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 with wellness+ card

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Big Kashi sale at Target this week until 7.31.10.
Kashi cereal, snacks and frozen meals are 2.85. What makes this deal better? There are coupons for all of the above including one to get a free item!

So a potential scenario is:
If you purchase 3 Kashi Cereals
sale price: $2.85 each
with use of $1 coupon and buy 2 get one free coupon :: 3 for $3.70 ($1.57 each)

Coupons ::
Free Kashi item with purchase of two Kashi items CLICK HERE

$1 off With purchase of two 12-oz. or larger Kashi cereal CLICK HERE

$1 off With the purchase of two Kashi frozen entrées CLICK HERE

$1 off Kashi frozen pizza CLICK HERE

$1 off 1 off 4-pk. Kashi GoLean bars CLICK HERE

$1 off With the purchase of three Kashi snack bars, cookies, or crackers CLICK HERE

The 2oz Hand Sanitizer is on sale at Whole Foods this week until 7.27.10 for $3.69.

On sale direct from EO; Save 15% on Hand Sanitizing Products for the month of July.
CLICK HERE to see the full line of hand sanitizing products of Eo.

This is a first in a new series I created called Healthy Alternatives.
You may have read or heard about the drawbacks to eating white foods be it white pasta, white bread, white rice etc. Essentially those types of products are stripped of their outer shell which holds fiber and valuable nutrition. Thus leaving your white food product potentially just a filler food. Some reasons to replace white pasta in your diet: it has a high glycemic index which essentially increases your blood sugar and eating lots of white pasta also increases your bad cholesterol.

Introducing our first Pasta Alternative: Quinoa Pasta! Both products are gluten-free.

There are currently two on the market that I am aware of, one of which I have had many times and it is my favorite pasta alternative.

Ancient Harvest Organic Quinoa Pasta
This pasta is a combo of organic non-gmo corn flour and organic quinoa flour. And what makes this product even more spectacular is that is cooks in 6-9 minutes!! All of the different varieties are pretty al dente when cooked. Be careful as with any pasta not to overcook. But if by pure accident you do, run the pasta in cold water and it will firm up a tad.

Linguini, Spaghetti, Shells, Rotelle, Elbows, and Garden Pagodas are the types of pasta available. A 2oz serving size has 4 grams of protein and provides 10% of daily thiamin needs, 6% of iron, 15% of riboflavin and 2% of calcium.

Where to Find :: Lucky for you, one of my fav gluten-free pastas is currently on sale at Whole Foods until 7.27.10. The linguini is on sale at a stunning price of 3 for $6.00 and the rest are 2 for $5.00. Smaller health food stores also have been starting to carry the line. You can also purchase it online from Amazon.com. A case of 12 costs $26.03 + free shipping.

Andean Dream Quinoa Pasta
I have yet to use this particular pasta so I can’t provide much commentary. I can tell you it is made my the same company that makes Quinoa cookies and it is fairly new to the market.

For people who are looking to avoid corn, this pasta is made from organic quinoa and rice flour. They make 3 types of pasta: Spaghetti, Fusilli, and Macaroni. A 2oz serving size has 6 grams of protein and provides 12% of daily iron needs and 6% of calcium. Let me know how it is!

Where to Find :: I’ve seen a few Whole Foods carrying this line and even some of my smaller health food stores. You can also purchase it online from Andean direct at $4.89.

Five-second rule for fallen food is bogus
2010-07-21 16:50:00

The so-called “five-second rule” should be changed to the “zero-second rule”, say scientists at Clemson University, claiming that food that falls on the ground for even five seconds can make one sick.

Food scientist Paul Dawson and his students at Clemson determined that the new rule should really be zero seconds, which means that if your food touches the ground, it should not then touch your tongue.

In their work, they determined that salmonella and other bacteria can live for a month even on dry surfaces and will immediately be picked up by food that falls on it.

The Chicago Tribune, which reported on the findings on Monday, noted there is a vast body of research on the consequences of noshing on fallen food.

Two Connecticut College students sprinkled apples and Skittles in the college dining hall to determine how long it took before the foods picked up bacteria.

Their research concluded it took apples a full minute and the candy was safe for at least five minutes.

Other researchers have also noted that where you drop food matters, reports the Daily Telegraph.

Kitchens are literally breeding grounds for bad things because of the types of germs that are found in them, according to University of Colorado School of Medicine professor Harley Rotbart.

Bacteria from uncooked meat tends to collect in kitchens which is generally more dangerous than bacteria that are found in dirt.

In other words, you are probably better off enacting the five-second rule in your yard than in your kitchen.

And similarly, for obvious reasons, bathrooms, too, should be considered zero second zones.

The study appeared in an article in this month’s National Geographic. (ANI)