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Radio Gems: Get what you pay for!

ellenbriggs — Fri, 28 May 2010 17:12:18 +0000

Get 100% chicken when you buy chicken – not 15% added water weight, no antibiotics, no artificial additives, not given feed with pesticides and herbicides – just chicken that has been fed healthy food so it produces healthy tender tasty meat. Listen to Matt Flanagan of Shelton’s Poultry – look for real chicken, ones that don’t do drugs.

… for the health of your family,

ellen and sally

Radio Alert: Our Chickens Don’t Do Drugs: Fri. 5/28, Noon EST

ellenbriggs — Thu, 27 May 2010 12:51:26 +0000

Most of the Chickens eaten by Americans Do Drugs. “What else would you call it, when a grower gives his chickens and turkeys a biochemical additive in order to make them grow faster? That’s what nearly every other poultry grower in America does.”

Shelton’s Poultry has been a family company for decades and takes pride in providing you with the purest healthiest poultry possible. Tune in to meet Matt Flanagan, a member of this hands-on family owned poultry business. Find out why and how to kick your chicken drug habit!

Our Chickens Don’t Do Drugs: Fri. 5/28, Noon EST, www.BetterFoodChoicesRadio.com, or Free podcast on iTunes. Tune in!

… for the health of your family

Aspartame rebranded as AminoSweet. Don’t be fooled.

ellenbriggs — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:13:29 +0000

If asparatame is sprinkled on this naturally sweet fruit, she’s a fool!

NutraSweet, Equal, Canderel and now AminoSweet are table top brand names for asparatame, the artificial sweetener known to “excite brain cells to death.” As an ingredient, aspartame is also found in over 6,000 foods: sodas, chewing gum, diet foods and drinks, cereals, jams, candy, supplements… the list goes on and on.

From headaches, mood changes and even hallucinations, aspartame seriously impacts your nervous system. (That includes your brain.) It mimics and/or contributes to diseases such as MS, Alzheimer’s, ADD, depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, Parkinson’s, seizures and hythyroidism. This is serious stuff. Plus, when exposed to heat, it turns to formaldyhide and then formic acid which is stored in your fat – not a good thing. Aspartame makes you crave carbohydrates. Instead of losing weight with this “Sugar-Free” artificial sweetener, you tend to gain weight.

When the public gets wind of the questionable properties of a product, it gets rebranded – it is given a new name and package. This is what has happened here. Don’t be fooled by their use of the word “Amino” which may lead you to believe it’s a healthy sweet. It is absolutely the opposite. Please, out smart the producer of asparatame. Do Not buy their song and dance. Keep it away from you kids. Eat pure sugar cane instead, just not too much.

… for the health of families,
ellen

52% of Kids have had a Chronic Illness

ellenbriggs — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:02:44 +0000

This is why we do what we do. We get crazy when we see such numbers. It has been reported that more than half of all kids have suffered from chronic illness.* Most of these chronic diseases can be prevented. Most chronic illnesses are related to obesity.

Stop and take a look at your family. Stop with the junk food. Stop with the processed food.

Start feeding your kids God-made food for their God-made bodies. It is that simple. The Kid Kritics Approved Seal program, our websites, our newsletters, our radio shows, our books, our CDs, our in person speaking, our seminars – everything we do is focused on making it easy to eat healthier foods that taste good. You can do it. Get started now.

… for the health of your family,
ellen and sally

* Liz Szabo, “More Kids Have Chronic Diseases”, USA Today, 2/17/10, p. 11B

A Summer story for a Winter Day

ellenbriggs — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:56:53 +0000

This is a site for sore eyes. Look at this adorable little girl walking on the beaching clutching her big bottle of Coke. Shouldn’t she be clutching a pail with a shovel or a bottle of water? Instead, she is owning this soda – its mine. (Check the body language). This darling girl was born wholesome and healthy with her whole life before her. Someone is tampering with her future by giving her a Coke.

Man-made Coke is pure acid, one of the best rust removers you can buy. This is what this precious child is pouring down her throat. It looks like she is carrying a regular Coke but it could be a Diet Coke … just can’t tell from this photo. Either way, she is drinking an excessive amount of unnatural sugar, artificial dyes, sodium, caffeine, phosphoric and carbonic acid – all of which seriously over-stimulate and deplete everyone’s body much less one of a little girl.

In addition, sodas dehydrate the mind and body. Now, remember, she in on the beach in a sun dress so the outdoor temperature has to be at least warm, if not hot. This little girl needs to be hydrated. Our body temperature is 98.6 degrees F. Don’t you think that when you hold a bottle of soda against your body it is going to become warm, maybe as warm as your body? Odds are this bottle of Coke is warm which presents additional unwanted consequences, especially if is sweetened with aspartame. When aspartame is heated to 86 degrees Fahrenheit, it turns to formaldehyde and then formic acid (red ant sting juice). This opens the door for some real health challenges.

