Frozen foods are generally high quality because the freezing process locks in nutrient values. This is especially true of fruits and vegetables when frozen at their peak ripeness. Frozen fish, while maybe not as tasty of fresh, is also high quality in terms of nutritional value. Frozen foods are cheaper too. A few days ago I…
Cooking healthy meals was once focused on shopping seasonally, peeling foods with lots of pesticides (apples, potatoes), avoiding too many processed foods, and eating from each category on the USDA food pyramid. Now, I have to think about the carbon footprint of each food if I want to do my part to stop global warming. I…
I have been pudgy for about 20 years, starting when I become a full-fledged emotional eater due to events in my life that I have written about recently. Emotional eating is a habit I learned from my mom and other family. To make things worse, we are genetically-predisposed to fatness, although that does not mean one…
Before I get into the most amazing fact about stopping climate change, I need to clarify the 2% limit on global temperature rise that I have mentioned in recent posts. I have been listening to coverage of the Climate Conference in Poland and the people interviewed refer to the goal as 1.5-2.0 degree limit. So,…