Juice is fruit, so it’s healthy, right? Not really. First, let me make clear that I’m talking about the juice you find in bottles or juice boxes in the beverages aisle at a grocery store, not the stuff people make at home with a juicer or the purchased equivalents that have to be kept cold. [...]
In fashion, which I know absolutely nothing about, believe me, it’s vital to know about the next new thing. As the fashion changes, so must one’s wardrobe. In food, marketers would like you to believe it’s the same system. Chemists create a new “food” in a lab, advertisers promote it, and once it’s in every [...]
Tags: A Sweet Sweet Summer·artificial sweeteners·aspartame·neotame·saccharin·Splenda·sucralose
This is a guest post from Selena Moffitt of 1 Mom’s Mission. Dessert. This one word can define the holidays and our waistline. What’s your pleasure? Cookies, chocolate, or maybe a hot toddy or eggnog. While we may be able to say “No” to these unnecessary delicacies under normal circumstances, the vortex that sucks us [...]
Tags: desserts·guest post·holidays·sugar
News flash! Kids’ cereal has lots of sugar in it, and – are you ready for this? It may not be good for you. The Environmental Working Group released a study this week detailing the amounts of sugar in popular children’s cereals, noting that many of them have more sugar than a Twinkie. A Twinkie! [...]
When the feasting lets up a little, and the kitchen can be cleaned up a little, I tend to want to throw everything into either the dishwasher or the garbage. Leftovers are quite handy to have, so I’ll make an exception and pack those up for the fridge, and there’s one other thing I’ll do [...]
Yesterday we discussed stevia: is it safe? benefits and dangers and ended up with some good discussion in the comments. I’m definitely a fan of stevia, but with the caveat that it’s properly processed. I had the opportunity this summer (before a Sweet, Sweet Summer fell into fall – thank you to a reader for [...]
Tags: A Sweet Sweet Summer·Jim May·stevia·sweeteners·Sweetleaf
A safe, natural sweetener with zero calories and zero aftertaste that doesn’t cause cancer in lab rats? Is that a dream too good to be true? I’m hoping not. Stevia is fast becoming my favorite formerly-unknown sweetener, if only for the mystery surrounding it, the foodie vs. government controversy, and the fact that I feel [...]
Tags: A Sweet Sweet Summer·NuNaturals·stevia·sweeteners·Sweetleaf
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