Archive for 'Organic Food'
Can Pesticides Make You Fat?
Can pesticides make you fat? According to Stephen Perrine, author of “The New American” Diet, YES! It can also cause diabetes as well. Perrine’s newest book discusses certain chemicals found in common foods called “obesogens” and how they play a role in the American obesity crisis.
Obesogens are chemicals that disrupt the function of hormonal systems; [...]
Wolf in sheep’s clothing
This morning I happened to catch this interesting question on twitter; “How do vegans feel about non-vegan companies selling vegan products?” I think it’s a pretty relevant question, which is why I want to extend Vegan Mainstream’s concept here on the Pizza Fusion blog to see what others think. Now if you know me, you know I’m [...]
Full StoryLocal Restaurant Saves the Earth…
There was recently a great news story about Pizza Fusion in Houston, Texas. The local news station KIAH-TV, Channel 39 did an amazing job of covering the many things that make Pizza Fusion the healthiest pizza franchise on the planet. Lisa Zazueta stopped by our organic and natural food restaurant and was given the back-stage [...]
Full Story“So, What Do You Eat?”
Hi, my name is Alex. I like to eat, among other things. I’ll be posting updates around here, so feel free to tell your cubicle neighbor. Unless his radio is past a reasonable volume.
A few months ago, I’d posted a portion of this blog entry on my Facebook page, and it quickly developed into somewhat [...]
The day I decided to never eat again, ever!
We try not to get too deep and political here. Organic food can be fun and doesn’t always need to be the “Good” to the rest of the world’s “Evil”, but lately that seems less and less true.
With Food Inc. coming out recently it seems to have ignited the organic movement once again. Now everywhere [...]
Headed to “All Things Organic™” show in Chicago
So I am headed to Chicago for the annual All Things Organic™ show in Chicago on Monday. It’s the largest organic industry trade show filled with tons of great new products, food and old friends from the industry. This year is very special to me personally as I will not only be moderating a panel about “Culinary Trends”, but I was also invited to be one of 3 judges for the 1st Annual “New Product Awards Competition”.
Full StoryGoing Raw… Part II
It’s amazing how fast 4 weeks can fly by, especially when the last one was spent exploring Costa Rica’s natural beauty.
Four weeks ago I embarked on a bit of “body cleansing” via a diet of eating only raw foods. It was quite a challenge and I have a whole new respect for 24/7 raw foodies. [...]
Loans from Whole Foods Help Small Producers Expand Business
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, I’m a huge fan of Whole Foods. If you can’t tell by now, we share many of the same core-values and Pizza Fusion used their socially responsible business model when developing our own. Despite Mr. Mackey’s faux pas a few years ago with his anonymous blogging about Wild Oats, they [...]
Full StoryStarbucks plans to remove hfcs and preservatives from bakery foods
Starbucks Corp. plans to revamp it’s food offerings by selling baked goods without high-fructose corn syrup or artificial flavors and dyes, and will introduce salads and other items.
The new campaign — which will be promoted with the tag “Real Food. Simply Delicious” — follows last year’s health and wellness push that added food like oatmeal, [...]
Gluten Free, Not Gluten Freaky: Some Scary News… and What to Do About It
Here’s a scary piece of news for those of us on a gluten free diet: A recent Study suggests that the gluten free diet not only reduces the amount of beneficial bacteria in our guts, and increases the yucky bacteria like E Coli – but it also lowers our immune function!
GULP
So what’s the solution?
Well, for [...]
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