Food & Drink Investigations
Real Maple Syrup vs. Artificial “Maple-Like” Syrup
Not ALL Syrups Are Equal – Some CAN Harm Your Health!
By Dr. Michelle Kmiec, Founder OHH Being that maple syrup is produced by simply boiling the springtime sap of mature trees growing in the forest, wouldn’t it only make… Read More
Why You Should Be Curious About Ingredients
“Healthy” May Not Be As Healthy As You Think!
Now, of course, you want to be the healthiest version of yourself and I know that you are really trying to make the best food choices. For example, you are starting… Read More
Country Time Lemonade! Where’s The Lemons?
What Are You Really Drinking?
Country Time lemonade has been a summertime favorite for decades. There’s nothing like cooling off with an ice cold glass of lemonade to help take the edge off those dog-days of summer. Or perhaps as… Read More
Could the “Disease Gene” be Linked to Processed Food?
Re-Educating Your “Disease Genes”
By Dr. Michelle Kmiec, OHH Founder Could so-called “healthy foods” be the true cause of the “Disease Gene”? In the article, ‘Is it really Genetic or is it “Life-Styletic”?‘, I talked about how the government does… Read More
What’s In Your Bread?
Are These “Country Kitchen” Ingredients?
I don’t know what is in your kitchen, but my “country kitchen” doesn’t have THESE ingredients!
Country Kitchen Buttersplit Wheat Bread (which by the way contains NO butter) has some pretty interesting ingredients in their … Read More
Beware of “Power” Products Sold in Health Food Stores!
“Healthy isn’t the same for everyone,” so said a manager of a Local Vitamin Store
By Dr. Michelle Kmiec, Founder OHH There is something I’ve wanted to write about for some time now, and after hearing a manager of a local… Read More
Pizza a Vegetable?
In Schools Nationwide the Answer is YES!
Okay, now I truly know the government officially has no clue what nutrition is! The FDA has long been known for their lack of actual nutritional knowledge for some time now, approving countless… Read More
Are Nitrites Dangerous?
Does Maple Leaf “Natural Selections” Contain Nitrites?
(Revised 7/15) The question here is…is there a difference between “natural” vs “chemically” derived nitrite? The Maple Leaf website states that “We removed artificial preservatives and replaced them with sea salt, lemon juice and cultured celery… Read More
Yoplait Light: The “Healthy” Choice?
Yoplait Light: The “Healthy” Choice?
I see people trying to eat and drink better every day. They honestly believe that fat-free and sugar-free are the best healthy choices they could make. After all, their doctor tells them so, their… Read More
“Natural” Isn’t Always Natural!
All “Natural” Fat Free Half & Half or
Organic Half & Half?
Isn’t this kind of stretching the word “natural”? I mean, isn’t “Fat Free” Half & Half an oxymoron? Let’s take a look at some of the “natural” ingredients that… Read More
Why is Trisodium Phosphate in Our Food?
Why is Trisodium Phosphate in Our Food?
(Originally posted on Mar 25, 2013) Using the example of Banana Nut Cheerios, let’s just forget for a minute that there are GMO ingredients in this cereal. And let’s also forget that it contains A… Read More 1 2