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Labels on supermarket shelves can hide more chemistry than dinner. Genetically modified staples, dough conditioners such as L-cysteine, pink slime style meat processing, and other additives the FDA still allows push many families toward fresher, organic choices and harder label reading.

This health and wellness oriented blog names common GMO-prone foods people assume are healthy, walks through yuck-factor ingredients in packaged breads and processed goods, and turns seasonal energy into backyard composting. Kitchen scraps and yard debris become free soil food for planter boxes, started as a kids science project and kept as family habit. Saving on daily deal sites gets a practical 101 for household budgets without turning the whole site into coupon theater.

If you cook for a household, garden, or simply want fewer surprises on the plate, you are the reader in mind. Empower Network appears as a category frame while the meat of the writing stays on food quality, soil, and smarter shopping. Gross-out facts sit next to doable steps so awareness leads somewhere useful rather than only disgust.

GMO Foods to Avoid

Jan 2, 2013 · tonyahamblin

GMO Foods To Avoid Genetically-modified foods also known as GMOs are now being linked many health problems and immune disorders. It should come as no surprise that more and more people are…

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Pumpkin Creme Brulee Recipe

Dec 21, 2012 · tonyahamblin

Pumpkin Creme Brulee Pumpkin creme brulee is a decadent and delicious way to finish off any special meal and it’s quicker and easier than you might think! This recipe will make 4…

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Food Journals

Nov 11, 2012 · tonyahamblin

Food Journals A Quick and Easy Solution for Weight Loss and Better Nutrition One tried and true method for producing weight loss is keeping a food journal. Multiple studies have shown that…

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Gross Stuff In Food Part 2

May 9, 2012 · tonyahamblin

You asked for it so here it is… More additives that the FDA considers safe for you to consume. Unfortunately, gross food has become the norm in most supermarkets, with packaged food…

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Gross Stuff in Food

May 8, 2012 · tonyahamblin

7 Less Than Appetizing Ingredients That Might Be On Your Plate News about gross-out ingredients like pink slime and ammonia (more about both later) got me thinking: What other surprises lurk in…

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Backyard Composting 101

Apr 24, 2012 · tonyahamblin

Spring is here and the weather was absolutely beautiful. Over the weekend our family spent some time getting the garden planted. For us that means amending the soil in our planter boxes…

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Saving $$$ on Daily Deal Sites 101

Apr 12, 2012 · tonyahamblin

Groupon, Living Social, Google offers, Deal Chicken and More… The internet is loaded with new daily deal sites and more and more pop up every day. So can I really get a…

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