“Real Food” vs Processed Food – Areavoices Digest #89

So as I sat the other day spraying cheese in a can on my snack crackers, I began to think “Can this be real cheese?”

Well the answer is “probably not.”  First clue: any cheese that’s spelled with a “z” is probably not the real deal. Second clue: When a dairy product gets loaded into an aerosol can it’s probably a red flag.

It’s not that it’s not good. But is it what’s best for you?

Study after study these days touts eating “real food.” The kind of food our grandparents and great parents ate. Think about what those people ate. They didn’t have fat-free this or fat-free that and most weren’t sipping on diet soda. It was the high octane stuff for them. And many of them looked great! I remember when I worked at WDAY-TV and the pictures hung up all over the building of early TV and radio personalities. What struck me most was the little itty bitty tiny waists these women had. How’d they get them?

Well one of our newest bloggers might have the answer.

In 2012, Char became more interested in “real food,” as she started to try and remove most processed foods from her diet. She’s learning as she goes and will use her new blog to document her experiences, successes and pitfalls. You’ll also get a recipe or two.

It’s just the first in our recommended blogs of the week.

 

Really Eating
reallyeating.areavoices.com
A blog dedicated to making, serving, and eating “real food” over processed food.

Images of Fall
fall.areavoices.com
The colors of fall as seen through the eyes of readers.

NIE Rocks
nierocks.areavoices.com
Newspapers in Education kicks off another school year with activities and fun.

Oh, Look a Shiny Thing!
shiny.areavoices.com
The weird and wacky of the web.

Music Moves
musicmoves.areavoices.com
Perspectives and Insight from a musical therapist.

Healthy Tidbits
peggysue.areavoices.com
Health topics from Peggy Anderson

Areavoices Digest #88 – Some top performers

I decided for this week’s digest to offer up another look at some of our top performing blogs. They’re both consistent with their posts, and their posts seem to generate broad interest in everything from politics to food to money. If you’ve never read them – what are you waiting for?

She Says TV
shesays.areavoices.com
The video blog of She Says, including food and lifestyle segments such
as The Great Indoors, Hungry for More and Happy Body Hot Life.

New Plateaus
newplateaus.areavoices.com
Brandon Ferdig’s popular column on social behavior and more.

Capitol Chatter
capitolchat.areavoices.com
A Forum Communications blog about Minnesota government and politics.

Sundog
sundog.areavoices.com
The latest news in marketing and technology from the cutting edge firm.

Real Money
realmoney.areavoices.com
Financial guidance, money management education, and debt management from
The Village Financial Resources Center.