Blisstree » junk-food http://www.blisstree.com Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:32:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Fortifying Junk Food With Vitamins??? http://www.blisstree.com/articles/fortifying-junk-food-with-vitamins/ http://www.blisstree.com/articles/fortifying-junk-food-with-vitamins/#comments Sun, 17 May 2009 13:29:00 +0000 Marijke Durning, RN http://www.blisstree.com/?p=87752 Post from: Blisstree

Fortifying Junk Food With Vitamins???

]]> I don’t think we’ll ever reach a point that we’ve “heard it all,” because every time I think I have, I hear something else.

What do you think about the possibility of your bag of chips, bottle of soda, and plate of store-bought cookies being bulked up with vitamins and minerals? Well in xchng_cokecanyou’re in Canada, this could be coming to a store near you, considering what Health Canada is considering. However, according to articles I’ve been reading, the Health Minister, Leona Aglukkaq, has put the plans on hold pending further review. A smart move, perhaps?

xchng_chipsIt seems that some people feel that if people are missing the vitamins and minerals found in a balanced diet and they are going to eat junk food anyway, they might as well benefit from junk food that’s been juiced up with those missing vitamins and minerals. Of course, we’ll just ignore the fact that these same foods are high in fat and sugar, as well as other nasty stuff. So, if people eat fortified junk food, they may be people with hypertension and/or type 2 diabetes, but they’ll have all their vitamin requirements met.

xchng_milk_and_cookiesThen again, this could be a good thing for Santa on Christmas eve. Mrs. Claus can’t object to Santa eating all those cookies left for him if they’re packed with good stuff too.

If you’d like to read the proposed policy, just go to the Food Fortification Proposed Policy, Q & A .

I’m still shaking my head…

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]]> http://www.blisstree.com/articles/fortifying-junk-food-with-vitamins/feed/ 0 Eating Well In The New Year. http://www.blisstree.com/articles/eating-well-in-the-new-year-28/ http://www.blisstree.com/articles/eating-well-in-the-new-year-28/#comments Fri, 05 Jan 2007 00:40:58 +0000 admin http://www.blogfabulous.com/eating-well-in-the-new-year/ Post from: Blisstree

Eating Well In The New Year.

]]> If I were a smart blogger, I would have created a survey which would help determine the eating habits of small home business owners.

However, it would probably depress me…because, I think most of us in this category don’t eat as well as we should.

I know I don’t — which is weird because I’m kind of a self-proclaimed foodie.

I’m hoping in the year ahead, I change several of my bad habits — in the mean time, I thought I would give you a glimpse of how this small business owner  deals with meals during the working week:

  • Breakfast: Tea
  • Morning snack: Handful of Juju Bees (the thinking woman’s candy).
  • Mid-morning snack: Handful of Wheat Thins
  • Lunch: Several pieces of cheddar cheese.
  • Afternoon snack: Couple of olives.
  • Pre-dinner snack: Stand at counter, scarf down left-over take out food.
  • Dinner: Tomato salad, beer?
  • Post dinner snack: Doritos
  • Post, post dinner snack, while preparing the morning’s plans: Twizzler’s.

I don’t know how many calories that is, but I know it’s not enough…and I’m sure JuJu Bees are not a food group.

Like many challenges that face the small business owner, taking good care of themselves is high on the list.

So in 2007, I’m going to at least try to schedule health-oriented mealtimes…at the table!

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