February is American Heart Month, with Wear Red Day (a day for increasing awareness of heart disease in women) this Friday, February 5, 2021. Coincidentally, today is Dark Chocolate Day. I thought this was a good day to discuss any potential health benefits from dark chocolate as it often gets billed as a “superfood” or …
A friend recently sent me this article from the NY Times: “How the Sugar Industry Shifted Blame to Fat“. The article details how researchers recently found documents showing that (more than 50 years ago) sugar industry executives paid and provided articles to scientists. The scientists were “encouraged” to write review articles highlighting fat as the …
I’m back! At least partly. My computer issues are 75% resolved. Unfortunately, the 25% not resolved is any photos for recipes, so that may be a little bit in coming. But, we are making progress. Also, on the news front, I know have an Instagram account for the site. My user is foodforthoughtrd. I’ll post …
When I was little, my favorite cereal was Frosted Flakes. What was a kid not to love? As it was also my mom’s favorite, we got to eat fairly regularly. However, occasionally, we ran out. And my Dad insisted that you could just sprinkle some sugar in a bowl of corn flakes and get the …
Everyone has an opinion on what you should or should not eat when you are pregnant, it seems. Recently, a man at the grocery store told me I should not buy a certain light yogurt since “it contains aspartame which is toxic for the baby, you know”. I tried to pleasantly smile and show him …
