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The Pantry Principle, excellent reference for the Real Food newbie

Real Food Houston Posted on June 17, 2013 by Carolyn BiggerstaffJuly 22, 2018
The Pantry Principle by Mira Dessy NE

If you already cook from Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon and have read Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Dr. Weston A. Price and if you follow the websites of The Healthy Home Economist, Dr. Mercola, and GreenMedInfo, you may not … Continue reading →

Posted in Fake Food, Food on a budget, GMOs, Health, Healthy Fats, Raw Milk, Real Food | Tagged GMOs, healthy fats, healthy foods, nutrition, organic, pasteurization, real food, real food on a budget | Leave a reply

Crisco – how marketing trumped nutrition!

Real Food Houston Posted on May 20, 2013 by Carolyn BiggerstaffDecember 13, 2021
story of crisco

I recently came across the interesting story of how and why Crisco was developed and marketed.  The history of Crisco is essentially the history of our modern lab-created, highly processed food.  Through highly successful marketing, lab food has gradually and … Continue reading →

Posted in Cancer, Fake Food, Fats, Health, Heart Disease, Nutrition | Tagged Crisco, fake food, nutrition, Proctor & Gamble, unhealthy fats, vegetable oil | 7 Replies

Do we take better care of CAFO pigs than we do people?

Real Food Houston Posted on October 1, 2012 by Carolyn BiggerstaffOctober 1, 2012

No, we certainly don’t take better care of CAFO animals, including pigs, than we do people; however, sometimes it almost seems that way.  Scientists at the University of Illinois have discovered that fermented soybean meal (FSBM) allows pigs to better … Continue reading →

Posted in Fake Food, Ferments, Food Safety, Health, Nutrition, Real Food, Soy, Traditional Food | Tagged food safety, health, healthy foods, nutrition, soy | Leave a reply

New fake meat – Veggie ‘Chicken’ Strips

Real Food Houston Posted on June 20, 2012 by Carolyn BiggerstaffJune 26, 2012

A new fake meat has been marketed by Beyond Meat ™–Veggie Chicken Strips [the brand name doesn’t use quotation marks around chicken, but it seems to me that it should.].  I’ve updated my post about fake meats with this new product. See “Demand … Continue reading →

Posted in Fake Food | Tagged Beyond Meat (tm), fake chicken, fake food, fake meat, soy | 1 Reply

Demand for FAKE meats is growing; why not eat REAL meat?

Real Food Houston Posted on March 21, 2012 by Carolyn BiggerstaffSeptember 27, 2014
Textured vegetable protein chunks

The Salt blog on NPR.com says in its article Meat Substitute Market Beefs Up: “110 new meat substitute products were introduced in 2010 and 2011 . . . giving people who are looking for tasty alternatives to meat a lot more … Continue reading →

Posted in Fake Food, GMOs, Health, Organic Food, Real Food, Sustainable Farming, Traditional Food | Tagged fake food, fake meat, fermented food, genetically engineered, GMOs, organic, seitan, soy, sustainable farming, tempeh, tofu, TVP | 13 Replies

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