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Breakdown
1 Processed Food Wars: Popular Brands vs. Health Food
Junk food
3 Processed Food: News Roundup
Food
4 Do You Avoid Processed Foods?
healthy living
5 Another Reason to Avoid High Fructose Corn Syrup: Mercury
Food
6 Deconstructing the Twinkie
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7 Good News For Oreo and Velveeta Lovers: Kraft Cutting Sodium
All you Oreo, Velveeta, Philadelphia cream cheese, and Oscar Mayer bologna lovers out there will be pleased to know that Kraft, the maker of all those foods, plans to cut sodium levels in its North American brands by about 10 percent. The reduction will take place over the next two years, which isn't exactly soon, but at least a change is in the air. It's the latest company trying to address Read more
I grew up with processed mainstream foods like most kids. Kraft Mac & Cheese, Ellios Pizza, and Ore-Ida Tater Tots were some of my faves. Since processed foods like those aren't the most nutritious, natural foods companies decided to make healthier versions. Are they really better for us? I've already compared cereals and found the natural versions contained less sugar and sodium. So let's Read more
Happy Birthday to the Twinkie, which turns 77 this year. I'll admit that growing up, I was a huge fan of this cream-filled spongy yellow cake, but I know now that it's made with a whole bunch of junk. Steve Ettlinger saw the list of 39 ingredients and didn't think much of it until his daughter asked, "Daddy, what's Polysorbate 60?" So he set out to discover the answer and also figure out what Read more
Salt is the first thing that comes to mind when I think of processed foods because so many of them contain high levels of sodium. This is one of the many reasons that I try to limit the amount of processed foods in my diet. And including more natural food just takes a little planning ahead — it doesn't get much simpler than throwing a banana or apple in your bag for an afternoon snack. What's Read more
The Corn Refiners Association has been hard at work trying to change our perceptions about high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), but they may have a new public relations battle on their hands. Two new US reports found mercury in both commercial samples of HFCS and products that listed high fructose corn syrup as the first or second ingredient. Almost half the commercial samples of the corn sweetener Read more
The other day, a delicious photo of a cheeseburger circled around the internet. Only the weird thing is, it was a Cheeseburger in a Can ($5.80). Something tells me it won't look so tasty once you open up the can. So tell me, would you try this canned cheeseburger? Would You Eat This Cheeseburger? Sure, why not? Only if someone dared me. No way, that is wrong! Other — Read more
Since the FDA is considering regulating sodium in processed foods, I have been hearing more and more about the reasons why. Here are five things to ponder about the sodium content in your diet. Seventy-five percent of the salt we consume comes from processed food and food from restaurants, not from the salt shaker. Your tongue cannot adequately discern how much salt is in your food. If the salt Read more
The health food nut's arch enemy has been in the news a lot lately. Yep, I am talking about processed food. In this day and age, with our busy lives, it is hard to live without some processed foods. Here are three news stories that might just sway us to make a little more time when it comes to food and nutrition. A microwave popcorn enthusiast was diagnosed recently with "popcorn lung" - a Read more
We're happy to present this story from one of our favorite sites, The Good Men Project. Today, Mark Tyrrell offers eight relationship tools to make your marriage work. "All marriages are happy. It's the living together afterward that causes all the trouble." — Raymond Hull So how do you make your marriage work? Or do you just blindly hope it'll take care of itself? Think of a hot, successful Read more
As if you needed another reminder to stop eating processed foods: a new study has found that foods high in high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) can make you stupid. But there's good news, too: eating foods high in omega-3s can help combat loss of brain function. The study looked at different groups of rats that had been trained on a maze. After a few days on the maze, some of the rats were fed an Read more
