Nasty Food of the Week – Vanilla Extract

  Vanilla extract – a nasty food??? Seriously? Yes and here’s why:  Believe it or not many vanilla extracts contain CORN SYRUP!!! Yep, that’s right. Even vanilla extracts that

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In Defense of the Perfect Body

I recently read an article in which the author essentially bashed women in the fitness industry. It’s a long, slightly whining article about how the message “strong is

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Clean Eating Car Food

Planning a road trip in the near future?  One of the big rules of clean eating is to ALWAYS bring food with you if you’re going to be

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Clean and Healthy Eating On a Budget

Do you want to eat clean but feel like it will be too expensive? Let’s put that myth to rest! There are lots of ways to incorporate eating

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10 reasons to eat local foods

Do you buy local? If not, here are some great reasons why it’s a good idea: Eating local means more for the local economy. According to a study

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Probiotic news

So have you seen those ads from Dannon where they claim that their products like Activia and DanActive contain ingredients that can improve your health? Apparently the FTC

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Polyface Farm

Since starting my quest to buy local, organic foods I have been purchasing meat from my local organic grocer here in Virginia Beach. They get most of their

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Understanding food labels

Ever wonder what all those labels on the packages of meat really mean? Here’s how to know what you are actually getting when you purchase beef: Feed allowed

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Understanding food labels

Ever wonder what all those labels on the packages of meat really mean? Here’s how to know what you are actually getting when you purchase beef: Feed allowed

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The Beauty of Grass Fed Beef

Unfortunately, most consumers are led to believe that meat is meat, whether it’s grass fed or grain fed. So is there really a difference between the two? You

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