Category Archives: Ingredients

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  MSG in disguise

  Posted on February 22, 2012 by Tabitha in Ingredients, Uncategorized.

  MSG is a taste enhancer. It is used in processed foods because basically as soon as it hits your taste buds, it excites them, and any food that has MSG in it tastes great. Its very cheap for food companies to produce, thus avoids costly ingredients like….actual food. Trouble is, MSG doesn’t just stimulate your [...]

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  Natural food is just so genius- Mushrooms!

  Posted on February 3, 2012 by Tabitha in Ingredients.

  Mushrooms contain three important compounds that make them cancer fighting soldiers — Anitgen Binding Lectins, Aromatase Inhibitors, and Anti-Angiogenic Properties. Lets start with Antigen Binding Lectins(ABL) found in mushrooms. These are proteins which bind to abnormal cancer cells and activate the bodies defense system against them. ABL also works to be sure that the body [...]

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  Magic Mushrooms

  Posted on February 3, 2012 by Tabitha in Exercise, Meditation and Science, Ingredients.

  Cancer is a modern disease. Cancer is not genetic. Cancer is caused by modern diet and environment. It has actually been proposed by Dr J. Fuhrman that every person that is currently on the Standard American Diet (SAD) has an element of cancer in them. He explained that the immune system works overtime to constantly [...]

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  Fishy thoughts, Rastelli direct cod…and a cracking recipe!

  Posted on January 10, 2012 by Tabitha in Ingredients, Product Reviews, Uncategorized.

  This was delicious, and I am again, very thankful for Janeen Rosado, for turning me onto Rastelli Direct as a source of sustainable seafood. If I am buying fish, I generally stick to salmon, as fish is such a treat, and salmon is my favorite. Also, after getting so used to eating rich flavored fish [...]

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  Rastelli Direct – Salmon

  Posted on January 9, 2012 by Tabitha in Ingredients, Product Reviews, Uncategorized.

  I recently had the opportunity to taste test Rastelli Direct Salmon.   Those of you that stay up to date with my blog rants and raves will be aware that I have been ranting about the most recent attempt by Monsanto and its related associates in the biotech industry to ruin my life. Yes, its [...]

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  Boulder Granola Bars

  Posted on December 7, 2011 by Tabitha in Ingredients.

    Boulder Granola Bars: This is more like a cross between a coffee cake and a bar, but regardless it is delicious, and its good for you!! It contains a large amount of proteins and nut oils that will keep you satisfied and will also fuel your body, the addition of carbohydrates in the oats will [...]

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  Coconut oil as a skincare product

  Posted on December 5, 2011 by Tabitha in Ingredients, Product Reviews.

  Skincare is a relatively new realm for me to research into, but it’s something I have realized in need to get savvy on, the skin is a huge organ and living in Colorado makes it dry, I need to moisturize but am finding that organic creams are expensive, I’m looking into coconut oil, and as of [...]

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  Raw milk wars: Its about food freedom now, not just milk.

  Posted on October 29, 2011 by Tabitha in Agriculture, GMO, Ingredients, Uncategorized.

  So as a follow up to my last blog written about the “Milk Moms” I have been thinking more about what this is actually symbolizing for American Human Rights, and the bigger aspects this movement is presenting. I asked Blair McMorran,(www.rawmilkcolorado.org) wonderful resource for nutrient dense raw milk information in Colorado her opinion on the [...]

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  Stevia

  Posted on October 23, 2011 by Tabitha in GMO, Ingredients, Uncategorized.

  So here we go again, yet another example of how the manufacturing industry can take a perfectly nutritious product and turn it into something toxic or chemically enhanced. In the same what that the FDA allows olive oil to contain corn oils and be marketed as pure olive oil, and the way that agave nectar [...]

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• More oil than Olive!

  Posted on October 18, 2011 by Tabitha in GMO, Ingredients, Uncategorized.

  Hands up who uses olive oil in an attempt to put some healthy fats in their life?! Yes, me too! But the depressing truth is that the “olive oil” label that you take for granted actually means nothing whatsoever. The real truth is that many US olive oil manufactures eek out the more expensive olive [...]

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