I’m not afraid to admit my age, I’m 48 years old (almost 49). For most of my life, I’ve enjoyed good health. Like many people, I’ve gained weight as I’ve aged. And for me, losing weight has been a bitch. A week prior to my writing this post, I weighed in at 200 pounds. That’s […]
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Posted in Cooking, Personal Story on Dec 20th, 2011
A while ago I was thinking about getting a new food processor. I’d had my food processor forever and it worked well, but I kept lusting after the newer ones. Around the same time, a friend who is unemployed was also considering getting a food processor. Since I have a job, I offered my friend […]
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Posted in Gluten Free, Personal Story on Dec 13th, 2011
Eating out in a restaurant has in many ways been my biggest challenge. I got in the habit of cooking many years ago when I started eating low carb. At that time, I realized that in order to do so, I needed to stay out of the aisles of the grocery store and shop the […]
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Posted in food activism, Ingredients on Dec 6th, 2011
The sweetening market is composed of two types of sweeteners, natural and artificial. We know natural sugars as cane sugar for the most part, but there is also molasses and honey as well as others. “Artificial sweeteners” would include aspartame, high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and Saccharine. At least that is how we consider them. […]
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