Thoughts of outrage, unfairness, disbelief, and ultimately grief consumed me while I was doing this investigation. A list of ingredients that are banned across the globe but still allowed for use here in the American food supply recently made news. While I have written about some of those ingredients before, this list inspired me to look a little deeper and find out how pervasive…
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Food Babe Investigates: Is Subway Real Food?
This is a guest post from Vani Hari (a.k.a. The Food Babe). Subway is the single largest chain restaurant in the world. That means you’ve probably eaten there at some point in your lifetime and if you are like me could possibly have 10 of these restaurants within a 1 mile radius of your house. But …
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Food Babe Investigates Stevia: Good or Bad?
Vani Hari (a.k.a. The Food Babe) is a regular contributor on 100 Days of Real Food. To learn more about Vani check her out on "Our Team" page. Sugar is one of the most dangerous ingredients on the market. It's addictive, added to almost every processed food, and will make you overweight, depressed and sick if you eat too much. In fact, Americans eat…
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Food Babe Investigates: Why Chick-fil-A?
Vani Hari (a.k.a. The Food Babe) is a regular contributor on 100 Days of Real Food. To learn more about Vani check her out on “Our Team” page. Long before I became the Food Babe I used to be addicted to Chick-fil-A. I remember the first time I tasted it – it was at the mall …
Food Babe Investigates: Is Your Protein Shake Safe?
Protein shakes, powders, and supplements are incredibly popular with the health conscious crowd. Considering what typical protein powders promise - sleek muscles, weight loss and a quick, easy "healthy" meal replacement - it's logical to see why. Unfortunately, the food industry is making an absolute killing (maybe literally) selling ones that are filled with highly processed denatured proteins, chemicals, preservatives and other additives. There’s…
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Food Babe Investigates: What to Watch out for at Whole Foods
Vani Hari (a.k.a. The Food Babe) is a regular contributor on 100 Days of Real Food. To learn more about Vani check out “Our Team” page.……………………….. If I could give one piece of health advice to everyone I meet I’d ask them to shop in a place where they can get the best quality groceries and …
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Food Babe Investigates: Sabotaged at Starbucks
Vani Hari (a.k.a. The Food Babe) is a regular contributor on 100 Days of Real Food. To learn more about Vani check her out on “Our Team” page. Trying to get through the maze of what is offered at Starbucks can be pretty daunting – hopefully this information will clear up any nagging thoughts about what’s …
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Food Babe Investigates: Chipotle vs. Moe’s
This is a guest post by Vani Hari (a.k.a. The Food Babe). Before I get into the meat of this next investigation (no pun intended), I’d like to express my disappointment with Chipotle and Moe’s. Both of them made it extremely difficult (just like Yoforia) to get the exact ingredients in their product offerings. With marketing …
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Food Babe Investigates: Frozen Yogurt Gone Bad
This is a guest post by Vani Hari (a.k.a. The Food Babe) who is a regular contributor on 100 Days of Real Food. To learn more about Vani check her out on "Our Team" page. Before you start the enjoying the hot summer weather and cool treats - there's something I have to tell you, but you first have to promise not to kill…
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Food Babe Investigates: Death by Chocolate?
This is a guest post by Vani Hari (a.k.a. The Food Babe). 15 dollars for 8 pieces of chocolate….?! That’s all I could think about on a recent trip to the mall while walking past the famous chocolatier, Godiva. I mean 15 dollars for 8 pieces of what? What is Godiva doing that make these chocolates …
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Food Babe Investigates: Supermarket Birthday Cakes
Today I’d like to introduce my very first “regular contributor” on the blog…Vani Hari a.k.a the Food Babe! Vani, a fellow “real food” blogger here in Charlotte, first caught my eye when I read her blog post entitled “Don’t Believe the Hype – There’s No Euphoria from Yoforia….” She did such a great job investigating …
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