How many sugar cubes did you just slosh down?

A great visual reminder about the immense amount of sugar in our everyday drinks.

View the website here: http://www.sugarstacks.com/beverages.htm

Top 10 Worst Processed Foods

From our dear friend, Jamie Oliver. (http://www.jamieoliver.com/news/top-10-worst-processed-foods)

Is Consumption Consuming You?

A fantastic article. Here are a few callouts from it. Read the entire story, it's very insightful and honest.

"Manufacturers love to tweak products in ways that leave our diet largely unchanged, but allow for new "hot buttons" to be added to the product packaging to create a "health halo" and seduce you to buy more of whatever junk it may be. "


"The health care industry makes more money treating chronic diseases than it does preventing them. And the circle of business goes round and round, with us dizzy with confusion."


"The appeal of convenience, low price, added flavor and enriched nutrients is all an illusion to cover up the compromised quality of food."

"With fat, sugar and salt you can make cardboard taste exciting to the palate."

The Stats on Soft Drinks

(Just to be fair, I don't see any references to credible sources, but most of these sound pretty accurate)


Click to read all the stats

Recipe: Spinach Smoothies

So I still have a long way to go, but have lost 19 pounds since last fall! Nothing like Amazing Adam Sensai Master, but at least it's a medium-sized bag of flour that I'm not lugging around anymore....right?

If you're chubby like me, maybe the devil on your shoulder whispers: Fatties can't be healthy foodies!, but I am trying to prove that notion false. Helping me win this war is a regular breakfast dose of spinach smoothies. Here's the recipe:

Love from,

The Fat Foodie