What Do All The Different Milk Options Mean?
Aug09

What Do All The Different Milk Options Mean?

What Do All The Different Milk Options Mean? All these different milk options, what to buy? The only significant difference between whole, 2%, lowfat and nonfat milk is the fat content; nutritionally they all provide calcium and other important nutrients. Cutting out the fat does not change milk’s nutritional value. Whole Milk 3.5% milkfat, which is why it tastes so delicious and has a rich, creamy texture. After babies stop...

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What is FDA Approved Food?
Aug09

What is FDA Approved Food?

What is FDA Approved Food? Wondering why some things are FDA approved and some are not? It is hard to say that one is better than the other the FDA does not “approve” everything you see in the supermarket. The FDA is responsible for approving food additives for people and dogs, additives, and certain drugs. So when you see FDA approved it may be referring to the additives and not the food itself. So you would not see FDA...

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What Do The Different Egg Options Mean?
Aug09

What Do The Different Egg Options Mean?

What is the Difference in Eggs? Eggs, eggs, and more eggs! Have you been in the supermarket lately and wondered what Is The Difference In Eggs? Does the color matter? Does it change the taste? In the end, does it matter? USDA First off, eggs are marketed according to grade and size standards established by the U.S. Department of Agriculture or by state departments of agriculture. The USDA shield on the carton means that they have been...

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Facts you don’t know about Fruits And Vegetables
Aug09

Facts you don’t know about Fruits And Vegetables

Facts you don’t know about Fruits And Vegetables? Do you know the difference between a fruit and of a vegetable? You may not know some of the “secret” fruits out there! With all the talk of not combining fruits and vegetables in a meal, do you know what the difference is?  That is a great question for this time of the year in the Mid-West. Hence the summer, we are at our peak for seeing these on shelves and at...

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How Many Calories Day Do I Need?
Aug09

How Many Calories Day Do I Need?

How Many Calories a Day do I need? With all the talk of calorie intake out there, how do you know how many calories you should eat in a day? There are so many components to it. Age, height, weight, sex, and activity level to name a few. How many calories a day do I need? How many calories does a woman need? We will start with an average woman at 5’5” weighing 140 pounds. If she were 18-35 years old recommended activity...

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What Are The Different Grades Of Beef?
Aug09

What Are The Different Grades Of Beef?

What Are The Different Grades Of Beef There are a lot of options out there. Organic, Grass-fed, natural, conventional, and irradiated. There are some differences in both how they are raised. Also how they are processed. I will give you the lowdown on them all and let you decide what is best for you and your family. So What Are The Different Grades Of Beef? What are the beef options? Organic  The feed must be 100% organic certified by...

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The Difference Between Vegan and Vegetarian?
Aug09

The Difference Between Vegan and Vegetarian?

The Difference Between Vegan and Vegetarian? There is a lot of buzz out there about different meat-free diets. What do all of them mean and what’s the real difference between these diets? So what is a Vegan diet? And what do they eat? How about a Vegetarian diet? Do they eat differently? Difference between vegan and vegetarian and pescatarian Vegetarianism Vegetarianism is the practice of abstaining from the consumption of meat....

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