Big Brother Is Checking Your Child’s Lunchbox
This just in from the Food Police Chronicles …. A state employee required a preschooler at West Hoke Elementary in Raeford, North Carolina on …
Healthy Living
Half of Doctors Routinely Prescribe Drugs They Know Won’t Work
Not sure if this will surprise you or not. I was actually rather taken aback. Almost HALF of Americans are on some sort of prescription drug. Right …
Soda Pushed in Hospital Recovery Room
My friend Paula’s husband had surgery recently and guess what he was given by the nurses in the recovery room? Shasta soda! Above is a picture …
Traditional Foods of the Seminole Tribe of Florida
The Native American tribe known as the Seminoles of Florida consumed a varied and interesting traditional diet with soaked corn gruel and wild animal …
Depression: Your Brain on Sugar
The scientific research on how the physiological effects of dietary sugar and refined carbs contribute to depression and greatly influence whether a …
Why You Should Be Eating Grains
Are you currently grain free or on the full GAPS Diet to heal your allergies or another autoimmune issue? Fear not, this can and should be only a …
When Breast Cancer Isn’t Bad News
Is it possible that not all breast cancer is bad news? Yes, it’s true. Many women are overdiagnosed and treated for breast cancer that would …
Why Low Salt Diets Are Incredibly Harmful to Health
The pseudoscience behind a low salt diet and why reducing sodium intake increases the risk of obesity, diabetes and a cardiovascular event. …
Coconut and Almond Milk in Cartons Not a Healthy Buy
Organic coconut milk and almond milk are common purchases at the health food store by those with dairy allergies. Usually, these people are savvy …
Olympians Warned Not To Eat Liver
With the 2012 London Olympics just around the corner, the spotlight turns once again to the diet of the hundreds of elite athletes preparing to arrive …
Confessions of a Reformed Vegetarian
We all know the USDA Food Pyramid is flawed conventional “wisdom” but what about the Vegan Food Pyramid? Can there be anything worse for your health …
The Healthy Home Economist Top Ten for 2011
A lot of posts got published on this blog in 2011. Somewhere around 350 at last count! With the average post clocking in at about 750 words, …