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Comment on Have Your Cake and Eat It Too! by Detoxing from Sugar?

Detoxing from Sugar? — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:14:17 +0000

[...] which reference you use) so the calories for the added sugar, per day are 285 to 304. In 2010 The American Heart Association published their numbers that suggest that women should not be eating more than 100 calories of sugar [...]

Comment on What We Eat Impacts Our Genes by Exercise Can Trump Genes

Exercise Can Trump Genes — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:54:45 +0000

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Comment on Honey, I Shrunk My Stomach! by “My Stomach Shrunk.” | Roland's Ramblings

“My Stomach Shrunk.” | Roland's Ramblings — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:12:06 +0000

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Comment on Don’t Sell Our Kids Short – Avoid Number Two by Joyce Bunderson

Joyce Bunderson — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:55:50 +0000

Dear Darrell,
I usually try to introduce a subject a little better. I’m really sorry that I did not tell the readers that gluten is found in wheat related grain species; like barley, rye and all types of wheat. Hopefully, what you did learn is that unless you have a true gluten intolerance, grains that contain gluten, especially whole grains are closely linked to good health. There are many benefits of eating whole grains that contain gluten, one is that it is a good nutritional source of protein. Much of humanity relies of gluten for their protein source.
Best to you – Good Health Can Be Yummy
Joyce

Comment on Don’t Sell Our Kids Short – Avoid Number Two by darrell clark

darrell clark — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:24:07 +0000

read all of the acctiles on gluten,BUT no were dose it say how
gulten comes from

Comment on Protein: How Much? Which Sources? by Only Calories Count in Fat Storage

Only Calories Count in Fat Storage — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:07:05 +0000

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Comment on Comedian Fodder by A Lesson from Teenagers

A Lesson from Teenagers — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:06:08 +0000

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Comment on Don’t Sell Our Kids Short – Avoid Number Two by A Lesson from Teenagers

A Lesson from Teenagers — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:05:52 +0000

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Comment on Yet Another Reason to Control Your Weight by It Isn’t Impossible

It Isn’t Impossible — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:07:39 +0000

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Comment on Who Knew What a Mess Nutritionism Would Become? by Joyce Bunderson

Joyce Bunderson — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:34:51 +0000

Dear Carter,
Yes, I am saying that if you don’t have the time to make whole grain cookies with nuts and raisins, for example, give them regular Oreos or Chips Ahoy, as you suggest. You’re right, the Oreos or Chips Ahoy have no significant health benefits, but neither do the WhoNu? cookies. The point is that WhoNu? cookies don’t have sufficient benefits to help a concerned parent think that there is enough benefit to bother. Really, the main point is that supplying impoverished foods with a sprinkling of a few cheap vitamins is not worth the effort. There are hundreds/thousands of nutrients in whole foods – unprocessed foods. Using your example, serve oatmeal and blueberries for breakfast. The child is getting a nice supply of nutrients. If you want to serve a few cookies – give them the Oreos or Chips Ahoy and forget the thought that added nutrients in WhoNu? somehow make cookies good for a child. It really is not worth the effort/cost.

You may be interested in an article I published in this blog on November 1, 2011, called: “Cosmetically “Fixing” Impoverished Foods by Adding Supplements”. Certainly, there is growing evidence that adding supplements is not only not helpful, but in some cases is even harmful.

I appreciate how illogical it may sound that adding vitamins to cookies or water does not necessarily make them healthy. Certainly, we have been subjected to decades leading us to believe that added nutrients can make just about anything healthy; thus, the term nutritionism.

I hope this helps to clarify. Thank you so much for your note.

Good Health Can Be Yummy! Best to you in the New Year,

Joyce