Sorry EF Fans! The candy post I was talking about messed up! You know the bug on FFF2? Well, the post Gaia was talking about was true...in purple, pink, and red dye there is that red bug and the dye is called Carmine. Lok it up if you don't believe me! Thank you Gaia!
Fast Food Frenzie PArt 3 will be next!
PS I have recieved an email from Gaia that she recommemded Cricket Magazine to lok at Fast Food Frenzie! Welcome and the posts below are what she wanted you to look at!
IN response to Daisy( email:September 28) I WILL start blogging about the nice soap company found! It's a surprise!
Love,
EF
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Fast Food Freenzy--Part 2--
Soda
Just think of the bubbly, fizzy drink that everyone just craves! But look at the ingredients...100 calories, 1% sodium, 8% Carbs, 25gms Sugers(wouldn't say the percent ;).) and that was all in the All "Natural" Sprite. In Alaska, they are in a soda frenzie! Some of the mothers put soda like Coke and stuff in the babies' bottle and they end up with Bottle Rot(rotting of the teeth that turn into black stubs!!!!!) In the 1900s you could go to Alaska and find that every Eskimo has no cavities and perfect teeth. Now Eskimos are losing their teeth. You can find a teenager with almost all of their grownup teeth are gone!!!!
An average American boy drinks twice the soda than milk! Girls are the same! That ends up with a greater chance of broken bones. Now, I know you can have soda every once in a while but please don't drink a six-pack each day. Now I drink just about 3 or 4 sodas each week while some of my friends drink about 4 or 5 each DAY! That dosen't mean you should take soda away from your kid's diet. Just introduce it to them in their older years so they can grown healty and fit.
Increase your child's milk diet. Have them put cereal in their left-over milk from their last bowl if it's enough(PS that also saves you $$$$$) Pack your own lunches because you trust yourself and your food options. Put some yogurt in your child's lunch or organic dressing on their salad!!! EASY ENOUGH? I think so!
CANDY
Red, pink, and purple candy HAS to have dye. What comes from red,pink, and purple candy dye is...REVOLTING. It's from mashed up BUGS!!! The Dactyloplus coccus costa bug!! Look it up for a picture! Better yet, i looked it up for you! I now have you a picture!
Now I will post the rest later! Bye!
Just think of the bubbly, fizzy drink that everyone just craves! But look at the ingredients...100 calories, 1% sodium, 8% Carbs, 25gms Sugers(wouldn't say the percent ;).) and that was all in the All "Natural" Sprite. In Alaska, they are in a soda frenzie! Some of the mothers put soda like Coke and stuff in the babies' bottle and they end up with Bottle Rot(rotting of the teeth that turn into black stubs!!!!!) In the 1900s you could go to Alaska and find that every Eskimo has no cavities and perfect teeth. Now Eskimos are losing their teeth. You can find a teenager with almost all of their grownup teeth are gone!!!!
An average American boy drinks twice the soda than milk! Girls are the same! That ends up with a greater chance of broken bones. Now, I know you can have soda every once in a while but please don't drink a six-pack each day. Now I drink just about 3 or 4 sodas each week while some of my friends drink about 4 or 5 each DAY! That dosen't mean you should take soda away from your kid's diet. Just introduce it to them in their older years so they can grown healty and fit.
Increase your child's milk diet. Have them put cereal in their left-over milk from their last bowl if it's enough(PS that also saves you $$$$$) Pack your own lunches because you trust yourself and your food options. Put some yogurt in your child's lunch or organic dressing on their salad!!! EASY ENOUGH? I think so!
CANDY
Red, pink, and purple candy HAS to have dye. What comes from red,pink, and purple candy dye is...REVOLTING. It's from mashed up BUGS!!! The Dactyloplus coccus costa bug!! Look it up for a picture! Better yet, i looked it up for you! I now have you a picture!
Now I will post the rest later! Bye!Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Fast Food Frenzie---Part 1-----
Hey everyone I am BACK! Sorry, school has been busy but I finally found the time to type!
