I banned [...]
Posted in Eating Healthy, Food, Health, Illness, Preventative medicine on Nov 11th, 2011
Little Girl came home on Monday with her first preschool cold. No sniffles, just a cough. She’s actually really good about covering her mouth with her elbow, but she’s also only three. Sometimes she coughs on Mommy. Yesterday I started getting that tell-tale burning in my sinuses as well as a pain behind my left [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Eating Healthy, Food, Health on Oct 27th, 2011
A fellow Twitter pal clued me in that the New England Confectionery Company, the company behind NECCO Wafers, decided to go back to its old recipe — and all the artificial colors that used to be in it. I confirmed the news by reading this piece, Customer Outrage Forces Necco To Put Artificial Ingredients Back [...]