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- We Are Being Manipulated
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- Do Not Microwave Cholesterol
- No More Red Snapper?
- It’s getting worse, not better . . .
- Cholesterol Levels Running High?
- Beware of Flavors
- Shrimp – the good and the bad
- Choosing The Right Olive Oil
- Villains among EWG’s BPA-free “Best Players”
- PCC labels any high oleic oils in use
- Is It Really About the Wheat or the Gluten?
- Available at your local Co-op: Organic, non-GMO verified Gene-Silenced Food!
- Snopes on Wheat & Glyphosate Toxicity
- Sugar is as toxic as wheat — it is not about the gluten
- The Benefits of Bitters
- Intermittent Fasting in a Healthy Way
- Go ahead, cook with your good olive oil!
- Extra Virgin Olive or High Oleic Oil?
- Sometimes More Is Better
- Is Almond Flour Trouble?
- Don’t Let Familiarity Build Contempt
- Plasticizers are in our medicines and our supplements
- Reasons to Give Up Stevia
- Building Strong Bones
- Don’t Eat That!!!!
- Why I Avoid Canola and Think You Should As Well.
- Speaking Out Against High Oleic OIls
- Getting vitamin B without eating grains
- There is fat and there is fat. . .
- Is Soy Really A Ploy?
- Feel Free to Enjoy Your Cup of Coffee.
- Are We Becoming Fire Resistant?
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- Forget Fasts and Detoxes
- Fish, measuring the good and the bad
- Fish trumps fish oil, fins down
- Choosing a Cooking Oil
- Another Reason to Avoid Juices
- Soy, friend or foe in breast cancer?
- Strong Bones Without Dairy??
- Whole Foods vs. Supplements
- Potential Soy Toxins Continued…
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- Soy and the Thyroid
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Whales and Birds Need Fish and Krill, You Do Not!
Global warming is expected to have an enormous impact on the environmental production of especially the long-chain fatty acid, DHA. A recent study quantified the effect we can anticipate and that effect is very concerning. However, the study mistakenly approaches … Continue reading
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Eating Fish Food Is Optional
All living things (insects, plants, mammals including humans, fish, fowl, plants) need omega 3 fats. Only plants make the basic omega 3 fat ALA which they primarily use in their chloroplasts. ALAs are highly reactive and allow photosynthesis to continue … Continue reading
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Tagged DHA, fish oil, global warming, king salmon, krill, migratory birds, omega 3 fats, orcas, supplements, sustainability, toxins, whales
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We Are Being Manipulated
Even though most people want to eat a healthy diet, most also complain that they are eating inflammatory foods – aka pseudo-foods – far too frequently, much more often than their bodies and health can handle. If this issue resonates … Continue reading
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Tagged addiction, David Kessler, diet, End to Overeating, fat, flavors, food industry, obesity, salt, sugar
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No More Red Snapper?
Fish can be one of the healthiest foods in our diet providing long-chained essential fatty acids (e.g. DHA, EPA), vitamin D, iodine, important minerals, and more. Unfortunately, seafood is also a source of persistent toxins so we must choose our … Continue reading
Villains among EWG’s BPA-free “Best Players”
EWG.org just released a list of manufacturers who continue to use BPA (bisphenol A) in their products along with a list of the “Best Players” who no longer do. However, there is a big problem lurking with those on their … Continue reading
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Tagged bisphenol a, BPA, BPF, BPS, endocrine disruptor, estrogenic, EWG.org, food, receipts, toxins, xenoestrogen
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PCC labels any high oleic oils in use
Those on the TQI Diet make a point of avoiding all trans fats, as do most people concerned with their health. Emphasis on all, because even trace amounts of trans fats are bad for our health. As a result, it … Continue reading
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Tagged bad fats, deli foods, deodorized, expeller pressed, FDA, health, high oleic oils, high oleic sunflower oils, labels, PCC, puget sound customers coop, Sound consumer, transfats
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Available at your local Co-op: Organic, non-GMO verified Gene-Silenced Food!
I would wager that most who are trying to avoid genetically modified foods prefer to eat foods that have long been part of the human diet. They tend to prefer locally grown, heirloom varieties, if available. I would wager that … Continue reading
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Tagged deli foods, evoo, gene silencing, GRAS, heart health, high oleic oils, ingredient labels, non-gmo verified, organic, transfats
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Sugar is as toxic as wheat — it is not about the gluten
Right now a blog about a study linking the active ingredient in Roundup (glyphosate) and illness is circulating widely on the internet. (http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/real-reason-for-toxic-wheat-its-not-gluten/”). It is great that this information is spreading. However, I think the author of the blog presents … Continue reading
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Tagged gluten roundup, glyphosate, GMO, herbicide residue, homeeconomist, samsel, Seneff, sugar beets, sugar cane, wheat, wine
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Plasticizers are in our medicines and our supplements
Phthalates are a group of chemicals used both to soften plastics and to hold scents and solvents in a variety of products. Many have been shown to disrupt our hormones. They alter testosterone production in men, cause early onset menopause … Continue reading
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Tagged air fresheners, chicken, cryptorchidism, dairy, diltiazam, enteric coated fish oil, garlic, hypospadias, ibuprofen, medicines, omeprazole, Phthalates, probiotics, soft gels, supplements, testosterone, theophylline, time release, vegan
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Don’t Eat That!!!!
Tyson just announced that it no longer would carry beef from cattle fed the drug Zilmax, a drug that contains ractopamine. This voluntary change by a company that thrives on selling factory-farmed animal products followed on the heels of reports … Continue reading
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Tagged animal products, arterial blood pressure, beef, beta agonist ractopamine, beta agonists, cardiac issues, european economic union, FDA, grassfed, heart rate increases, high blood pressure, meat, muscle spasm, pigs, pork, spasms, tachycardia, tremor, tyson, zilmax
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