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Natural and Organic

Organic food refers to food items that are produced, manufactured and handled using organic means defined by certifying bodies such as the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) under its Organic Food Products Act. Natural food, on the other hand, generally refers to food items that are not altered chemically or synthesized in any form. These are derived from plants and animals. Thus a natural food item is not necessarily organic and vice versa.

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  • Lisa Tsakos: Why I Love Junk Food

    Lisa Tsakos: Why I Love Junk Food
    Lisa Tsakos

    I was chubby until my early twenties. It wasnt from a lack of effort I exercised daily, ate next to nothing, and ruminated about the next weight loss strategy, but my biggest and daily downfall was my cravings. Sugar was my nemesis, and had my doctor or all the experts I consulted to help me manage my weight bothered to investigate my cravings, I might have been diagnosed with hypoglycemia. Th...

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    CategoriesNatural and Organic | Food and Nutrition | Food Labels

  • Randy Boyer: Why I Love Junk Food

    Randy Boyer: Why I Love Junk Food
    Randy Boyer

    I couldnt imagine life without junk food. Growing up, every hard-earned penny from my allowance went to buying bags of chips or chocolate bars after school. No matter what I ate, I stayed thin, so I never thought about my junk food habit in terms of it being healthy or not healthy, fattening or not fattening, I just enjoyed it without any strings attached. At home, my mom always seemed ...

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    CategoriesNatural and Organic | Food and Nutrition | Food Labels

  • Andrea Donsky: Why I Love Junk Food

    Andrea Donsky: Why I Love Junk Food
    Andrea Donsky

    Growing up, junk food was a frequent cause of conflict in our house. Although I grew up snacking on Lick-A-Maid, PopRocks, and Hubba Bubba bubble gum, my mother outlawed junk food when I was a teenager. It was her way of maintaining a healthy household. Her theory was out of sight, out of mind. My siblings and I felt as though we were the only ones in the world who werent allowed to hav...

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    CategoriesNatural and Organic | Food and Nutrition | Food Labels

  • Worst Ingredients In Food

    Worst Ingredients In Food
    Naturally Savvy

    Do you know whats in your foods? Label reading is key for healthy eating, and we believe in it so much we made it a key part of our book, Unjunk Your Junk Food (Gallery Books). If youre just starting to read labels, we want to make it easy for you to recognize the worst of the worst offenders. Here is our list of the top 7 worst ingredients in your food - our Seven Savvy Alerts. High-Fructo...

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    CategoriesNatural and Organic | Food and Nutrition | Food Labels

  • Dry Skin Brushing

    Dry Skin Brushing
    Wei Su

    Are you plagued with dry flaky skin during the winter? I hate to admit it, but Im definitely one of those unfortunate souls. All the extra virgin coconut oil, shea butter, and natural creams get slathered on, but wear off quickly. Yes, I also eat lots of vegetables, healthy fats, and take my omega 3s religiously, but to no avail, come the winter months my skin (especially my shins!) look a litt...

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    CategoriesNatural and Organic | Beauty and Personal Care

  • Where Did Chocolate Originate?

    Where Did Chocolate Originate?
    Naturally Savvy

    Chocolate was first enjoyed by the Aztecs, who used the cocoa beans in a hot, frothy beverage with stimulative and restorative properties.1,2In those days, chocolate was reserved for warriors, priests, and the nobility. Taken fermented as a drink, it was used in Aztec religious ceremonies, as a sort of holy hot chocolate. In fact, Aztec taxation was levied in cocoa beans. For 100 cocoa beans, y...

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    CategoriesNatural and Organic | Food and Nutrition | Nutrition | Healthy Holidays and Special Occasions

  • Where Is Chocolate Produced?

    Where Is Chocolate Produced?
    Naturally Savvy

    Where is chocolate produced? The six largest cocoa-producing countries are the Ivory Coast, Ghana, Indonesia, Nigeria, Brazil, and Cameroon. In many of these countries cocoa is a major export and has a profound effect on the local economy and culture. For example, in Ghana, cocoa accounts for 40% of the countrys total export revenues, with more than two million farmers employed in cocoa product...

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    CategoriesNatural and Organic | Food and Nutrition | Healthy Holidays and Special Occasions

  • Why Does Chocolate Make You Feel Better?

    Why Does Chocolate Make You Feel Better?
    Naturally Savvy

    Why does chocolate make you feel better?Many of us associate love, warmth and friendship with food, and especially with chocolate candy, and ice cream. We may reward ourselves with food because in our subconscious mind it makes us feel better. For this, we can thank our parents (and grandparents, and teachers...) for bribing us with junk when we were children. When we give in to emotional urges...

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    CategoriesNatural and Organic | Nutrition | Healthy Holidays and Special Occasions

  • Valentine's Day Candy

    Valentine's Day Candy
    Naturally Savvy

    Red is the Color of Valentines Day and much of the candy that goes with it. The dyes whether artificial or natural that produce red pigments such as those used in candy, and especially Valentines Day candy, are linked with allergies and worse. Watch out for these ingredients in particular: FDC Red No. 40 Allura Red AC1, E129 (red shade). Made mostly from petroleum, this dye can ...

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    CategoriesFood and Nutrition | Nutrition | Healthy Holidays and Special Occasions

  • Chocolate For Your Heart

    Chocolate For Your Heart
    Naturally Savvy

    Chocolate doesnt just come in heart shaped boxes, but it might also be good for your real heart, too. The beneficial effects of chocolate are likely due to its antioxidants, called polyphenols, which may help to protect against heart disease.1,2 The ORAC score (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) measures the antioxidant capacity of various foods. The higher the number, the more antioxidant...

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    CategoriesFood and Nutrition | Nutrition | Healthy Eating
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