Category: Food

What You See Isn’t What You Get In Processed Food

~ Carrie

Whipping_Cream_CarrageenanWhat in the world is carrageenan doing in heavy whipping cream?? When we buy “heavy whipping cream”, we expect that it contain only that – heavy whipping cream! Apparently, that’s just a fantasy in today’s food culture.

When the runt of Ava’s litter needed hand-feeding, we ran out to the local grocery store to buy the needed supplies. This was a store that offers “natural” and organic food, along with a heck of a lot of conventional food. Fortunately, goat milk was available (though not raw, of course). No organic heavy whipping cream was available, though several other conventional ones were. Continue reading “What You See Isn’t What You Get In Processed Food” →

Our Convenience Culture Precludes Cooking

~ Carrie

In this profit-driven, “keeping up with the Joneses” world of insensate consumerism, we sometimes (maybe even often) end up doing things without really considering whether those things are sensible or good for us. Many people eat processed food now, almost exclusively, and the primary reason is convenience. We buy bread from the grocery store rather than making it, even though homemade bread is less expensive and, lacking the additives and preservatives of store bread, healthier. And the fragrance of fresh-baked bread…heavenly. Continue reading “Our Convenience Culture Precludes Cooking” →

Food For Thought: Carrageenan

~ Carrie ~ 4 Comments

Do you know what carrageenan is? If you don’t, you should…it’s probably in a lot of things you eat, and may even be in your pets’ food.

Carrageenan is a substance made from red seaweed, used as a thickening and stabilizing agent. It’s added to many foods, such as soy milk, wet pet food, yogurt, deli meat, frozen meals. Studies show it causes gastrointestinal (GI) inflammation, and has been linked to GI problems like Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).

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