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"Natural" almonds are not likely to kill many people. Almonds are pasteurized because of potential salmonella contamination. You're probably thinking of cashews, which really do contain a (natural) toxin, but it doesn't take "heavy modification" to make cashews safe to eat either.

The sucrose is already in the dates when they're picked from the tree. Drying dates and grinding them up is what makes date sugar "processed". That being said, it takes a lot less processing to make date sugar than it does came sugar, beet sugar, or high fructose corn syrup. That's the trouble with the "processed food"…

Unfortunately as the recent E. coli outbreak demonstrated, packaged lettuce often also contains "free fertilizer" of sorts, and can be contaminated anywhere from the field to the packaging plant.

I've got a couple boxes of Girl Scout cookies from a year or two ago. They've probably gone bad by now.

Today I had overnight oats with chia seeds, ground flax seed, cinnamon, carob powder, walnuts, shredded coconut, cocoa nibs, soymilk, peanut butter, blackberries, and blueberries. (Yes, it's a lot. I don't log all the time, but my oats easily reach 800-900 calories.)

I'm pretty on-the-go too, full-time work, mom, & part-time student. Here's how I make it work for me: Overnight oats about 10:30 am. Healthy & filling, quick, easy, love it, and I never have to worry about what to eat. Different toppings keep me from getting bored. Nuts, fresh or frozen fruit, shredded coconut, cacao nibs,…

I love pho, super comfort food! Definitely can be a part of a healthy diet. I eat it at least a couple times a month--veggies & tofu is my fave. I have the dry noodles at home. A 2 oz/56 gram serving has 200 calories. A restaurant portion is probably more. A good pho restaurant will make broth from scratch. Are there any…