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Healthy Chickpea Products or Chickpea-washing?

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Healthy Chickpea Products or Chickpea-washing?

Whole roasted chickpeas have become coveted crunchies in the snack food aisle. Intact chickpeas offer the most nutrient density when compared with minimally processed or ultraprocessed foods made from chickpeas. For clarification, ultraprocessed foods are highly manipulated and contain many added ingredients not found in a typical kitchen. Recent research suggests that ultraprocessed foods, including packaged snack foods, have a role in excess calorie consumption, leading to obesity. And while many consumers prefer to eat processed plant-based products for environmental concerns, they should also consider the energy and resources that were required to prepare, manufacture, package, ship, and store ultraprocessed foods compared with whole foods regionally procured.

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Think Again if Taking Elderberry Supplements...

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Think Again if Taking Elderberry Supplements...

There’s been rampant marketing campaigns by elderberry supplement manufacturers that it can protect against both the flu and the novel coronavirus. Yet, based on current research and direction from the National Institutes of Health, there just isn’t enough information to demonstrate that elderberry is helpful for preventing or treating cold and flu. What’s worse, taking elderberry has the potential to be harmful if you have COVID-19. The synergistic effect of the total nutrients in whole foods are the most bioavailable to the body. Read on!

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Is Your Olive Oil "Slimy?"

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Is Your Olive Oil "Slimy?"

What’s really in your olive oil bottle?…
Olives are stone fruits, like cherries and plums. Real, extra virgin olive oil is the fresh-squeezed juice from pressed olives—seasonal, perishable, and never better than the first few weeks it was made. It’s best to choose bottled oil in dark glass or other containers that protect against light degradation, and buy a quantity you’ll use up in a relatively short period of time. Read about brands that have made false claims along with recommendations for pure, good extra virgin olive oils…

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Organic Veggies & Fruits To Choose More Often

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Organic Veggies & Fruits To Choose More Often

After the Environmental Working Group (EWG), a non-profit dedicated to both healthier lives and the environment, released their Dirty Dozen last week (a list of the veggies and fruits that contain the most pesticide residues) some people question again the cost versus the safety and healthfulness of their food purchases. Of course we can’t live in fear of every morsel we put into our mouths, but it is  important to take notice of key foods we consume on a regular basis that can pose a high health risk.