I am currently reading a book called Chew on This by Eric Schosser and Charles Wilson. It's all about how HORRIBLE fast food is! Did you know that Taco Bell now freeze-dries it's meat, dehydrated beans(that looks like brownish cornflakes)! "'Everything's 'add water,' a Taco Bell employee says, 'Just add hot water.'" It's unhealthy as it is but...reading this book might make you become vergetarian..or if you are...you will just shudder!
Hamburger...the simple word makes your mouth water. Yummy Big Macs smothered in Special Mac Sauce. But do you know whats in there? I read that..(and I am just going to be incisive) POOP IS IN YOUR BURGERS!!!!! Not just Big Macs. EVERY ONE! Maybe there are some fast food resteraunts have healthier burgers but in Chew on This...they say there is animal waste in you burgers. I am NOT EVER having another Big Mac or any other burger for a long time!
Everyone freezes their meat now...goes from the freezer and on the grill...(full of...you know) and FRIES. Yummy fries made from potateos, freshly made. Wait, cross that out. The Potatoe indrustrie made them frozen...never crispie as they used to be in the 1900s. Did you know that in the 1900s an average American consumed 81 pounds of fresh potatoes and 4 pounds of frozen french fries? Now-a-days an average American eats 49 pounds of fresh potatoes and 30 pounds of frozen french fries. 90 percent of that is from Fast Food places and..well, you do the math!
I know I am going all over the place but the average burger was 'invented' by a 15 year-old who dropped out of school in the 8th grade!!! Wow, I know!
Want to know the secret that makes your drink pink? Hint: it has legs...you guess while I keep reading and I will be back with the answer!
Stay Green
Stay Loving
Stay Alive
STAY HUMAN
I love you all!
Serene
I am currently reading a book called Chew on This by Eric Schosser and Charles Wilson. It's all about how HORRIBLE fast food is! Did you know that Taco Bell now freeze-dries it's meat, dehydrated beans(that looks like brownish cornflakes)! "'Everything's 'add water,' a Taco Bell employee says, 'Just add hot water.'" It's unhealthy as it is but...reading this book might make you become vergetarian..or if you are...you will just shudder!
Hamburger...the simple word makes your mouth water. Yummy Big Macs smothered in Special Mac Sauce. But do you know whats in there? I read that..(and I am just going to be incisive) POOP IS IN YOUR BURGERS!!!!! Not just Big Macs. EVERY ONE! Maybe there are some fast food resteraunts have healthier burgers but in Chew on This...they say there is animal waste in you burgers. I am NOT EVER having another Big Mac or any other burger for a long time!
Everyone freezes their meat now...goes from the freezer and on the grill...(full of...you know) and FRIES. Yummy fries made from potateos, freshly made. Wait, cross that out. The Potatoe indrustrie made them frozen...never crispie as they used to be in the 1900s. Did you know that in the 1900s an average American consumed 81 pounds of fresh potatoes and 4 pounds of frozen french fries? Now-a-days an average American eats 49 pounds of fresh potatoes and 30 pounds of frozen french fries. 90 percent of that is from Fast Food places and..well, you do the math!
I know I am going all over the place but the average burger was 'invented' by a 15 year-old who dropped out of school in the 8th grade!!! Wow, I know!
Want to know the secret that makes your drink pink? Hint: it has legs...you guess while I keep reading and I will be back with the answer!
Stay Green
Stay Loving
Stay Alive
STAY HUMAN
I love you all!
Serene
Friday, August 13, 2010
Ways to get YOUR kids into R.R.R
Reuse
Reduce
Recycle seem like the most important words these day! Some of use do only one and a lot of us use ALL of them! But the BIG PROBLEM is how to get your KIDS into R.R.R!
Well for one you can use recycled linens and products! I have a recycled guitar pick made out of rubber! It works GREAT! You can use biodegradable forks and spoons when you go camping because sometimes bringing washable plates and spoons can be real hard! At Ingles and Earth Fare they sell them!
