What are processed foods?

What are Processed Foods -Breakfast cereals

Traditional processing originally had two functions: to make food more digestible and nutritious, and to preserve it for use during times when food wasn’t readily available. Today the term ‘processed foods’ usually refers to foods that have been destructured and extensively recomposed to be savory, often by virtue of additives, sugars, hydrogenated oils, artificial flavorings…

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Read the labels

Read the labels - ecogal - The Curious Consumer

One fact is becoming clear: “Read the Label First” is becoming the motto for Household AND Nutritional products… The Nutrition Facts label is our guide to make informed choices and maintain healthy dietary practices, and the Household Product label is our guide to using products effectively and safely. Check the handy EPA.gov “Why read labels”…

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ecogal The Curious Consumer web series – test episode

ecogal The Curious Consumer - webseries 1

After many months in development for ecogal, a producer friend in town gave me an exercise – He told me to go out, put ecogal on it’s feet and use it as a discovery process to find the voice, the feel, the look of ecogal. The location I chose is the farm where it began,…

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No more water plastic bottles!

PODCAST-The-Green-Divas

Listen to “No more plastic water bottles!” on Spreaker. Summer time is here and that for me this means an increase in the water that I drink. I want to have water with me at all times when I’m out so I need to look at my options. As ecogal: The Curious Consumer, I want…

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