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Nutrition
We Can Obsess Over Protein. Erroneously If We Are Eating Vegetarian Diets. But In General, We Often Forget About Fiber In The Process.
The average requirement for protein is about 42 grams per day. As a result of this, the question then is often, “do vegetarians get enough protein?”
The Environmental Workers Group Is At It Again.
The EWG just never stops giving us great information. The EWG has come out with their 2014 Dirty Dozen & Clean 15 list. The list is based on testing that determines the pesticide levels found on food. EWG found that two-thirds of produce sampled had pesticide residues. This list includes fifty one fruits and vegetables with the lower numbers indicating higher pesticide levels found. So the Apple is listed as #1, and is found to have the highest residual levels of pesticides...
...I want to share with you. It is a YouTube video from AsapScience about frozen versus fresh food. Rather than take a stand on either side, I’m just going to post this, and let everyone comment on the video below...
Unpopular Decisions You've Made That Were Necessary.
I have had to put quite a bit on the back burner, interest-wise, myself in order to focus on these things that work best for me, and to show that my ‘unpopular’ decisions were the right ones. You cannot argue with progress, and no one can take that progress away from you. Nor should you let them even try...
Recent NASA Research And Collaboration Shows Elevated Healthcare Costs Associated With Ammonia Pollution From The Food Industry.
...the most important part of the article, Harvard University researchers Fabien Paulot and Daniel Jacob, calculate the health cost associated with the ammonia emissions from agriculture exports to be $36 billion a year...
A Great Article From FoodBabe.com About Trader Joe's Lack Of Transparency In Regard To Their Food Products.
Just because you are buying something from a store that you might associate with being a health food store, Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, or a grocery store’s organic section for example, that does not mean that the item is healthy. I know I often feel as though these grocery store choices are better, and that as a result someone is looking out for me in the food industry, but that is not always the case. We, as the consumer, need to be smart about our shopping no matter where we are shopping.
If Approved, The New Food Label Would Be A Step In The Right Direction.
Total calories from fat is something that will be leaving while new items, such as how much sugar added (versus naturally occurring) will be showing up...
I am just amazed at the amount of sugar that people are consuming on a daily basis, but then again sugar is in everything. From taco seasoning mixes, to breads, to the obvious sugary foods like desserts and candy bars. It is hard to get away from sugar when you live a busy life...
To eat nuts, or not to eat nuts. That is the question.
When it comes to food sensitivities and allergies I, as a naturopathic doctor, am concerned about the timing of introduction, quantity, quality, and bodies responses to food...
The EWG Has A New Type Of Dirty Dozen List
The Environmental Workers Group has come up with their dirty dozen list of endocrine disruptors. These chemicals will either increase or decrease production of the hormones...