So, review what is going on in this photo. A cute little girl is walking the beach on a warm sunny day, pressing her bottle of Coke against her body. The person who took this photo witnessed her periodically drinking her beloved Coke. She said, “Watching her was heart-breaking.” It breaks my heart, too. Please, be smarter than this family and give your kids spring water or Vitamin Waters to drink when you play at the beach – or during time of year.

… for the health of your family,

ellen

“Boot Patrol” works at Earth Fare, the Healthy Supermarket

ellenbriggs — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:17:25 +0000

Earth Fare’s “Boot Patrol” Enforces their Food Philosophy: 8 NOs for the food sold in their stores

1. NO Hydrogenated or Partially Hydrogenated Oils (means no trans fats) In 1993
2. NO High Fructose Corn Syrup. Set in 2004 (the 1st in the nation to do so)
3. NO Artificial Dyes, Flavors or Sweeteners
4. NO Antibiotics or growth hormones
5. NO Bleached or Bromated foods (flours, breads)
6. NO Irradiated foods (seasonings)
7. NO Animal By-Products in pet food
8. NO Inhumane treatment of animals used for consumption

No kidding around. Their Boot Patrol program gives $50 to anyone who finds a product that does not meet their food philosophy. During the first quarter this was launched, they gave out about $3500 and cleaned up their inventory. Now they may give out $150 a quarter. Be on the alert in your store. Ask them to adopt the Boot Patrol system.

…. for the health of your family,
ellen

Twelve Worst Foods

ellenbriggs — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:05:00 +0000

Sally and I have put together our official Family Food Experts 12 Worst Foods to feed your family, listed alphabetically:

Twelve Worst Foods
1. Candy artificially dyed, sweetened and flavored
(Examples: M&Ms, Smarties)
2. Candy Cereal
(Examples: Fruit Loops, Lucky Charms)
3. Doughnuts
4. Drinks: Artificially sweetened, artificially dyed, artificially flavored drinks
(Examples: Kool-Aid, Crystal Light, Gatorade, Powerade)
5. French Fries (all deep fried food)
6. Lunchables
7. Margarine
8. Pizza with extra cheese and pepperoni
9. Pop Tarts
10. Pork products (bacon, chops, tenderloin, hotdogs)
11. Soda – ALL
12. Sugars: Refined sugars and sugar substitutes
(Examples: high fructose corn syrup, Splenda, Nutri-Sweet)

Honorable Mentions … couldn’t help ourselves as these should be part of the twelve.
A. Bleached and bromated flours
(Examples: white flour, white breads/rolls, white pasta, cakes and pastries)
B. Lunch meats with nitrates
C. Milk, non-organic

For the health of your family, AVOID these foods.
ellen

Food Quality Control assurance – we all need it

ellenbriggs — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:39:48 +0000

Cut through the mustard with the USDA seal. Every product wearing this seal on the package has been through the rigorous process of insuring its ingredients meet the required organic standards. That means there are no artificial additives, no growth hormones, it has not been sprayed with toxic chemicals, it is not GMO (Genetically Modified Organism) altered - all USDA products have gone through an extensive examination and paper trail determining their validity of being organic. Science has said that organic products have higher nutrient values than conventionally grown and processed foods. Thus USDA products are worth the extra cents – and they may help you stay away from the doctor office!

… for the health of your family,
ellen

Foods That Make You Want to EAT MORE!

ellenbriggs — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:55:51 +0000

This is news that is not news. There are foods that actually stimulate your kids and your appetites sending a message to the brain, “EAT MORE!”
* Bread
* Sweets
* Juice
* Pasta
* Artificial Sweeteners
* Wine or beer before you eat **
Notice a common thread? These are all simple carbohydrates which are all sugars. Even the fake ones. Now you know what to avoid to manage your weight and health.

… for the health of your family,
ellen

** SOURCE: Melinda Beck, “Why That Big Meal You Just Ate Made You Hungry”, Wall Street Journal, 4/14/2009, p. D1

Kids are Smoking Smarties

ellenbriggs — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:13:21 +0000

Smarties have always been on our NO list – a combination of sugar, artificial dyes and flavors. The good news is that kids are wonderfully inventive. The bad news is that some invent bad ideas. Here is the latest one. First they smash Smarties in their wrapper. Then they suck the powder into their mouth, and exhale it out of their mouth and nose. The turn on – it looks like they are smoking. They love freaking everyone out by doing this. Needless to say, there have been no studies on how this may prove damaging to their nasal or respiratory passages. There are no studies saying this will lead to the habit of smoking of cigarettes. Do we need studies to prove this is not good for them? If you want to view this in action, kids have made You Tubes so you can learn how smoke Smarties. I can just see it now, Smarties Parties. Just not cool. I shudder to think what those artificial dyes and flavoring chemicals may do to the young as they pretend to smoke. Medical professionals warn against possible, coughing (lung irritation), infections and even the existence of maggots in the nose since they live on powdery sugar. Gross.

Parents, there is not one good reason to have Smarties in your house, your kids’ lunch boxes or pockets, as party or school favors. Take action now. Buy your kids Sun Drops (like M&Ms with naturally colored coatings) for treats instead. It is really hard to “smoke” real smooth chocolate.

… for the health of your family,
ellen