I Can’t Sleep

March 9, 2011 by Mecca · Leave a Comment 

And my crappy diet is to blame. I haven’t been sleeping, or more accurately I have been sleeping and then waking up 3ish and unable to fall back to sleep.  It’s been one of those crazy periods:  huge charity project, work changes, new school for my 2 and half-year-old (a M-W-F morning program), the list [...]

9 Ingredients to Avoid

April 26, 2010 by Mecca · Leave a Comment 

Spotlight on Processed Food Ingredients We all know that fresh, real foods are best (as opposed to food products) but it can be hard to remember exactly why we should avoid ingredients like, artificial colors.  So I was thrilled to find this easy-to-read (and remember) article, “9 Ingredients to avoid in processed foods“, on Yahoo’s  Shine. It lays out many common processed [...]