This March is the 40th Anniversary of National Nutrition Month

So what does that exactly mean?   The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics states on their site that the 2013 theme is “Eat Right, Your Way, Every Day” and that they it “encourages personalized healthy eating styles that recognize food preferences, lifestyle, cultural and ethnic traditions and health concerns that impact all food choices”. And, […]

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As If Milk Wasn’t Already Bad Enough…

Now we’ve got to contend with the idea of having aspartame hidden in the dairy products, too? Of course, the best case scenario would be if none of us would buy milk anymore, however the likelihood of that happening anytime soon is slim to none. However, there seems to be a huge out-cry, thankfully, at […]

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Marketing, Advertising, Blood Sugar and Refined Carbohydrates

One needn’t have any training in marketing or advertising to understand one often seen common goal- to sell something. So, think about this- you’re a big company with lots of product to sell.  Wouldn’t it be great if there was some way you could do something to make your customers automatically buy more product?  Make […]

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Muffins…Not So Innocent!

Let’s face it.  A muffin is just cake in another shape.   Sure, you can try to fool yourself into thinking it’s healthy because ‘it has raisins in it’ or ‘it’s a great source of fibre’, but the reality is that it’s almost always going to have some form of refined sugar, some form of […]

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