Avoid Frightening GMOs this Halloween

There is NOTHING scarier than GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms), along with a host of other harmful additives, ingredients and who-knows-what in our foods, including almost every Halloween candy out there that you can imagine. This Halloween, be mindful of what candy you consume not only for yourself and your family, but also the candy that you choose to give away to the trick-or-treating kiddies at your door!

Here are 4 companies you can trust when it comes to 
avoiding dangerous GMOs:

UNREAL Candy - They’ve taken the five most popular chocolate bar type candies and they’ve recreated them using natural ingredients and natural dyes. Can be found at many local Grocery stores, Target, or on Amazon.com.

Endangered Species Chocolate - These chocolates are great-tasting (some have nuts), individually-wrapped, and reasonably priced. The company donates 10 percent of net profits to supporting species, habitat and humanity. Find at your local health food store or order online.

YumEarth Lollipops & Fruit Snacks - This is a candy that's free of common allergens like peanut, gluten and soy and is also free of dyes, corn syrup, GMOs and more. Find at your local health food store or order online.

Annie’s - Gummy snacks, pretzels or crackers in snack-size packs for something savory. All Annie's items are non-GMO. Find at your local health food store or order online.

Please remember: Candy is candy, and even if it's made with organic, fair-trade, sustainably harvested and naturally occurring everything, it won't solve the health epidemics we have here in America due to too much sugar and poor quality food ingredients.  Each bite of candy is a treat, so please enjoy in moderation.  
Happy Halloween!

Alternative Ant Killer - Splenda!

Lammer & I had an ant problem this summer.  Small black ants seemed to set up camp over this one corner of our kitchen counter area.  NOT COOL.  Ant killers (or any insecticide) is dangerous stuff that I don't want in our home, especially around our food.  Sooo, I stole a few packets of FREE Splenda from around town, broke a few open and sprinkled along the edges of our walls and wherever I saw the little buggers. 

I observed them at first.  They'd pick up a morsel of the toxic Splenda and march back on their way to wherever their "base" was.  My heart broke a bit because I knew they would never make it back to our countertop...because once they went home and consumed that sweet Splenda, it would kill them.  So little by little, less and less ants were apparent.  This went on for about 2-3 weeks, so it does take time.  But it DOES work.  

The makers of Splenda were scientists trying to design an insecticide.  Instead, they came up with something that is super-duper sweet and packaged it in pretty little packets for humans to stir into their coffee or other drinks.  The world we live in is so backwards. 

Uh, what's the difference between an ant and us?  SIZE.  What's going to kill that ant will eventually kill us.  So Splenda is something that I would NEVER, EVER, in a million years recommend to anyone.  This includes any other artificial sweeteners...Equal, Sweet N' Low, Nutrasweet, etc. 

Splenda = Ant Poison

4 Grams = 1 Teaspoon Sugar

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