Day: February 10, 2014

Grains seem to be under attack lately.  Diet books and headlines claim that they cause weight gain, inflammation, and virtually every chronic disease known today. And while individuals with celiac disease or gluten intolerance desperately try to find gluten-free alternatives, everyone else seems to be jumping on the “gluten-free” bandwagon.  One recent study suggested that the prevalence…Continue Reading Grains Under Fire

  Blue packets, pink packets, yellow, white, and brown… what is the best sweetener and why? In 1879, a German student accidentally discovered a sweet chemical while working in a laboratory in Johns Hopkins University.    This was the discovery of the first artificial sweetener which came to be known as saccharin. Over the years, other…Continue Reading The Search for the Perfect Sweetener