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As we are continuing our mini march throughout the GMO FREE theme, here are some reminder points for all of us what it is to be and live a GMO free and fresher lifestyle.
• The Beginner’s Guide to Clean Eating
• Flame Retardant – Is it Good?
• 7 Worst Ingredients in Foods
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Good morning…on my first cup! Lol
I love reading thoughts and opinions of others. I love the all natural theme for these chats. We try to live a healthy organic when possible lifestyle so this information is all relevant to me and my family.
Got my oldest out the door and on the bus, now my morning snuggles with baby! Brewing my 2nd cup! Hope some more of you ladies join me soon, I feel like a nerd talking to myself! 😉
Suzanne,
What coffee do you like? And how you brew it: with Keurig or Whole Bean?
I have a Keurig Vue and I LOVE it! Today I brewed hazelnut 🙂 how about you? Are you a kcup person too?
I would love to have a Keurig that’s what I want maybe one day I shall be able to get one so I can ejoy all the different flavors
I use my keurig for my hot tea daily 🙂 love ditching the hot water dispenser. big, bulky and expensive.
With all those flavors, I stay away from Keurig. One major reason –> such a huge waste upon our waste lands! All those disposable cups are not compostable and use so much energy to be manufactured.
Convenience at a HUGE cost.
I need a new keurig! But I used to use whole bean 🙂
Good morning!! What an awesome party last night..
Angela,
It was awesome, Agreed!
Very dynamic and with lots of new members!
I loved it! With 2 boys and my youngest being premature with very sensitive skin it was very relevant to me. I love all your parties but I’m so happy we focused on these natural baby products, by far my favorite yet ! Not to mention Kate Solomon is such a fascinating woman with a vision! An inspiration to us all!
I had a lot of fun too, plus it was products I’ve been very interested in. I’m impressed with the entire line!
yes Angela it was a great party last night
I missed the party but I am happy to have a sencond chance to win the prize pack!!! <3. I have been dying to try this stuff for my baby!
Good Morning, I would like to learn more about other people, I am not a coffee drinker but will grab my Blue Berry and Acai tea and sit a bit with ya all.. great party last night too
My goal is to switch to tea at some point as it’s much healthier 🙂 enjoy!
Good morning to all. 🙂
Top o the morning to you too!
Good Morning #AMCoffee in hand
Good morning!!
good morning all you wonderful ppl good to see you all here well have a great day
Good Morning! 3rd cup my cat got me up at 5 ughhh first time in a long time!
Good morning ladies, as always I am looking forward to all of your helpful tips and insights on daily life issues <3
good morning
Good morning! Just waiting on my fiance to make a pot of coffee and I’ll be awake enough to partake!
Morning
Good morning!
not much of coffee, got me a big glass of orange juice with a little apple cider vinegar and honey.. trying to kick this cold I have had for 2 weeks
Morning
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Beginner’s Guide to Cleaner Eating
Many of our fans share a desire to include more fresh produce into their diet, change their diet and eating habit, and simply add variety to their daily food process.
Here are a few steps and options to do all and any of this! Good reminder for all of us.
• Choose Whole Foods
“Whole Foods” means Less Processed!
If you’re after reducing inflammation in your whole body, improve your energy levels, lose and maintain weight, and just feel better – you gotta add more Whole Foods into your diet!
• Keep it Local
Did you know that processed foods travel on average 1,300 miles to reach a consumer? And produce can be in transit even more – 1,500 miles on average? After all that travel, the vitamins and ingredients that make these foods Healthy can easily be diminished to the minimum!
Buying from your Local Farmer’s market is the way to go – not only FRESH, Full of vitamins and potent in their qualities and Taste, too! Each Meal can become a FEAST!
• Choose Healthy FATS
– Nuts, seeds and avocados are micro-nutrient dense and provide yummy taste, too!
– Minimize or eliminate extracted oils, like canola, and processed fats, like margarine.
– Learn how to cook in a healthy environment like steaming and grilling
• Choose Nutrient-Dense Diet
– A variety of nutrients – such as vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients – are essential for good health.
– Eat a rainbow of fruits and vegetables
– Include whole grains, beans and other unrefined whole plant foods to get the most out of your diet.
• Read Labels
Always! It may be a healthy looking meal on the package, but instead you’ll get a “all-natural” wrapped into the chemicals you don’t want to be close to!
It is understandable that we are busy and do need some convenience and time saving, and yes, we do travel and spend time at work and school. So, we won’t haul our fridge or brown bag with us. Due to that – read labels!
• Be Kitchen Wise
When you have your fridge stocked up at all times, you have a great opportunity to whip up a healthier choice in dishes to become your breakfast, lunch or dinner. When you open that cold door into the refrigerator world you’ll be presented with Options that are much healthier than those that may occur during the hunger pains!
Anything your Could Add to the List Above to Keep our Bodies Humming and Working Well?
