Tag: political
The Pancake Bakery: TidBit of the Day
In Amsterdam, The Pancake Bakery boasts the best pancakes in town. Well, yeah, they’re pretty darn good. Everything on the menu looks so good, it’s tough to choose which pannekoeken (Dutch pancakes) to order. Sweet, savory, all delicious. Not to mention the large bucket of treacle on the table to sweeten the deal. The pancakes [...]
Processed People? Frank Food!: TidBit of the Day
Are you a processed person or are you a frank foodist? Check out this new documentary, Processed People. Overfed and undernourished. They ask, “how did we get here and what do we do?” Check out the trailer: Eat frank food!
H20: All Tapped Out
Water, water, everywhere. But how much do we pay attention to how we drink or shower or wash our cars? Do you refill your water from the water cooler at the office and think you’re safe from BPA because you use a recyclable, aluminum water bottle? We’ve written about water for last year’s Blog Action [...]
Meat Labels: TidBit of the Day
What do you think of nutrition labels being placed on meat in 2012? I say add the source, lot #, whether the animal was raised humanely or in gestation crates, what feed, and what additives/hormones were added. Check out this great post by So Good about Oprah’s investigate video into Cargill’s feedlots…PR effort or real [...]
TidBit of the Day: Fresh or Frozen?
Sometimes we assume that fresh is always better. But is it always? A USDA study showed that bags of fresh broccoli and spinach lost much of their nutrients just by being exposed to the lights in a grocery store. Vegetables that are flash frozen (not soaked in sodium BPA-lined cans) could retain some of those [...]
TidBit of the Day: GreenOn!
You know those great sites offering special deals – I have definitely gotten some great deals in my area (i.e. spa treatment for 50%, yoga classes for $2 each). Here is a great one for those wanting to “green” their life even more. Sign up on GreenDeals and get some great deals that are eco-friendly [...]
TidBit of the Day: How to Find Frank Food
Darya Pino over at Summer Tomato created this wonderful flow chart to help find frank food at the supermarket. Of course, it isn’t always this simple, as “real food” has now been sometimes disguised (i.e. if the five ingredients are: corn syrup, Yellow Dye No. 5, refined sugar, gelatin, and flour, not quite frank food….) [...]
TidBit of the Day: A Wake-Up Story
How to raise healthy children in an age of toxicity? Beanie Baby’s Zomppa debut! Join the movement at Healthy Child Healthy World, a great website with lots of information and resources. Watch this Wake-Up Story and sign up! A Wake-Up Story from Healthy Child Healthy World on Vimeo.
TidBit of the Day: Milk Lovers – Raw or Not?
What are your thoughts on raw milk? As a milk lover and one who has drunk straight from the teet (warm), I know how yummy raw milk can be. But this seems to be topic that gets people riled up. Slate wrote an article arguing that drinking raw milk puts people at risk and milk [...]
TidBit of the Day: The LD on the BPA
BPA, PBDE…WTF? Can’t figure out what chemical is what? GiveThemRoots has a great simple list of what these abbreviations mean – and why you should know them. Did you know Canada quietly declared BPA toxic back in October? Findings that BPA causes neurological and behavior development issues in rodents and likely sensitively to pregnant women [...]
