Spotting the Faux Food, the adventure continues

Spotting the Faux Food, the adventure continues

Are Your Blueberries Real or Fake?

When you’re changing your diet to include more fruit, it’s refreshing to see the fruit already added for you.  The hope is that you will automatically eat more in a convenient way that keeps your taste buds satisfied. But, a recent study revealed that some products with added fruit do not contain fruit after all.  This begs the question, are your blueberries fake?  The answer, sadly, is maybe... continue reading

Wow!  I always wondered what they were.  I knew there was a great deal of chemicals and chemistry involved  but a total fake out?  Really?  Are food manufacturers really that sneaky and greedy?  Does a bear blah blah blah…..you get my point.

Navigating what’s ok to eat and what’s not is becoming an even more treacherous a journey.  But I have total faith in you.  We are all equipped with pretty good instincts and common sense.  If you wonder “how did they do that” and your head tips slightly to the left, like a dog hearing a high pitched sound, well you probably shouldn't  put it  in your mouth. 

Example, mmmmm  That chicken wing is really big and meaty, how did they do that?  See you already know growth hormones are not right, in fact some studies are now showing they are toxic.

 Example  #2,  mmmmm  ”cheese” made with-out dairy, mmmmm.  See you already know soy cheese is strange and  studies now suggest non-organic, GMO/GE soy is toxic and wreaks havoc with your hormones.

You all are already so smart; you are smarter than blueberry.  :)

Orthorexia: Obsessed with Healthy Food
	Katherine Hepburn said, “If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.”  Orthorexia doesn’t sound like fun.  It is about eating cleaner than it needs to be.  "Orthorexia nervosa" is the informal name of an eating disorder – more precisely, an aberrant eating pattern – defined by an extreme obsession with healthy eating food... continue reading