Improve Your Eating Habits
Our eating habits today are horrible, not just because of the foods we eat, but also because of how we eat. Mealtimes should be one of the most important times of the day for families, yet it is one of the most neglected. For this reason, I am providing some tips for improving our eating…
Stocking a Healthy Kitchen
We have barely scratched the surface of what there is to know about healthy foods and healthy cooking. Volumes have been written on the topic. One book that is a wonderful reference is The Goldbeck’s Guide to Good Food by Nikki and David Goldbeck. Don’t try to read it from cover to cover. Just glean…
Oils, Fruits and Vegetables
Now would probably be a good time to discuss fats and oils in our discussion about organic food. We have been talking about processed foods and how nutrients are lost. It is the same with fats; things like hydrogenated palm kernel oil are not natural. Natural oils are oils extracted from safflower, sunflower, sesame seeds,…
Grains
Let’s talk about grains. The food pyramid says we should eat 6 to 11 servings of whole grains every day. We get these in our breads, pastas, and cereals. Taking a look at cereals, here are a few examples of what the cereal industry does. They appeal to kids, but they know moms are…
Organic Food
Happily more and more people are demanding better food, i.e. organic, and the grocery stores are to complying. You may have noticed “organic” or “natural” sections popping up in your produce section, as well as in certain aisles of the store. This means the food industry is getting the message that people desire more…
Healthy Foods = Healthy Bodies
First, let me say eating healthy today is not easy, especially when you think about how our families are bombarded with fast-food commercials today. Advertisers put them on when they know we are watching and hungry. Then some of the fast-food companies try to appeal to our healthy side by posting dietary percentages in…
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