Don’t you just love the taste and smell of peanut butter…mmm? I used to love putting a huge dollop on my steel cut oatmeal (when I had steal cut oats back in the day!) and boy did it taste good! Then one day I was reading some interesting information on health and peanuts and what I found was astonishing! It seems like most peanut butter contains aflatoxin…a toxin produced by a mold found in peanuts! READ MORE

Almond milk, it’s healthy, right? Maybe not! Yes, our beloved almond milk might not be the healthy alternative we think it is! Recently almond milk has been taking the lead as the healthy alternative to cow’s milk and even the once tooted soy milk. Just to clear things up, fresh home-made nut milk  is innately healthy but what we purchase in a tetra pack may not be. Why? Because it may contain carrageenan; a component derived from certain seaweeds. Since carrageenan is from a ‘natural’ source we think it is healthy but it is not, it can even be carcinogenic, oh my!  READ MORE

When I hear the word natural I think of something pure and unadulterated. I used to buy foods that had natural flavor thinking I was buying something healthy but I was unaware of what it really meant. When I started really looking into what natural flavors really were I was shocked.  READ MORE

I feel sort of sneaky. Here I am at Starbucks using their free Wi-Fi and electricity while simultaneously writing this article about the sneaky ingredients in their matcha green tea soy latte!

I used to love Starbucks and would feel really comforted finding one while traveling. I have fond memories of sipping match green tea lattes in Seoul and basking in the comfort of  a ‘home’ away from home.  I brought this tradition back with me when I returned to Toronto thinking I was being nutritionally savvy: I kept thinking antioxidants + green leaves = healthy. Boy was I wrong! READ MORE