The simplest foods are usually the tastiest, healthiest, and most beautiful – as Anthony Bourdain says so well. Links to a few of my favorites for “Keep it Simple Sundays”:
– Bold Winter Greens Salad
– Easy Eggplant Dip
– Quinoa Chickpea Bowl
Archives for January 2015
Build Your Hydration Habit
Healthy Vitality
Martin Luther King, Jr. – On Interconnectedness
Crowd Out, Don’t Cut Out
Love Limes? Here’s Why!
Less is More
Only the best for your one amazing body!
The Problem with “Moderation”
I’ve lost count of how many times people (not the healthy ones), have tried to dismiss health information by saying, “I just believe in moderation,” or “everything in moderation.” The problem with “moderation” is that what is considered “moderate” keeps getting pushed farther and farther out by our food marketers, whose job it is to sell us more and more food. (And don’t even get me started with the “everything” in “everything in moderation” – really, poisons, too?) I don’t need to say much here – the numbers from the USDA, below, tell the story.
EAT your labels!
Food labels are a hot topic – nutritionists and the FDA urge us to read them, know the ingredients, and use that knowledge to make healthy choices. But who (other than food scientists) actually knows what common ingredients like Sodium Benzoate (linked to thyroid damage) or Butylated Hydroxyanisole (serious endocrine disrupter) actually are, anyway? And as reported by the Journal of Food Additives and Contaminents, over 175 damaging chemicals are found in food packaging itself – many transferring into foods while on the shelf.
Instead, avoid foods with labels altogether, and instead choose organic foods with edible labels :-).