Posts in All About Food
Why Does Food Shopping Have to Be a Test?

There are so many things you feel you should know, tricks that stores do to sell you things, research to be sure you're walking out with the best deal, and not to mention the fact that you want to eat healthy!  It's not so easy these days to know what to buy, when to buy it, where to find it or to have the time to get everything you need before the sun goes down.

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Stay in Touch With Your Food

Many areas from which we receive food imports face unforeseen military actions, heavy metal fallout, toxic exposure, contaminated water, unregulated pesticide use, preservatives and even genetically modified cultivation.  When we buy our food from local sources, these risks are minimal because we know the political and environmental issues that our local area faces.  So the real issue here is to maintain the continuity of food production locally. 

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Is Popcorn Going to Be the Death of Me?

I noticed that the simple act of munching a boatload of popcorn caused my gums to bleed … just tiny micro-abrasions from the kernels that I’m sure will heal quickly because otherwise I would have to temper my popcorn consumption! But it made me think... that is exactly how bacteria gets into the body.  Because bacteria has a difficult time entering the body from the respiratory or digestive tracts because we have immune systems in place to prevent that.

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