I was looking up this topic and I found a website supported by PBS Kids on how to go green! It's called Earth Easy Blog! It talks about how you can get your younger kids AND your older kids into being green!
Love Life
Have Peace
R.R.R Thanks All Of You!
E.F
Reduce
Recycle seem like the most important words these day! Some of use do only one and a lot of us use ALL of them! But the BIG PROBLEM is how to get your KIDS into R.R.R!
Well for one you can use recycled linens and products! I have a recycled guitar pick made out of rubber! It works GREAT! You can use biodegradable forks and spoons when you go camping because sometimes bringing washable plates and spoons can be real hard! At Ingles and Earth Fare they sell them!
I was looking up this topic and I found a website supported by PBS Kids on how to go green! It's called Earth Easy Blog! It talks about how you can get your younger kids AND your older kids into being green!
Love Life
Have Peace
R.R.R Thanks All Of You!
E.F
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Organic Clothing
Hey my friends!
I was looking up Organic Clothing websites and I came across GAIAM! Gaiam sells Organic Clothes! Unfortunatly they only sell
Women's Clothing. Also yoga and fitness outfits and some shoes!
I was looking at Natural Health Magazine and it showed me some neat Back To School recycled clothing! Like these Purple Sneakers made from recycled tires! Also if you don't HAVE a kid you can get some for yourself! You can buy a Messenger Bag made from tire inner! Here are some more sites: http://www.shirinnyc.com/ ,
http://www.sanuk.com/ , http://www.shahpar.com/
Thanks again and I might not post for a while with school starting and all...
Love you all,
E.F
I was looking up Organic Clothing websites and I came across GAIAM! Gaiam sells Organic Clothes! Unfortunatly they only sell
Women's Clothing. Also yoga and fitness outfits and some shoes!
I was looking at Natural Health Magazine and it showed me some neat Back To School recycled clothing! Like these Purple Sneakers made from recycled tires! Also if you don't HAVE a kid you can get some for yourself! You can buy a Messenger Bag made from tire inner! Here are some more sites: http://www.shirinnyc.com/ ,
http://www.sanuk.com/ , http://www.shahpar.com/
Thanks again and I might not post for a while with school starting and all...
Love you all,
E.F
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Earth Fare
The BEST store I go to HAS to be Earth Fare(See http://earthfare.com/ ) because E.F's products carry NO high-fructose corn syrup an on their Company Page it says that they "make healthy eating convenient, affordable, fun and – of course – delicious!".
For you health lovers I would recommend this store! Also Ingles is pretty great too if you care on cheap items. I am NOT saying that Earth Fare isn't cheap! Ingles carry some of the items that E.F has but (not all) lower prices!
Thank you for listening!
Earth Friendly!
PS Read next week's article for recycled Back-To-School shopping
For you health lovers I would recommend this store! Also Ingles is pretty great too if you care on cheap items. I am NOT saying that Earth Fare isn't cheap! Ingles carry some of the items that E.F has but (not all) lower prices!
Thank you for listening!
Earth Friendly!
PS Read next week's article for recycled Back-To-School shopping
Friday, April 30, 2010
Eating Healthy
We all try to eat healthy but it doesn't always work; you spot a yummy looking whole grain bar and then you see a Hershey's. HUH! What can you do!?
http://www.postnatural.com/ says: "A huge study found that following these five lifestyle guidelines slashes heart attack risk by a whopping 92%. (And incorporating just the first two into your routine cuts your risk by more than half.) Here's what researchers at Sweden's Karolinska Institutet and Boston University School of Medicine (who reviewed the histories of 24,444 women) say are the factors that count.
