Fortified. Enriched. How About Just Eating The Real Deal?

Check out the website of the good old USD (EatRight.org) and you can easily decipher the legal definition of the two food-industry terms: “Both terms mean that nutrients have been added to make the food more nutritious. Enriched means nutrients that were lost during food processing have been added back. An example is adding back […]

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Is Brita Water Paleo?

Hmmm.. let’s think. Did our ancestors take the time to filter their water? No, but then, they didn’t have an environment filled with toxic chemicals and a depleted ozone that we have today. So what to do?  Use a tried and true Brita filter? Maybe, but what is the trader off if you’re filtering off […]

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Peaches The Size of Grapefruits?

Do you recall reading a book when you were a child called James and the Giant Peach?  I remember it well.  I enjoyed the story.  But I  never actually expected to see one before my very eyes. The other day while perusing a local market,  as I made my way to the small, organic section, […]

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Go Ahead, Have Cereal For Dinner. What?

Americans are eating more cereal. And it’s not just cereal, it’s sugar cereal.   According to an article in the WSJ yesterday, 20% of sugar cereals are eaten outside of the breakfast time window. Reasons for this include not having time in the morning to sit down and eat a bowl of cereal and, when […]

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