Nutrition

Healthy Processed Foods (they do exist!)

November 1, 2010




I've become a compulsive label reader. I used to just buy whatever tasted good and ensure I had a good variety in my diet and assumed all would be good. I didn't realize how much junk companies are adding into processed foods and how much better I would feel and how much healthier I would [...]

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Think About Food

October 16, 2010




I am sometimes accused of asking too much of people. Today, for World Food Day, I want to make a simple request. I want you to think about food. I'm not going to tell you to boycott certain companies or certain ingredients. I'm not going to tell you how much to eat or what to [...]

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The high-fructose corn syrup bloggers: A symptom of a larger problem?

October 7, 2010




Almost exactly one year after the Nestle Family bloggers, we now have the high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) bloggers, otherwise known as the "Corn Sugar" bloggers (note: HFCS is known as glucose/fructose in Canada). Like Nestle a year ago, the Corn Refiners Association (CRA) invited a bunch of bloggers to listen to their one-sided version of [...]

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Guest Post: Inside the American Academy of Pediatrics Conference

October 6, 2010




When I saw my friend Maya (@MarfMom) tweeting about some of the things she saw at the American Academy of Pediatrics Conference, I asked her if she would be willing to share some of her observations with me in a guest post. While I am disgusted by many of the things she has to say, [...]

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Good Nutrition: Nestlé is part of the problem, not part of the solution

October 5, 2010




A little bird provided me with a copy of a Nestlé news release that was being circulated via e-mail today. It seems Nestlé has teamed up with the American Academy of Pediatrics on a Healthy Active Living Initiative.  According to the news release: The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), with support from the Nestlé Nutrition [...]

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If you won't listen to me, listen to him

October 1, 2010




I discovered this great video on Ms. Mary Mack (Nicole)'s blog. Whenever I write about the problems with our food system, with advertising to kids, with formula companies, there are always a few people who think I'm being irrational. If you won't believe me about some of these problems, will you listen to this kid [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Baking with Chocolate and Zucchini

September 29, 2010




Forgot to take an "after" shot when we were done baking…we were too busy eating them. Want the recipe? Healthy Delicious Zucchini Bread/Muffins

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Social Media School Snack!

September 7, 2010




My kids both have a great little tasty package waiting for them in their lunch boxes today. It is the culmination of searching, testing, shopping, hinting, and baking. So what are those, you may ask? They are mini nut-free granola balls, similar to the very unhealthy sugary processed packaged ones my kids constantly begged me [...]

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Play Food

July 26, 2010




There are some really bad kids toys out there. Jaw droppingly bad. And when I saw this one on Finding Summer's Anti-Consumerism Link Farm post, my jaw did drop. I could see this being useful for budding documentary film producers putting on a home re-make of Supersize Me, but otherwise I wouldn't be welcoming my [...]

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North America can do processed foods better

April 30, 2010




In the North American context, there always seems to be a battle between processed foods and whole foods. Processed foods are convenient, but full of sodium, sugar, preservatives, unhealthy fats, food colouring, and all sorts of crap you can't pronounce. On top of that, there is the packaging that kills the environment and also harms [...]

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