1. Moderate amount of alcohol: no more than half a glass of wine daily
2. Healthy diet: one based on fruits, vegetables, whole grains, fish, and legumes
3. Daily exercise: more than 40 minutes of daily walking plus 1 hour a week of more strenuous activity
4. Healthy body weight: waist size is 85% or less of your hip size (use a measuring tape)
5. Not smoking: never smoked, or stopped at least 1 year ago"
Better huh? Good advice. Not much about eating though.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/healthy-diet/NU00200 says: "u're trying to eat a healthy diet, but you're not sure how to stack up carbohydrates, fats, protein and other nutrients every day. And with the different or even conflicting nutritional advice you may come across, it's no wonder you're uncertain.Mayo Clinic dietitians have done the work for you. Here, based on national guidelines from major health organizations, they outline daily nutritional recommendations designed to help promote health and prevent disease. Use these recommendations to help plan your healthy diet. Keep in mind, though, that if you have high blood pressure, heart disease or other conditions, your recommendations may be different. Check with your doctor about your particular situation. Click on the tabs to the left for a description of recommended nutrients and their amounts.
Carbohydrates
Description: Carbohydrates, also known as starches and sugars, are your body's main energy source. Complex carbohydrates include legumes, grains and starchy vegetables, such as potatoes, peas and corn. Simple carbohydrates are found mainly in fruits and milk, as well as in foods made with sugar, such as candy and other sweets.
Recommendation: Get 45 to 65 percent of your daily calories from carbohydrates. Based on a 2,000-calorie-a-day diet, this amounts to about 225 to 325 grams a day. Emphasize complex carbohydrates, especially from whole grains, beans and nutrient-rich fruits. Limit added sugars from candy and other sweets, and stick with low-fat milk.
Protein
Description: Protein is essential to human life. Your skin, bones, muscles and organ tissue all contain protein. Protein is found in your blood, hormones and enzymes, too. Protein sources include both plant and animal products. Legumes, poultry, seafood, meat, dairy products, nuts and seeds are your richest sources of protein.
Recommendation: Get 10 to 35 percent of your total daily calories come from protein. Based on a 2,000-calorie-a-day diet, this amounts to about 50 to 175 grams a day. Emphasize plant sources of protein, such as beans, lentils and soy, choose lean meats, and try to include seafood twice a week.
Fat
Description: Fats are not necessarily your enemy. They help your body absorb essential vitamins, maintain the structure and function of cell membranes, and help keep your immune system working. But fat is a very concentrated energy source. That means it packs a lot of calories per gram — twice as many as carbohydrates and protein, for example. And too much of certain types of fat — such as saturated fat and trans fat — can increase your blood cholesterol levels and your risk of coronary artery disease.
Recommendation: Limit total fat intake to 20 to 35 percent of your daily calories. Based on a 2,000-calorie-a-day diet, this amounts to about 44 to 78 grams of total fat a day. Emphasize fats from healthier sources, such as nuts and olive, canola and nut oils.
Saturated fat
Description: Saturated fat is most often found in animal products, such as red meat, poultry, butter and whole milk. Other foods high in saturated fat include those made with coconut, palm and other tropical oils. Saturated fat is the main dietary culprit in raising your blood cholesterol and increasing your risk of coronary artery disease.
Recommendation: Limit your daily intake of saturated fat to no more than 7 percent of your total calories. Based on a 2,000-calorie-a-day diet, this amounts to about 15 grams of saturated fat a day. Remember, saturated fat intake counts toward your total daily allowance of fat.
Trans fat
Description: Trans fat comes from adding hydrogen to vegetable oil through a process called hydrogenation. This makes the fat more solid and less likely to spoil. Trans fat is a common ingredient in such commercial baked goods as crackers, cookies and cakes, and in fried foods, such as doughnuts and french fries. Shortenings and some types of margarine also are high in trans fat.
Recommendation: Limit your daily intake of trans fat to no more than 1 percent of your total calories. Based on a 2,000-calorie-a-day diet, this amounts to about 2 grams of trans fat a day. Remember, trans fat intake counts toward your total daily allowance of fat.
Cholesterol
Description: Cholesterol is vital to the structure and function of all your cells. But it's also the main substance in fatty deposits (plaques) that can develop in your arteries. Your body makes all of the cholesterol it needs for cell function. You get added cholesterol by eating animal products, such as meat, poultry, seafood, eggs, dairy products and butter.
