Jul 19, 2011

  You’ve seen the commercials–one tells you that high fructose corn syrup is the devil, while the other tells you that it’s just…corn.  Like most things, the truth probably lies somewhere in the middle. However, I have been wondering about it lately. HFCS: So, what’s the real story? High fructose corn syrup, or HFCS, is the...

Jul 8, 2011

  Over July 4th weekend I was sick. (No shock, it always happens in our house for holidays or plans.) I didn’t really understand what was wrong–it wasn’t the flu and it wasn’t Strep throat like The Husband just got over. No, it was a bizarre mix of symptoms. I was exhausted, running a low-grade fever, had a non-stop splitting...

Jul 5, 2011

  I have a confession: I’ve fallen into that whole “bottled water is better than tap water” thing and I can’t get up. I grew up drinking well water, so you would think that I wouldn’t be that picky about my H20, yet here I am…afraid to drink the water out of my faucet at home. I even cringe a little inside when I’m...

Jun 29, 2011

  There are times on this journey of learning to eat healthier that I just want to stick my fingers in my ears and do that la-la-la-la thing so I don’t have to know about…stuff. However, when I started this OrganiLo journey  last year I decided I was going to learn as much as I can about where our food comes from, how it affects us (and the...

Jun 21, 2011

  A few months ago I ordered some organic seeds from Seeds of Change, an organization that supports sustainable organic and heirloom growers. Since we are only going to do some container gardening, I ordered things that would grow well in pots–tomatoes, peppers and a variety of herbs. Per the usual for me lately, I ordered late (which means some of the...

Jun 10, 2011

  I love bean sprouts. I like them on sandwiches, salads and well, just in general. So every time I hear a news story about them causing some widespread illness I think, “What the heck?” According to The New York Times, Germany is now reporting that the outbreak which killed at least 30 people was due to E. coli on contaminated bean...