HFCS suspected culprit in student’s misbehavior

December 10, 2008 by Kristen Michaelis CNC Leave a Comment | Affiliate Disclosure

That, and the loaded down sugary treats and foods sold in the school lunch room.

Let’s face it folks, refined sugar is ubiquitous. It’s in lunch room milk. It’s in chimichangas, for Pete’s sake. It’s everywhere.

Thankfully, it can be avoided. It’s not all that tricky or hard, but here’s how you do it.

You prepare your own convenience foods, and then you only eat food you prepared yourself. That way, you can make sure your snacks and lunches are wholesome and nourishing. (More on this later.)

Speaking about sugar, Kimi over at The Nourishing Gourmet finally posted her Guide to Natural Sweetners. The photos alone are enough to make you drool.

About the Author

Kristen Michaelis CNC has been a Health and Nutrition Educator since 2008. Founder and CEO of Food Renegade, she's a passionate advocate for REAL FOOD -- food that's sustainable, organic, local, and traditionally-prepared according to the wisdom of our ancestors. She earned a Bachelor of Arts (summa cum laude) from Dallas Baptist University in Philosophy and Biblical Studies, then began her post-graduate journey as a researcher in the fields of health and nutrition. While she adores hats & happy skirts, nothing inspires her quite like geeking out over nutrition & sustainable agriculture. Nutrition educator & author of the go-to book on nutrition for fertility, she's also a rebel with a cause who enjoys playing in the rain, a good bottle of Caol Isla scotch, curling up with a page-turning book, sunbathing on her hammock, and parenting her three children as they grow into young adults.