Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
This month’s Q&A question is near and dear to my heart, for a few reasons. Alexa from New York emailed in about her newly diagnosed allergy to eggs, asking how she can go about replacing them when she bakes. A lot of people suffer from egg allergies - some mild and some severe. Other people choose to avoid eggs for ethical reasons (vegans), because of their concerns about excess dietary cholesterol (side note: studies have shown that eating eggs regularly does not impact blood cholesterol levels), or because their fearful of outbreaks of illnesses like salmonella. Regardless of your reason, baking without eggs can be easy-peasy, so long as you’re armed with the right tools!
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Tags: baking, egg alternatives, Q&A, recipes
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Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
I’m excited to kick of my monthly Q&A with a great question about the safety of sunscreens. In my comings and goings I’m often asked a lot of questions about what to eat, what to buy, or what not to buy. Instead of being able to only answer the one person who asked it, I’m turning those questions, and new ones that you submit, into monthly Q&A. If there’s something on your mind that you’re not sure of, ask me! Since I’m posting first names only, you have no reason to hold back, even from those potentially embarrassing questions, so ask away.
My favorite question that I received from my June newsletter came from Stacey who asked:
“Which sunscreen is the safest for me and my kids? I just don’t trust what the packages say anymore!”
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Tags: chemicals, Q&A, summer, sunscreen
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