I get to babysit 2 adorable twins every so often who are almost to their 2nd birthday. They love running behind the drapes & covering themself while you say “Where’s so and so?” a million times. Then, you guessed it, they pop out from the drapes giggling & grinning as if to say “Here I… [Read more…]
February 21, 2010
If you’ve been using the So-Good Energy bar recipe on my site, you’ve been using agave nectar. When I first did that recipe, I was not as educated as I am now about how agave nectar breaks down in the body. Agave nectar is made up of fructose, which is almost on point with HFCS… [Read more…]
January 26, 2010
The world of food science seems to get thicker and thicker with information – and it’s often hard to sort out what’s real & what’s not. Some things should be fairly obvious. High Fructose Corn Syrup – not good. Organic – good! But the water gets thick when you start taking a look at all… [Read more…]
December 21, 2009
As the holiday season crescendos & sputters out in the next two weeks, you’ve either been stuffing your face with cookies, cakes & eggnog – not caring what happens to your waistline, your health, or your blood sugar - or you’ve been scrambling to figure out how many workouts you need to do to hang in… [Read more…]
November 13, 2009
We are one week closer to the gorge-fest that is Thanksgiving! I personally am excited for Thanksgiving & the holidays, my first as a Gluten Free Lady! If you’re a regular reader, then you know by now, that eating gluten-free is 1. not that hard to do, & 2. is not really a sacrifice when… [Read more…]
October 14, 2009
Said time and again by coaches, “the best offense is a good defense” depicts the way in which the coach is focusing his or her team to be strong defenders so that the opposing team cannot run the score up on them. The logic is that you can be great scorers, but if the other… [Read more…]
September 23, 2009
A great article was published recently detailing the findings of a study done on the effects of a “one-off sugar hit” on the body. Researchers reported that when a person had a one-time sugar rush, human genes actually ‘remembered’ the hit for weeks. After the sugar rush, the DNA switched off genetic controls that are designed to protect the body against… [Read more…]
September 12, 2009
I’ve got a problem with high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) & those ads on TV sponsored by the Corn Growers of America that tout the “not-so-bad-ness” of their product- HFCS. I am going to set the record straight here on why HFCS is a danger ingredient and should be avoided. First of all, it’s a chemical, &… [Read more…]
September 16, 2010
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