Healthy, Wealthy and Wise

Choosing Coffee with a Conscience

Tuesday, March 13th, 2007

Every cup of coffee you sip has a story to tell. Its origin has an impact on our environment as well as the health of the people who grow it and drink it. Below are a few facts that might have you thinking twice before you order your next latte or double espresso.Coffee is one of the most chemically treated food crops on the planet. It is heavily sprayed with pesticides and grown with chemical fertilizers, herbicides and fungicides, all known to cause health problems, including cancer and nervous system and reproductive disorders. In fact, most coffee is imported from countries that use chemicals that are banned in this country. (more…)

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Chicken Nuggets: The Not So Healthy White Meat

Monday, November 13th, 2006

It finally happened, the thing I had been dreading since she started to have playdates away from my watchful eye. My nine-year-old daughter came home from a friend’s house and sheepishly announced that she had eaten McDonald’s chicken McNuggets.“Oh, really,” I said, nonchalantly, attempting to hide my shock and disappointment. Even though I raised my daughter on organic produce with little or no processed food, I knew this day would come. She would eventually eat this highly processed food made of reconstituted chicken, which is battered and breaded and mixed with toxic additives and preservatives, then deep fried in trans fat laden, partially hydrogenated oil. (more…)

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