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Food Renegade

challenging politically correct nutrition

Arsenic In Your Rice

Last week, a Consumer Reports study found “worrisome” levels of arsenic in rice. Consumer Reports studied more than 200 samples of rice and rice-containing products like infant cereals to come to their conclusions. Organic rice baby cereal, brown rice, white rice, rice cereals. There were no exceptions to the rule. Foods containing rice contained unusually high levels of arsenic.

Healthy Seafood: What to Buy

Confused about what kinds of seafood to buy? What the healthiest seafood choices are? Which ones are free from toxins? Which ones are sustainably caught? You aren’t alone.

Healthy Foods: What to Buy

Navigating the world of grocery stores, natural foods stores, co-ops, farmers markets, and farm stands can be intimidating. I’ve written on choosing the healthiest eggs, milk, cheese, and meats.

Your Honey Isn’t Honey

According to the FDA, the one test that authenticates honey is the presence of pollen. If the liquid gold doesn’t contain pollen, it isn’t honey. Alarmingly, a recent study found that 76% of grocery store “honey” had no pollen in it!

Healthy Cheese: What to Buy

I love cheese. Yet when I walk into most grocery stores, the vast majority of items on the cheese aisle hardly resemble traditional cheeses anymore. The choices can be daunting, particularly if you want to by the most nourishing cheese you can for you and your family. Besides taste, what’s the difference between that expensive, imported Irish cheese and the discount block of American or Colby Jack?

A lot.

Healthy Milk: What To Buy

Organic milk. Raw milk. Milk from grass-fed cows. Homogonized. Non-homogonized. Hormone-free milk. Whole milk. Skim milk. Goat’s milk. Cows milk. The choices regarding milk boggle the mind.

If you drink milk, it’s important to buy the best, most nourishing milk your family can afford. Why? Because sadly, milk is one of the most adulterated so-called “whole” foods on the market today.

It’s also one of the most misunderstood.

Healthy Eggs: What To Buy

These days, everyone’s confused about what healthy eggs are. A case in point:

“We’ve agreed to disagree about the kinds of eggs we buy. Whenever I go shopping, I buy the free-range kind. Whenever my husband goes, he buys the cheapest eggs he can find. I insist on buying the free-range eggs, because I know you say they’re healthier.”

“Ah, but really they’re not. At least not when it comes to supermarket eggs.” I say.

Is Truvia Healthy?

Truvia is the new “all-natural” sweetener created from the stevia plant. Thanks to it’s claim to being “natural,” many health-conscious shoppers have been swayed into believing that Truvia is a healthy alternative to sugar.

After all, Truvia has no calories! And it’s sweet! And it’s natural! On Truvia’s website, we read that it’s “the first great-tasting, zero-calorie natural sweetener that’s a miracle of nature, not chemistry.”

So, is all this marketing true? Is Truvia actually a miracle of nature? Is Truvia Healthy?

5 Steps to Transition to Safer Personal Care Products

Want to make sure you are not unknowingly using harmful products on your body? Here are five simple steps you can take to transition to safer products and avoid many of the toxins found in products currently on the market.