Healthy Foods: It’s tea time . . . green tea for me!
We’ve been hearing for years that green tea is good for us, but do you know why? And do you know how much good it really does once you’ve consumed it? Well, let’s take a look. First of all, why is green tea different than black tea? Both come from the same tea bush but […]
Healthy Foods: Bee pollen, royal jelly.
What’s all the buzz about?
Y’all know how much I L-O-V-E honey. I have my own bees, so I am very passionate about our fuzzy buzzy friends. I’ve been hearing lots of buzz lately about a couple of bee by-products; bee pollen and royal jelly, so I thought I’d use today’s Healthy Food article to go over the benefits and […]
Food For Thought: I’m cuckoo for coconuts!
Coconuts are my new best friend. I am, quite frankly, nuts over them. But I’m not only talking about the meat of the coconut (which is delicious), but I’m in love with coconut oil (virgin organic coconut oil, please) and coconut butter and coconut milk. Heck, it’s all good! You may be sitting there thinking, […]
Food For Thought: Do you consider coffee
your friend or foe?
Last week I wrote about foods that will do wonders for your mood. One thing I didn’t mention in that piece, however, was why you might want to think about easing back on a certain little trouble-making drug from your diet. You know it and you probably know it well (I know I do!): caffeine. […]
Healthy Foods: Don’t weed seaweed out of your diet!
Does the thought of chomping down on a mouthful of seaweed appeal to you, or send you running for a tall glass of water? If you have a negative association with eating seaweed, I venture to guess that you have never actually tasted it because it is one of the most delicious vegetables you can […]
Food For Thought: Shop like a European!
A while back, I wrote about the issue of food waste in this country. It really is astonishing to think about how much perfectly good food is tossed in the trash in this day and age. We have access to more food than our mothers and their mothers had before us, and yet we’ve become […]
Healthy Foods: Eat your Edamame!
“Eh-dah-MAH-may.” That’s how you pronounce it, by the way, in case y’all were wondering! What is it? Well, it’s what those of us who don’t speak Japanese call soybeans. But not just any soybeans. Edamame refers to vegetable soybeans that are harvested while they’re young and the plant is still green. I am not a […]
Food For Thought: Is there BPA on your dinner plate?
BPA. We all know it’s bad for us, but urine samples from studies show that roughly 90% of us have this chemical flowing through our systems. We take it in when we eat foods from containers made from BPA. That’s not acceptable, folks. What is BPA? At its most basic definition, BPA is a chemical […]
Food For Thought: The bitter truth about sweeteners
It seems like folks are spending a lot of energy trying to find the best sweeteners on the go. The additive for our drinks and baked goods that will sweeten things up without negatively affecting our health. There’s so much information and misinformation out there that you’re likely having a tough time figuring out which […]