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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Genetically Modified Food Should be Labeled!
Today I want to share a few more thoughts related to my Monday post Why You Should be Concerned About Roundup. The message I wanted to get through on Monday was that a) glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, has … Continue reading
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Tagged genetically modified, GMO, Millions Against Monsanto, Monsanto, Organic Consumer Association
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Why You Should Be Concerned About Roundup
On Friday my boyfriend sent me a link to a very interesting article in the Huffington Post titled “Roundup: Birth Defects Caused by World’s Top-Selling Weedkiller, Scientists Say.” If you have the time, I strongly encourage you to read the … Continue reading
Posted in Nutrition
Tagged Birth defects, EPA, genetically modified seeds, glyphosate, Monsanto, roundup
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To “D” or not to “D”…
…that is the question…okay, pretty lame, I know. But today I want to talk a little bit about Vitamin D, which has been getting a lot of press lately, both positive and negative. First off, when you hear all the … Continue reading
Nia Shanks’ Beautiful Badass
You all know I am a big fan of women lifting heavy weight. So today I want to tell you about a product recently completed by Nia Shanks called “Beautiful Badass.” I do not know Nia personally, but I have read her … Continue reading
Posted in Fitness, Nutrition
Tagged Beautiful Badass, Nia Shanks, strength training, women lifting heavy
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Goals!
What a nice weekend we had here in New England. On Saturday I was up at 4:15 AM (yes, four fifteen!) to go to a race with my boyfriend. He was doing a half ironman (actually, “ironman” is a branded race, … Continue reading
The New Government Food Plate and Dairy
So a few weeks ago the government introduced a replacement for the food pyramid, which was revised in 2005 and only seemed to confuse people (you know, the one with the vertical segments and a person running up the side … Continue reading
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Tagged fat-free dairy, food pyramid, homogenization, new food plate, pastured dairy
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Why You Can’t Lose Weight
Life is a bit busy for me right now with my mom visiting from Michigan so today I am going to link you to a great piece written by Brandon Alleman titled Why You Can’t Lose Weight. Brandon also has … Continue reading
Posted in Fitness, Motivational, Nutrition
Tagged Brandon Alleman, CHEK institute, Why you can't lose weight
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Soy, part 2
Today’s post is going to have to be short as my mom is coming to visit and I have a lot of stuff to do to get my house ready for her arrival. Doesn’t matter that I am almost 50, … Continue reading
Posted in Nutrition
Tagged FDA, Kaayla Daniel, Monsanto, Seeds of Deception, soy, The Whole Soy Story
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Soy: Health Food or Health Hazard?
Soy is a subject that I have been wanting to blog about for a while, but needed the time to read and research and compose this post. Soy products are becoming more and more prevalent in today’s supermarkets. Soy milk … Continue reading
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Tagged genetically modified seeds, roundup, soy, soy formula, soy protein isolate
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Garage Sales, Tornadoes and Lunges
So, for those of you who read my post last week, you know I had a monster of a garage sale on Saturday. It could not have been a more perfect day for a sale…low 70’s and sunny. It was a … Continue reading
