FOOD COLORING: Allergen or Not An Allergen?

Allergen Food Coloring While some foods that naturally have a beautiful coloring (like the purple yam ube or yellow turmeric) might be ok, many colorants added to foods are dyes and dyes are top contact allergens. For the most part, food and skin allergies are not the same. They involve different cells and systems — […]

JUNK, PROCESSED, CANNED, INSTANT FOOD: Allergen or Not An Allergen?

Allergen Junk, Canned, Instant, Long-Lasting & Highly Processed Food Chips, dips, canned foods, microwave dinners, chocolate spread, colas, instant anything, long-lasting anything…these foods contain lots of top contact allergens like dyes, flavors (which are related to fragrance), consumable substances from the compositae family, propylene glycol, and parabens, sulfites, benzoates, and other preservatives. Due to the equipment in which […]

The Sweet Life Done Right

I love this photo of @JessArnaudin‘s friend’s homemade jam and fig bars! One shouldn’t overdo the sweets, but what’s life without an occasional treat? As I repeat to my children so often they robotically complete the sentence: Me: Life is what? Offspring: Balance, mama, balance. I’m of the school of thought that complete deprivation promotes obsession, so sweets in […]