I finally got to see the documentary Forks Over Knives that has been out for months. The film is about how diet can stop and even reverse some diseases, and about the dangers of animal products. I read The China Study, by Colin Campbell Ph.D. (who is featured in the film), almost 3 years ago. [...]
Archive for the ‘Food and Nutrition’ Category
22 Jan
Video about labeling GMOs
Watch this video about why genetically modified foods should be labeled.
17 Jan
Great dairy alternative
My father and a couple other people I know are trying to reduce their intake of animal products (in light of the documentary Forks Over Knives and books like The China Study). The China Study points out the problems of consuming a lot of dairy. But dairy is so hard to cut out of the [...]
18 Oct
Better than organic?
What’s better than organic? Organic and grass-fed, at least when it comes to dairy. Our family tried to eat vegan for a couple months and quickly learned that we really just weren’t into soy-cheese. We now consume only organic cheese and in small quantities (many recipes taste just as good with half the cheese!) It [...]
23 Sep
Forks Over Knives
Thanks to Ellen for sharing this link with me. The trailer for the movie Forks Over Knives looks great, doesn’t it? Too bad there’s a “long wait” for it on Netflix. It looks like this film is based on the book The China Study, which was one of the things that pushed our family to [...]
30 Aug
Greener and safer food storage containers
It’s hard to find food storage containers that aren’t made of plastic. Especially portable ones for lunches on the go. That’s why I was so excited to see a new vendor at the antique market in my neighborhood. They were selling all sorts of lunch boxes and containers made of stainless steel, glass, and other [...]
15 Aug
Why does every glass of Tropicana taste the same?
Regardless of season or the location where the oranges are grown? Why does it never taste like Minute Maid or any other brand of OJ? Read this blog post to find out.
13 Jul
Want to eat more veggies? Eat vegetarian!
Most Americans do not eat enough fruits and vegetables, especially not up to the 13 servings recommended for optimum health. That can seem like a ridiculous amount of produce, unless you eat a mostly vegetarian diet. And I’m not talking about the unappealing meat-substitute variety of vegetarian–the one where you eat veggies burgers and veggies [...]
5 Jul
Stopping GE foods at the source: manufacturers
This is my 400th post on this blog since I started it in August 2007! My favorite grocery store, Vitamin Cottage (Natural Grocers) had this letter for shoppers today. I thought it was good enough to share here: So far this year, there has been a flood of approvals for genetically-engineered (GE) foods, beginning with [...]
