First morning frustration...

I need to go grocery shopping!

So I had it in mind to share some snippits of deliciousness with you of my blueberry pancakes and fresh oj...
Unfortunately I had no eggs, therefore no pancakes. I realized I ran out of oj a bit too late as well.

Hmmm, what to do?

I went w/ the delicious fall standby of oatmeal w/ organic brown sugar and pure maple syrup. Had some delicious coffee as well.

Not quite the intriguing first meal for the blog, you say? Touche. But there are always moments for teaching/learning.

Educational moment for today: Name one of the most widely used ingredients in processed food that is also one of the worst things to add to your diet? High Fructose Corn Syrup. See the links.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66057P20100701
http://ajprenal.physiology.org/cgi/content/full/293/4/F1256

So I've given you some examples. Now educate yourselves. It's in EVERYTHING. There are a few products that the mass majority of people ingest on a regular basis that are almost ENTIRELY HFCS but packaged/marketed under a different name. Soda=HFCS+flavoring & color. Maple Syrup= HFCS+color.

HOWEVER, there are options. Pure maple syrup for example, is incredibly more delicious w/ ZERO additives and ZERO HFCS. More expensive for sure, but well worth the extra dollars in my opinion.

Conclusion for the day:
READ YOUR LABELS. If you don't know what something is? It's probably not good for you.