Recommendation: Limit your daily intake of cholesterol to no more than 300 milligrams a day. Reduce added cholesterol by emphasizing fruits and vegetables in your diet, limiting animal products, and eating no more than 6 ounces (170 grams) of meat a day.
Fiber
Description: Fiber is the part of plant foods that your body doesn't digest and absorb. There are two basic types: soluble and insoluble. Insoluble fiber adds bulk to your stool and can help prevent constipation. Vegetables, wheat bran and other whole grains are good sources of insoluble fiber. Soluble fiber may help improve your cholesterol and blood sugar levels. Oats, dried beans and some fruits, such as apples and oranges, are good sources of soluble fiber.
Recommendation: If you're a woman, get about 21 to 25 grams of fiber a day. If you're a man, get about 30 to 38 grams of fiber a day. Emphasize whole-grain products, fruits, vegetables, beans and peas, and nuts and seeds.
Sodium
Description: Sodium helps maintain the right balance of fluids in your body, helps transmit nerve impulses, and influences the contraction and relaxation of muscles. Too much sodium, though, can be harmful. And most people do get far too much sodium in their daily diet. Most sodium in your diet comes from eating processed and prepared foods, such as canned vegetables, soups, luncheon meats and frozen foods.
Recommendation: If you're a healthy adult, limit your daily sodium intake to between 1,500 and 2,300 milligrams, while aiming for the lower end. Your daily requirements may vary if you have certain health conditions, such as high blood pressure. Avoid adding salt during cooking or at the table."
Alot to read. But sometimes it's worth it to have a healthy body weight and lifestlye. Good food can be healthy! Okay. I guess I can;t bother you guys anymore.
http://www.postnatural.com/ says: "A huge study found that following these five lifestyle guidelines slashes heart attack risk by a whopping 92%. (And incorporating just the first two into your routine cuts your risk by more than half.) Here's what researchers at Sweden's Karolinska Institutet and Boston University School of Medicine (who reviewed the histories of 24,444 women) say are the factors that count.
1. Moderate amount of alcohol: no more than half a glass of wine daily
2. Healthy diet: one based on fruits, vegetables, whole grains, fish, and legumes
3. Daily exercise: more than 40 minutes of daily walking plus 1 hour a week of more strenuous activity
4. Healthy body weight: waist size is 85% or less of your hip size (use a measuring tape)
5. Not smoking: never smoked, or stopped at least 1 year ago"
Better huh? Good advice. Not much about eating though.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/healthy-diet/NU00200 says: "u're trying to eat a healthy diet, but you're not sure how to stack up carbohydrates, fats, protein and other nutrients every day. And with the different or even conflicting nutritional advice you may come across, it's no wonder you're uncertain.Mayo Clinic dietitians have done the work for you. Here, based on national guidelines from major health organizations, they outline daily nutritional recommendations designed to help promote health and prevent disease. Use these recommendations to help plan your healthy diet. Keep in mind, though, that if you have high blood pressure, heart disease or other conditions, your recommendations may be different. Check with your doctor about your particular situation. Click on the tabs to the left for a description of recommended nutrients and their amounts.
Carbohydrates
Description: Carbohydrates, also known as starches and sugars, are your body's main energy source. Complex carbohydrates include legumes, grains and starchy vegetables, such as potatoes, peas and corn. Simple carbohydrates are found mainly in fruits and milk, as well as in foods made with sugar, such as candy and other sweets.
Recommendation: Get 45 to 65 percent of your daily calories from carbohydrates. Based on a 2,000-calorie-a-day diet, this amounts to about 225 to 325 grams a day. Emphasize complex carbohydrates, especially from whole grains, beans and nutrient-rich fruits. Limit added sugars from candy and other sweets, and stick with low-fat milk.
Protein
Description: Protein is essential to human life. Your skin, bones, muscles and organ tissue all contain protein. Protein is found in your blood, hormones and enzymes, too. Protein sources include both plant and animal products. Legumes, poultry, seafood, meat, dairy products, nuts and seeds are your richest sources of protein.
