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NY widens its tax base to include children!
Commercials invading the NY airwaves this week claim to seek support for taxing sugary sodas as a means to make a dent in obesity and weight based illnesses; a sound approach until you look more closely at the vagueness of … Continue reading ››
Posted in food, health, Parent
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Tagged nutrition, politics, taxes
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Lard is trustworthy
Yesterday, while in my local supermarket, I passed the bricks of Armour Lard relegated to the marked-down mini fridge where just last weekend sat the Christmas cookie dough. Studying the label, I came to learn that true lard is only … Continue reading ››
A link between Autism, Allergies and Birth Control?
I have been fairly critical of recent studies regarding rising Autism rates and today another explanation rankled me. In haste to find a more credible reason now that vaccines were debunked, the medical community is looking toward toxins and chemicals … Continue reading ››
Posted in Family, food safety, health, Parent
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Tagged allergies, autism
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A conspiracy among Manufacturers
I read label content regularly and wanted to share a most interesting statistic; it seems the majority of cereals have between 100-150 calories per serving. What coincidence. Yet, read further and you’ll note that a serving for some cereals is … Continue reading ››
What’s in a label?
I am a skeptic by nature so this week’s reports in the WSJ and other media that the rising Autism rates could be hype, was not unexpected. Parents who have learning disabled children are eager, some even desperate, for a … Continue reading ››
George Orwell was way ahead of his time
It has been a while since my last post, as any food industry news seems insignificant when compared to the events unfolding in Haiti. Still, I could not help but shudder as I read that New Hampshire narrowly passed a … Continue reading ››
Posted in Family, food, Parent
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Tagged privacy, technology
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Safety in [cell] numbers
I am no different than many women struggling to balance my commitments to work and family. Yet, I have another “family”, and I do not mean the “Tony Soprano” kind, but my community of users who need updated information as … Continue reading ››
Posted in food safety, health
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Tagged recalls, technology
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Fat ‘n’ Lazy
Another season of holiday gifts has come and gone. The top sellers, no surprise, were video games, with most revenue reaped by celluloid violentainment designed for maximum kill, minimum energy expenditure. The simple question, ‘wanna play?’ used to conjure up … Continue reading ››
ScanAvert Usage
An overseas colleague and I were ruminating on how to educate the public on barcode scanning. He is interested in licensing ScanAvert and claimed that his native population was far more knowledgeable and experienced in adapting to factors that can … Continue reading ››
Posted in education, food, health, Parent, Welcome
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Tagged technology
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Actually the Ivy leaguers are NOT smarter than a fifth grader!
I found myself chuckling last week while reading the Harvard School of Public Health’s conclusion of its study that stroke rates in “the stroke belt’ were “a mystery”, according to M. Maria Glymour the lead author. What so perplexed the … Continue reading ››
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