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Your Ancestry and Health

English breakfast-beans, black pudding (a biscuit made with pig's blood) poached eggs, bacon rashers ( looks like ham), tomatoes and mushrooms. Always

Look to Your Ancestral Roots to Discover Your Healthiest Cuisine: The cuisine of our ancestors can give us insights to our healthier self since the gene pool changes very slowly from one generation to the next. As an example, most people of European descent have a lower incidence of alcoholism when compared to Aboriginal Australians,… Read More

Hidden GMO’s

Supplements

I am an expert on uncovering Genetically Modified Ingredients (GMO). I say that because for 6 years I have worked for The Green PolkaDot Box, an on-line grocery store, that does not sell any product that contains GMO’s. That’s a big statement and a big job being a GMO investigator! Recently, I looked into various… Read More

Corn, Corn, Everywhere!

Corn

Possible Corn derived food ingredient: This list is not all inclusive of ingredients to avoid. Tip offs can be the generic use of ingredients without specifying their nature, for example: “natural” flavor, vegetable (which vegetable?), starch (which starch?), syrup, and so on. Be aware that most corn is genetically modified (GM or GMO) and I… Read More