Take a look at the graphic for this article Why a Big Mac Costs Less Than a Salad. Unbelievable. Why is the government subsidizing food that we’re supposed to eat less of?
Federal food subsidies from 1995-2005 for production of:
fruits and veggies – 0.37%
nuts and legumes – 1.9%
sugar, oil, starch, alcohol – 10.69%
grains – 13.23%
meat and [...]
Filed under: Food and Nutrition on March 12th, 2010 | No Comments »
My son turned 5 this week. We had a birthday party for him and per our family tradition, my husband and I made the cake ourselves. Regular grocery store cakes worry me–what artificial ingredients are in the cake, what hydrogenated oils are used in the frosting, what artificial flavors and colors were used to decorate the [...]
Filed under: Food and Nutrition on March 3rd, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Below is a list of the safer, and more dangerous, fish you can consume (taken from Oceans Alive, part of the Environmental Defense Network). Unsafe fish are often high in mercury and PCBs and should be completely avoided by pregnant women, young children, and those trying to conceive. Fish is the primary means of exposure [...]
Filed under: Food and Nutrition on January 4th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I have recommended the book Raising Baby Green on this blog, and now the author, pediatrician Dr. Alan Greene, has recently released another similar book called Feeding Baby Green. Even if you’re not pregnant or don’t have babies, this is a fascinating book on food and feeding children. Dr. Greene theorizes that the reason so [...]
Filed under: Book recommendation, Chemicals, Children, Food and Nutrition, Genetic Modification on December 16th, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I read this book months ago and have been meaning to write a review of it on this blog since then. It is so chock-full of information that I want to share, that I found it hard to figure out where to begin.
The book is written by John Robbins, the son of the founder of [...]
Filed under: Book recommendation, Food and Nutrition, Genetic Modification, Vegetarian/Vegan on December 6th, 2009 | No Comments »
Americans are eating more meat than ever before, according to a local newspaper (whose source was The Humane Society of the United States). Check out these stats comparing our meat consumption from 1950 to 2007:
Amount of chicken consumed per person in 1950: 21 lbs. In 2007: 87 lbs.
Amount of beef consumed per person in [...]
Filed under: Food and Nutrition, Vegetarian/Vegan on November 30th, 2009 | No Comments »
According to Cooking Light magazine, the Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC) score for cranberries is 9,584. Blueberries average 6,552. The antioxidants in cranberries are called proanthocyanidins and clearly, cranberries have a lot of them. So enjoy eating healthy cranberries this holiday season!
Filed under: Food and Nutrition on November 17th, 2009 | No Comments »
A friend of my mother wrote Muir Glen lately asking “why aren’t your tomatoes in jars since cans have BPA, which is detrimental to our health, in the lining?”
This was their response:
Dear Valued Consumer,
Thank you for contacting Muir Glen regarding bisphenol-A in food packaging. Bisphenol-A is a critical component of protective coatings used with [...]
Filed under: BPA, Chemicals, Food and Nutrition on November 13th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I am typically not a big fan of juice. Even 100% juice lacks many of the nutrients that can be found in whole fruit, especially fiber. However, once in a while, I love to juice at home. We have a juicer that we got as a wedding gift and whenever we have an abundance of [...]
Filed under: Food and Nutrition on October 24th, 2009 | No Comments »
I’m so happy to see my latest passion, our food supply, is the subject of the cover story of Time magazine. The August 31, 2009 issue featured an article titled The Real Cost of Cheap Food: America’s Food Crisis and How to Fix It by Bryan Walsh. Walsh discusses the destructive way we treat our [...]
Filed under: Environment, Food and Nutrition on September 26th, 2009 | No Comments »