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Are Natural Flavors Really Natural?
Both natural and artificial flavors may contain emulsifiers, solvents, and preservatives that the manufacturer does not have to disclose on the label. These might be a natural solvent like ethanol butals or they might be synthetic, like propylene glycol. And yes, these additives can be found even in natural flavors!
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Healthiest Fruit Popsicles Guide
Making your own will result in the very healthiest fruit popsicles, especially since every store-bought one comes in plastic. Sometimes it makes sense to buy fruit pops to have on hand in the summer. Read on for our picks for the healthiest fruit popsicles you can find in a grocery store.
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Healthy Store Bought Oat Milk Guide
Our Oat Milk Guide will help you find the best store-bought oat milk. I prefer oat milk over many plant-based milks. The biggest problem with oat milk is that it typically has more carbohydrates and sugars than other plant-based milks.
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15 Healthier Packaged Snacks
Skip to: My kids are big snackers, and they probably get it from me! I often skip dinner entirely (not good, I know), and then spend the rest of the evening snacking—a bowl of cereal, some grapes, toast, or maybe if I’m feeling ambitious, a sliced cucumber with some feta cheese, drizzled with Olea True. […]
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Healthy Nutrition Bar Guide
Skip to: When I was a young mother there was no such thing as healthful bars of any kind, let alone nutrition bars! These days, there are a million different ones available at health food stores, drug stores, and even gas stations. Different bars fit different diet trends: Paleo; high protein/low sugar; athletic fuel (high carb); […]
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Healthy Store-Bought Cookie Guide
1. Rickaroons / 2. Simple Mills / 3. Jovial / 4. Cappello’s / 5. Butterfly Bakery of Vermont Skip to: Since I wrote this a few years ago, I decided to take another look at store bought cookies and see if there are any new ones or maybe some that are gone. I still believe […]
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Is ANY Bread Good Stuff?
Bread has gotten a bad name in recent years due to the popularity of low-carbohydrate diets, grain-free diets, and gluten-free diets. These days, gluten is basically a dirty word! While some of the criticism of wheat and bread is well deserved—I wouldn’t call most of what you see in the grocery store Good Stuff–I have […]
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Are Cheddar Bunnies Healthier Than Goldfish?
Ironically, the proliferation of “healthy” baby and kid snacks seems to have made it more difficult to keep my children on a clean diet. Perhaps without the convenience of all the organic, natural, trans-fat free packaged foods, I would be more likely to offer my kids homemade snacks that are actually nutritious (such as this […]
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Why Organic Dairy is Toxic
This post originally appeared a guest blog for Dr. Alan Greene’s website. As a quasi-vegetarian, I eat a lot of dairy—dairy that I assumed was healthful, since it is always organic and often comes from grass-fed cows. Unfortunately, in addition to worrying about the nutritional value of the foods we eat, and whether they contain […]
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Sneaky Stuff: Mott’s Applesauce Has High Fructose Corn Syrup
Hungry for some arsenic-laced apples from China, mixed with high fructose corn syrup and artificial colors? Look no further than Mott’s! At a recent birthday party for a 5-year-old, my own 4-year-old ate three slices of the pizza being served, and turned up his nose at the cup of Mott’s applesauce at his place setting. […]