The world of food is a tricky thing. Sometimes I envy our distant, distant ancestors who only had to worry about two things: 1. Can I eat this? or 2. Will it kill me? Every so often somebody taught everyone else the answer to question two by keeling over after eating a poisonous mushroom, but [...]
Entries Tagged as 'preservatives'
Quit "Real-Washing" my Clean Eating!
January 10th, 2013 · 48 Comments · Food for Thought
Tags: additives·Back to Basics Mini Challenge·corn·food additives·preservatives·real food·realwashing·trans fats
Are the New "Natural" Lunchmeats Real-washed?
July 9th, 2012 · 25 Comments · Food for Thought
When at least 80% of my meat comes directly from the farmer, it feels kind of sacrilegious to buy Oscar Mayer hot dogs. Conventional (read: cheap, processed) hot dogs have quite a laundry list of things that I find wrong with them, but the one that’s always made me squirm the most, the one that [...]
Tags: cured meat·Hormel·hot dogs·lunchmeat·nitrates·nitrites·Oscar Mayer·preservatives·real food·Sourcing Quality Animal Products Series