Recommendation: Get 10 to 35 percent of your total daily calories come from protein. Based on a 2,000-calorie-a-day diet, this amounts to about 50 to 175 grams a day. Emphasize plant sources of protein, such as beans, lentils and soy, choose lean meats, and try to include seafood twice a week.
Fat
Description: Fats are not necessarily your enemy. They help your body absorb essential vitamins, maintain the structure and function of cell membranes, and help keep your immune system working. But fat is a very concentrated energy source. That means it packs a lot of calories per gram — twice as many as carbohydrates and protein, for example. And too much of certain types of fat — such as saturated fat and trans fat — can increase your blood cholesterol levels and your risk of coronary artery disease.
Recommendation: Limit total fat intake to 20 to 35 percent of your daily calories. Based on a 2,000-calorie-a-day diet, this amounts to about 44 to 78 grams of total fat a day. Emphasize fats from healthier sources, such as nuts and olive, canola and nut oils.
Saturated fat
Description: Saturated fat is most often found in animal products, such as red meat, poultry, butter and whole milk. Other foods high in saturated fat include those made with coconut, palm and other tropical oils. Saturated fat is the main dietary culprit in raising your blood cholesterol and increasing your risk of coronary artery disease.
Recommendation: Limit your daily intake of saturated fat to no more than 7 percent of your total calories. Based on a 2,000-calorie-a-day diet, this amounts to about 15 grams of saturated fat a day. Remember, saturated fat intake counts toward your total daily allowance of fat.
Trans fat
Description: Trans fat comes from adding hydrogen to vegetable oil through a process called hydrogenation. This makes the fat more solid and less likely to spoil. Trans fat is a common ingredient in such commercial baked goods as crackers, cookies and cakes, and in fried foods, such as doughnuts and french fries. Shortenings and some types of margarine also are high in trans fat.
Recommendation: Limit your daily intake of trans fat to no more than 1 percent of your total calories. Based on a 2,000-calorie-a-day diet, this amounts to about 2 grams of trans fat a day. Remember, trans fat intake counts toward your total daily allowance of fat.
Cholesterol
Description: Cholesterol is vital to the structure and function of all your cells. But it's also the main substance in fatty deposits (plaques) that can develop in your arteries. Your body makes all of the cholesterol it needs for cell function. You get added cholesterol by eating animal products, such as meat, poultry, seafood, eggs, dairy products and butter.
Recommendation: Limit your daily intake of cholesterol to no more than 300 milligrams a day. Reduce added cholesterol by emphasizing fruits and vegetables in your diet, limiting animal products, and eating no more than 6 ounces (170 grams) of meat a day.
Fiber
Description: Fiber is the part of plant foods that your body doesn't digest and absorb. There are two basic types: soluble and insoluble. Insoluble fiber adds bulk to your stool and can help prevent constipation. Vegetables, wheat bran and other whole grains are good sources of insoluble fiber. Soluble fiber may help improve your cholesterol and blood sugar levels. Oats, dried beans and some fruits, such as apples and oranges, are good sources of soluble fiber.
Recommendation: If you're a woman, get about 21 to 25 grams of fiber a day. If you're a man, get about 30 to 38 grams of fiber a day. Emphasize whole-grain products, fruits, vegetables, beans and peas, and nuts and seeds.
Sodium
Description: Sodium helps maintain the right balance of fluids in your body, helps transmit nerve impulses, and influences the contraction and relaxation of muscles. Too much sodium, though, can be harmful. And most people do get far too much sodium in their daily diet. Most sodium in your diet comes from eating processed and prepared foods, such as canned vegetables, soups, luncheon meats and frozen foods.
Recommendation: If you're a healthy adult, limit your daily sodium intake to between 1,500 and 2,300 milligrams, while aiming for the lower end. Your daily requirements may vary if you have certain health conditions, such as high blood pressure. Avoid adding salt during cooking or at the table."
Alot to read. But sometimes it's worth it to have a healthy body weight and lifestlye. Good food can be healthy! Okay. I guess I can;t bother you guys anymore.
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