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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1) Cancer and the Color of Your Food
2) Deciphering Food Expiration Dates
3) Sweet Misery
4) Holiday Specials
5) Healthy Products and Services

Blue, red and purple fruits and vegetables contain chemicals called anthocyanins. Anthocyanins are antioxidants and have been shown to fight colon cancer.

The most potent anthocyanin-rich foods are blackberries, blueberries, red grapes, red raspberries and strawberries. In general, most berries contain anthocyanins, as well as pomegranates, cherries, plums, red cabbage and apples.

"Sell by" - "Best if used by" - "best before" - "Use by"

No doubt you've seen these stamped on packages of food you've purchased in the grocery store. Have you ever wondered what they really mean? Does food have to be used by the Sell by" date? Does it really make any difference?

Here are five food safety tips from a Business Week article titled "The Truth About Food Expiration Dates."

1) "Sell by" is generally a guide for grocers (potentially confusing for shoppers who might regard it as an expiration date)

2) "Best if used by" or "best before" usually refers to optimum food flavor or quality – it's not necessarily an indication that the food will be spoiled on or after that date

3) "Use by" is an expiration date – if the date has passed, pass on it

4) Milk products generally stay fresh for up to five days after their "sell by" date – provided they've been properly refrigerated (choose organic, rBST or rBGH free. Raw is best.)

5) Eggs store very well – refrigerated eggs are usually good for more than a month after their "sell by" date. (The healthiest eggs are organic eggs from free range chickens.)

If you use aspartame or MSG or know anyone who does, this is a must see. You can watch it online at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n-gA0wvi84

Food Additives: A Shopper's Guide To What's Safe & What's Not, new 2007 edition, is available at a 15% discount at http://www.foodadditivesbook.com/holidayspecial07.html

Help your famly and friends to make sure that the food they eat contains only safe ingredients. This book makes a great stocking stuffer. Give the gift of health this holiday season. If you don't have a copy yet, pick one up for yourself too. If you have an earlier version, you'll still want the 2007 expanded and improved edition. It has new information that is well worth it. You'll be glad you did.

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The 2007 Edition of FOOD ADDITIVES: A Shopper's Guide To What's Safe & What's Not lists over 1000 food additives classified according to safety, whether they may cause allergic reactions and if they are GRAS Generally Recognized As Safe) by the FDA. New to this edition is information on how to identify genetically modified produce in the grocery store. It's a handy pocket-sized book that you can carry with you when you shop to help you read food labels and make sure the food you're buying has only healthy ingredients. It will help you choose healthy foods when you shop and keep harmful chemicals out of the food you feed your family.

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HEALTHY EATING: For Extremely Busy People Who Don't Have Time For It tells you what's healthy and what's not in a clear, concise and easy-to-use format. It gives you a system so easy to use that you can't help but succeed at eating healthfully. In less than 15 minutes, you will know how to choose healthy food and be on the right track to eating healthfully.

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Healthy Eating Coaching
If you would like personal, one-on-one help to get yourself eating healthfully, I offer healthy eating coaching/nutritional consulting services by telephone. The first session is free. You just have to pay for the call.

To schedule your no charge evaluation, send me an e-mail with NO CHARGE EVALUATION in the subject line. Tell me what your concerns are, what times you are available, and what time zone you're in. I will send you an e-mail with your appointment date and time, and the phone number for you to call.