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A Bittersweet Goodbye to Agave

July 17, 2009 Factory-Free Food

When we moved to Southern California from Washington, D.C. this year, we discovered agave syrup. I was excited because I wrestle with blood sugar irregularities, and agave is often touted for its low glycemic index—meaning that it is relatively low in glucose, and therefore does not raise blood sugar as much as other types of [...]

Fresh – New Thinking About What We’re Eating

July 14, 2009 Factory-Free Food

If Food, Inc. had you feeling sad and angry about all that is corrupt and unhealthy about our industrial food system, Fresh, The Movie presents a vision of the possible by profiling heroes all over the country who are changing the way we eat for the better. Fresh shows us how a sustainable food system [...]

Got a Beef with Beef? Try Traditional Tartare!

July 10, 2009 Factory-Free Food

Many people give animal foods a bad rap, blaming them for cancer, heart disease and a host of other health problems. But humans have been eating mostly animal products for our entire existence. In fact, the healthiest and longest-lived peoples on our planet, the Okinawans (Japan), Maasai (Kenya and Tanzania) and Hunzakuts (Pakistan) eat traditional [...]

Protecting Your Children’s Teeth, Part 2

June 29, 2009 Factory-Free Food

Ever wonder why some people seldom brush their teeth and have few, if any, cavities, whereas others brush and floss religiously and still have constant dental problems? Or why isolated peoples who eat traditional, whole food diets may have never used a toothbrush, and yet have perfect, straight teeth with no decay throughout their lives? [...]

Protecting Your Children’s Teeth, Part 1

June 25, 2009 Eco-Friendly Living

My husband and I have a history of lots of painful dental work and orthodonture, and both of us have mouthfuls of toxic mercury fillings we wish we had had an alternative for when we were young. (Dating ourselves here, I guess!). Now that Babyzilla has 8 teeth, we are particularly concerned that they remain [...]

Fixing Our Broken Food System, Part 2

May 23, 2009 Eco-Friendly Living

In the tradition of Michael Moore (Sicko, Bowling for Columbine) and Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me, 30 Days), Food Matters is a hard hitting, fast-paced look at our current state of health. Discouraged by the terrible side effects that pharmaceutical drugs were having on the health of their families, nutritionists-turned-filmmakers James Colquhoun and Laurentine ten Bosch set off on [...]

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