Pickle Like a Pro! 7 Tips to Home Fermenting
A staple method in food preservation for ages, pickling not only keeps food edible for long periods of time, but it also infuses it...
These Common Food Preservatives Can Cause Cancer
Food preservatives are used in processed foods to preserve color, odor, and appearance, and to inhibit the growth of mold. Additionally, foods can...
Even With the Trans Fats Ban, Fast Food and Junk Food are Still Unhealthy
The FDA recently ordered a ban on trans fats because they are “generally not recognized as safe.” It’s been a long time coming considering...
Blue-Green Algae: Superfood or Pond Scum?
Blue-green algae are some of the most highly nutritious food sources on our whole big blue-green earth. And if you didn’t have a clue...
Not Just for Kids: Nut Butters are Protein Rich and Heart Healthy
There's something a little nostalgic about nut butters. When we were kids, peanut butter and jam or jelly sandwiches were pretty much a staple,...
Should You Go for Goji Berries?
If you love berries and haven’t tried goji berries (Lycium barbarum), or even if you have eaten them but don’t know a lot about...
What is Gluten Made of Anyway?
No doubt you have noticed the increasing prevalence of “gluten-free” and “wheat-free” foods and products in recent years. It’s one of the hottest food...
11 Signs You Eat Too Many Carbs
Although it’s quite debatable whether carbohydrates are essential for human nutrition, for most people, they’re the fuel their body runs on. For some folks,...
Wake Up and Smell the Most Important Meal of the Day: Breakfast
If breakfast is considered to be the most important meal of the day, why is it the meal most often skipped? Breakfast means “breaking...
Many Milk Alternatives Are Good for Baking
There was a time when having milk meant you owned a cow and you woke up early. Farm-fresh, not processed and simple, dairy milk...
