The lunchbox affects the report card. Sure, it’s easy to grab processed foods and convenience snacks for your child’s lunch, but healthful lunches for kids help improve focus in class, fuel children for play and encourage healthy growth. If you pack items they won’t eat, it won’t matter what you pack. Instead, try these healthful […]

The development of refined sugar allows manufacturers to create shelf-stable, appealing foods. Many pre-packaged foods on the market contained refined sugar, from snacks to spaghetti sauce. If you read labels carefully, you will notice refined sugar in products you had never imagined. The American palate has become accustomed to super sweet foods. Though they may […]

Many food labels these days proclaim “gluten free” and many people have turned to gluten free diets. What does it mean? Gluten is a naturally occurring element of wheat, rye, barley and triticale flour that affects baked goods’ texture. But along with fluffiness in muffins and tenderness in bread, gluten causes intestinal inflammation for people […]