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 FLAX HEALTHY? 5 Reasons to Exercise Caution and Moderation with Flax
Is flax healthy? Most of the information regarding flax seeds is positive. They’re a health food. However, I’ve since learned several facts about flax that call this into question.
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.
How To Eat Grains
You’d think it’d be simple. Eating grains is as old as… well, agriculture. But within the last century the industrialized grains we eat have become quite perverted. Refined flours have weaseled their way into just about every baked good: breads, cereals, crackers, desserts, you name it. But even whole grains — the so-called “healthy” alternative — are dangerously devoid of nutrients thanks to our modern methods of grain preparation.
In tight economic times, you want to squeeze every bit of nutrition out of your food as you possibly can. So, if you eat grains, consider this your guide to preparing them in the most nutritious way.
How to Customize Herbal TEA as a Daily Multi-Vitamin Mineral Supplement!
With our soils deficient, and our food therefore lacking in concentrated nutrition, what’s a good way to amend our diet? Surprisingly, the answer is herbal tea.
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