Taking vitamins and supplements, especially vitamin C. I swear by it, gets me through winter while still feeling my best
I try my best to plan ahead so I can make something healthier than just making whatever I can make quick
I am drinking Green tea these days and adding Lemon to it. I just found out the benefits of adding Lemon to your body and have to say I am amazed . Plus it helps your immune system too.. So now I am putting a lemon in everything ..:)
Ohhh great idea! I keep a pitcher of water with lemon and cucumbers in the fridge to drink. I learned that trick at a spa 🙂
Pretty good list here, I would add try to not add salt to foods, alot already come with salt added #AMCoffee
as a sister to a brother who is a truck driver and delivers fruits and veggies I know when they get loaded on that truck they are not even rip and yes local or just grow your own it takes some time but the benefits of growing your own you know what is in your food we have always had big gardens even raised our own chickens and meat you can tell a big diffrents in store pork chops and your more taste and flavor and no chemicls even the eggs from the chickens
true about not adding salt. I use unsalted butter so I can control the amount of salt added to foods. most foods are seasoned so I don’t even need salt!
i gave up everything that is associated with aspartame! its horrible how bad it is for you i just hope i was not to late!
plenty of rest and take vitamins daily
We like to drink water, teas, and juices over sodas. Are bodies need plenty of fluids during the day and soda and so juices contain a lot of sugar. You should never eat, I believe it is four hours, before you go to bed.
I’ve cut out artificial sweeteners and cut down on sodium. I like to plan my meals and make them ahead of time. I found that if I make crockpot meals and freeze them, I can just pop them in the crockpot in the morning and have a healthy dinner. As soon as we purchase our produce, we wash it, prep it, put it in clear containers and at eye level in the fridge. When we go for a snack, we’re more likely to grab what’s readily available, so we make healthy foods those readily available foods.
I just love eating as many fruits as possible through out the day and like to make a lot of veggies to go with dinner. Buying them fresh from the market isn’t always easy because I just moved to a new town and still don’t know my way around. But I try to steer clear of junk foods and take lots of daily vitamins like C, b6, b12, ect.
Taking vitamins n leaving salty foods other than that list is awesome
Plan ahead, it helps you from getting off track.
I love going to the farmers market and trying new thing…can’t wait till the local one opens back up, I need some more honey
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Flame Retardant Furniture, Clothes – What Legacy It May Leave
At one time it was considered a MUST to put Flame Retardant chemicals into furniture and then into children’s clothes, like pajamas. Remember that?
What happened next is disaster waiting for all of us. The chemicals in those products were linked to Neurological and Reproductive disorders and even cancers.
All manufacturers have to comply with the law not to put such Flame Retardant chemicals into products any more.
Do know about it and always be vigilant when you buy things! An Educated Consumer is a Powerful Thing Indeed!
Yes, I think some of my older sons pjs were like that. Now for my lil guy they are just snug fitting. Much better!
I remember when they were like that. I am glad they changed it
Its sad you think you are doign the right things with your kids and you just dont know who to trust these days..
My how things change as we grow & learn #AMCoffee
the problem is that we try to do a good thing and it turns out to be a bad thing! I think we just need to go back t the days of eating off the land and starting from our own seeds and animals! Its all dangerous anymore. its sad
well I think thing need to be tested longer for one and yes that was a big disaster try to make thing better sometimes are not
i had no idea bout this but im glad it was changed
technology is great but it is being over used without truly studying its effects. I never cared to purchase the flame retardant clothing….purely on instinct. now glad I followed my instinct instead of marketing.
I’m glad they rid of it before my children were born. We have very snug fitting pjs for them now.
Wow actually I have never heard of this!!!! I will have to do some research. I wonder if this could be something from the clothes I wore as a child, which makes me wonder if it has anything to do with all of my neurological disorders….. Hum….. This ones a thinker.
Yes!! I love our farmers market too! Plus it saves money! Can’t beat that!
I learned about the Flame resistant starch causing cancer etc when I was in the Army. I had always assumed that the starch flame resistant starch and starch were the same thing. I don’t know how different or even if they are different . In the Army everyone used starch on there uniforms which it made the clothes very stiff and hard. The smell was sometimes over whelming too.
I had no idea about this so glad it has changed
I’m remember it, chemicals are never good.
I did not know it was linked disorders…now I do..
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7 Worst Ingredients In Foods per Dr. Mercola
As you may know, our FOODS boast with over 3,000 of added ingredients like coloring, preservatives, flavoring and more! This is just one of the many reasons to eat WHOLE FOODS!
So, what are the 7 Leading Worst Ingredients?
• Artificial Sweeteners
They were found to lead to a steady weight gain than regular sugar!
• Synthetic Trans Fats
They were linked to :
– Cancer: They interfere with enzymes your body uses to fight cancer.
– Diabetes: They interfere with the insulin receptors in your cell membranes.
– Decreased immune function: They reduce your immune response.
– Problems with reproduction: They interfere with enzymes needed to produce sex hormones.
– Heart disease
• Artificial Flavors
Nobody can know what it is, they just mention it on the label “artificial flavor.”
Did you know that Strawberry artificial flavor can contain nearly 50 chemical ingredients?
Do not buy anything that has that ARTIFICIAL FLAVORING, especially when you buy Kid’s food!
• Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)
Better quote what it is:
” MSG is an excitotoxin, which means it overexcites your cells to the point of damage or death, causing brain dysfunction and damage to varying degrees — and potentially even triggering or worsening learning disabilities, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Lou Gehrig’s disease and more.”
• Artificial Colors
These are huge dangers! Those products, especially for kids, have artificial colors Red 40, Blue 2. But what is it, do you know?
“Red # 40, which is the most widely used dye, may accelerate the appearance of immune system tumors in mice, while also triggering hyperactivity in children.”
“Blue # 2, used in candies, beverages, pet foods and more, was linked to brain tumors.” ”
“Yellow 5, used in baked goods, candies, cereal and more, may not only be contaminated with several cancer-causing chemicals, but it’s also linked to hyperactivity, hypersensitivity and other behavioral effects in children.”
• High-Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS)
High-fructose corn syrup contains free-form monosaccharides of fructose and glucose. These cannot be the equivalent to SUCROSE, which is our sugar.
Fructose is metabolized by our liver. As the diet which is full of HFCS exhausts the liver, this organ becomes damaged. The comparisons of such damage are equivalent to the damages that Alcohol induces upon liver! Mind that!
One more reason to Read labels and Expand the diet Whole Foods.
• Preservatives
Yes, preservatives lengthen life of the products, foods. But at what cost?
Here are some preservatives and our body’s reaction to consume them.
– Sodium Benzoate – found in many soft drinks, fruit juices and salad dressings – has been found to cause children to become measurably more hyperactive and distractible.
– Sodium nitrite, a commonly used preservative in hot dogs, deli meats and bacon, has been linked to higher rates of colorectal, stomach and pancreatic cancers.
One more time – READ LABELS, Eat Local, Expand Your Whole Food Options!
These Facts Are Reminders To All of Us Where and How we Live, What we’re Surrounded With.
Knowledge is power and gives us all a CHOICE to make when we come against it.
Wow,this is eye opening! Honestly, I try to avoid most of these but unfortunately they are in sooooo many foods. I wish companies would have the decency to remove these harmful ingredients before they make it to consumer level.
There are so many bad things in the food and beverages we consume these days! I know personally with the diet soda, I feel so much better when I leave them alone.
I know this sounds stupid but at 50 years old I just started reading labels.. I wont use an artifical sweetener in anything they scare me..
That’s wonderful!! It doesn’t matter the age, I believe removing harmful substances will always help!
Thank you for reminding us of making proper choices, and if we just try to be more aware of the additives, we can make a better choice. #AMCoffee
well looks like its time to give up sweet n low I’m going to have to try truvia. its all natural…
I will be writing this down as I know my grandson dose not need this in his diet and for sure we don’t but I am a big diet coke fan I see that the sweetner in it is not good so what could I sub for it any ideals would be helpful
omg this is like wow new information that i learn every day
I am ASTOUNDED with the effects of HFCS on the liver! its compared to drinking like an alcoholic??? whoa. I will start reading the labels more carefully and try to avoid it.
I was aware of all of that except synthetic trans fats. I’ve learned something new today.. Thank you!
Wow I never knew about most of this sure is a big huge eye opener for me thanks for the inform
Omgosh! A few of these I’ve heard about, but wow!!! There has definitely been a lot of new things that I did not know about above, and people wonder why the cancer rate is so high. They are poisoning us through our foods. One thing that wasn’t mentioned above is all of the steroids that are in our chicken and meats!!! It worries me daily as to what effect it truly is taking on people. It’s pretty sad when you can’t trust the food on your plate not to contaminate you in someway.
I do know that often there is more than one name for ingredient. Some when reading the labels, will only be looking for the specific name of that item ( sugar, salt, food color etc.). It is very important to know what you are trying to avoid.
I know about the red dye. My kids have Sensory disorder and red dye is a big trigger for them.
I was aware of some of these…learned something new and important this am
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New at this.Will figure out soon. anyway…a quick good morning to all. enjoy all 4 converstions.Would love to learn more on whole foods and natural products.
I’m new at these morning coffee parties too,,,if you need help with twitter and retweeting let me know…that I can def help you with 🙂
Good morning! On my second cup of coffee & waiting for it to kick in.
Thanks for having this #AMCoffee Party, I look forward to them!
its amazing how calm i feel when just drinking my coffee and hanging out in cyber world wow! Thank you ladies for the coffee talk!
ok, good morning, hope its okay im not a coffee drinker, I have had a cup of hot tea and a carnation chocolate breakfast shake. lets see if I can follow along and hey, maybe pick up a fun prize of two 🙂
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Good morning everyone! I do not eat MSG but I do have a cyst on my brain and have violent head pain everyday. And I was wondering if anyone knew of anything natural that works really well to fight maigrains as maybe it would help relieve some of my pain. Medications even pain meds don’t work and until I can get my insurance switched my surgery to relieve this pain has been postponed!!! So now I’m left devastated and in a lot of pain for the next month or two and was wondering if any of you had any advice, to help treat this what seems to be uncurable head pain. 🙁
Mandi,
My heart feels the pain.
No solution for huge head aches. Cooling, have you tried this simple solution? Though, I would think, you did.
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