From the monthly archives:

January 2007

Going Back to Nature…Literally

January 31, 2007

For those who think I’m nuts for going on a diet of raw fruits and veggies, I have an interesting little article to share with you:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6248975.stm
This article chronicles a little experiment that was done in a zoo in the UK. They took nine people, aged 36-49, and literally put them in the zoo for [...]

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The 80-10-10 Diet.

January 30, 2007

Back in September, I mentioned that my husband and I had purchased a set of DVD’s called, “Making Friends with Your Food” by Dr. Doug Graham and his wife, Professor Rozi Graham. In this post, I also said that as soon as we were done watching the DVDs, we were going to embark on [...]

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Salad Bars, Part 2

January 24, 2007

Foods you may want to limit:
1. Salad dressings.
You may congratulate yourself with eating a salad full of low-fat lettuce, but just put a few drizzles of rich creamy salad dressing on there and you’ve just transformed it into a high fat meal. Besides that, most salad dressings have vinegar in them, which is [...]

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Salad Bars, Part I

January 22, 2007

People tend to think of a salad bar buffet as a healthy place to eat. I certainly enjoy eating at salad bars because they do have good options and my family eats at our local one often. But to be honest with you, I think that most people are fooled into thinking that [...]

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Wal-Mart Misleading Consumers?

January 21, 2007

A January 21, 2007 news column by Al Lewis reports that a number of Wal-Mart stores have placed organic food signs in front of or near products that are not organic. Wal-Mart spokeswoman Karen Burk says it’s an honest mistake. Based on what I know about Wal-Mart, I don’t buy it.
Have you seen the documentary [...]

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