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What Do Cows Eat?
Cows and fish are being taught to eat corn. For cows, they would naturally eat grass, not corn. The corn makes them fat more quickly. According to the movie, Food, Inc. animals stand in ankle deep manure. 400 animals are … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Food
Tagged ammonia, animal diet, animals, corn diet, diet, eat, food, food inspectors, industries, inspectors
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Is Your Food Addictive?
I am learning from more and more sources about how salt, fat, and sugar in our foods claims to lead to addictions. It is beginning to make sense. The movie, Food, Inc., claims that 1/3 of people born in America … Continue reading
Posted in Food
Tagged addictions, diabetes, fat, food, medicine, money, people, salt, source, sugar, vegetables
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Organics versus GMO’s?
Why is it today that organics are now growing at over 20% annually? Farmers use to feed 5-6 people, now they feed 126 people. Seeds that have been “genetically modified” are “owned” by the company that “genetically” modified them, so … Continue reading
Posted in family, Food, Non-GMO
Tagged company, consumers, demand, eat, family, farmers, food, food comes from, genetically modified, GMO's, good wholesome food, non-gmo, organic, organic food, organically grown, people, scientist
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Your Preference: Soda or “Anti-Soda”?
Based on an article on cnn.com from 1998, Michael Jacobson, executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest said, “Liquid candy, call it what you will, it is junk; it is devoid of nutrients except for calories.” … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Soda, childhood obesity, Childrens, Drinks, Food, Kids, Purium, Soda, Your Preference
Tagged anti-soda, calories, childrens, consumer, food, gastrointestinal system, Health, health concerns, heart, heart trouble, kidney trouble, Kids, manufacturers, nutrients, nutrition, nutritious food, obesity, Purium, soda, soft drinks, tooth decay
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Your Preference: Full of Sugar or Nutritionally Dense?
According to an article on cspinet.org “Soda pop is Americans’ single biggest source of refined sugars, providing the average person with one-third of that sugar.” Teen-age boys get about 15 teaspoons of sugar a day from soft drinks and the … Continue reading
Posted in childhood obesity, Childrens, Drinks, Food, Soda, Teenagers, Your Preference
Tagged adolescents, broken bones, Children, nutritional, obesity, soda, soft drinks, sugars, teenagers
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Your Preference: Convenience Now or Health Scare Later?
The bigger question and issue is how does drinking soda (or other less than nutritious items) influence our health and the health of our children and families? With less calcium, does that lead to more osteoporosis or broken bones? How … Continue reading
Posted in childhood obesity, Childrens, Drinks, Food, Kids, Soda, Teenagers, Teens, Your Preference
Tagged blood sugar, broken bones, Children, diabetes, drinks, family, Health, Kids, nutritious items, obesity, parents, soda
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Your Preference: GIGO with your Pantry Choice?
What did we feed our families today? Did we give our kids caffeine? What nutrition did that provide to them? Did we give them sugar water that could promote tooth decay (maybe without really even seeing the connection)? Did we … Continue reading
Posted in Childrens, family, Food, Kids, Teenagers, Teens, Your Preference
Tagged artificial sugar, balance, body, caffeine, chemicals, Children, choices, families, Kids, nutrition, organically, protein, sugar, tooth decay, vitamin
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Albert Einstein – A Vegetarian?
The movie, Veducated, in my opinion started off slow and I almost turned it off. Although I stuck with it, and am glad I did. It takes three people through the “trial” of exploring going “vegan” and provides a lot … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Veducated, Vegan
Tagged benefit, Bodies, education, evolution, Health, human, information, life, people, plant diet, veducated, vegan, vegetarian
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Why Do People Go Vegan?
The movie, Veducated, takes three people through the “trial” of exploring going “vegan”. Although the movie started out slow, it provides a lot of education that was interesting and helpful. So what exactly is a vegan? It is someone who … Continue reading
How Much of Our Diet is Plant-Based?
Veducated shared that 40% of the Standard American Diet (SAD) comes from animal products, 50% of our calories come from processed foods like pasta, sugar, salad oil, soft drinks, pretzels, chips, and cold cereals, and 9% comes from white potatoes … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Veducated, Vegan
Tagged calories, cancer, drinks, food, heart, natural plant food, processed food, sugar, veducated, vegan, vegetables
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