Is vegan healthy? Always or ever? Proponents of the vegan lifestyle would have you believe that eating vegan is a healthy lifestyle. Some even suggest it is the ONLY healthy lifestyle. While I don’t really agree with them, that isn’t the point of my writing. Well, not entirely. We all […]
Know Your Ingredients
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Carrageenan is an often-present ingredient in dairy products such as cottage cheese, ice cream and buttermilk as well as the soy and nut “milks.” Even though it’s found in organic foods, this ingredient is one you want to avoid. Many years ago, in the late-1970s, I worked in research at […]
Subtitle: Why we ate Italian Wednesday night. The Tip Top Cafe is a San Antonio landmark and has been in business since 1938. I ate there only occasionally since their original location isn’t near me. I think the last time I ate there was in 2000 or 2001. (It was […]
(Note: This article first appeared in the April 2014 issue of Natural Awakenings San Antonio.) When many people see the letters “MSG” (monosodium glutamate), they immediately think of Chinese food. That’s unfortunate for a couple of reasons. First, many Chinese food restaurants do not use MSG in their foods; second, […]
Recently, I was at an all-day event where lunch was provided. The lunch was either salad for the vegetarians, or pizza. All of it came from a well-known pizza chain. Since MSG (monosodium glutamate) gives me migraines, I had to make some choices. I knew the salad would only work […]
You’ve no doubt heard of MSG. It’s that stuff you find in Chinese food, right? Well, maybe. But there’s much more to it than that. I’m interested in MSG because I develop a bad migraine whenever I consume anything with MSG in it. It’s never anything I do by choice, […]