It's Time For Healthy Ice Cream

"Ice structuring protein" (ISP). Definition: "anti-freeze" food additive to keep ice cream from crystallizing if it melts and is refrozen.

ISP is a new genetically engineered (GE) food additive being added to Breyer's and Good Humor ice cream. Like all GE ingredients, there's no way to tell from the name or reading the label if the ingredient is GE or not.

This new ingredient has NOT been tested for safety. Safety results submitted to the FDA were from a different GE fish protein of a different sub-species. This is an ingredient to avoid.

It's time to consider home-made ice cream!

I bought an ice cream maker a couple weeks ago and made the vanilla ice cream from the Nourishing Traditions cookbook. It was the best vanilla ice cream my family had ever tasted. It was easy to make and it only took 30 minutes. You can even make fancy flavors by adding some of your favorite fruits, nuts or other healthy ingredients.

Now. ice cream is not a food you should eat too much of. But made with healthy ingredients, it's a treat you can enjoy occasionally.

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Healthy Desserts for the Holidays

This is the time of year of holiday gatherings, sharing, gift giving and joy. Ironically amidst all the festivities, many people experience the "holiday blues." One of the things rampant in this season that contributes to the "blues" is SUGAR!

Here are some healthy recipes to help you avoid the "holiday blues."

Of course, you still need to exercise good judgement in how much you eat. Overeating even healthy treats is going to upset your body chemistry.

Add some fruit and nuts to your holiday goodies and be sensible with the baked goods.

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Excerpts from HEALTHY EATING: For Extremely Busy People... #30

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HEALTHY EATING

What To Avoid

Sweeteners

• sugar
  
  
• brown sugar
  
  
• powdered sugar
  
  
• corn syrup
  
  
• high fructose corn syrup
  
  
• raw sugar
  
  
• turbinado sugar
  
  
• beet sugar
  
  
• buttered syrup
  
  
• caramel
  
  
• carob syrup
  
  
• dextrose, sucrose
  
  
• honey (cooked or processed)
  
  
• molasses (except blackstrap molasses)
  
  
• all artificial sweeteners, including:
  
  • aspartame
  • Equal
  • Nutrasweet
  • Sweet ‘n Low
  • Saccharin
  • Acesulfame potassium
  • Sunette
  • Mannitol
  • Sorbitol
  • Hydrogenated starch hydrosylate
  • Neotame

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Note: The recommendations for healthy eating on this blog and in Healthy Eating are recommendations for foods that are generally considered healthy overall. But everyone is a unique individual and even generally accepted healthy foods may not be what your body needs to be healthy now. Find out how to feed your unique nutritional needs.