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My podcast producer, Billy P, asked me this question. “I love corn tortillas with my Mexican food and heard something over the weekend about blue corn tortillas being good for you. What’s the story?” Corn comes in a variety of colors beyond the yellow and white that we’re familiar with such as blue, black and violet. A study reported in the Journal of Science in Food and Agriculture found that blue tortillas and other dark varieties have greater quantities of a naturally occurring pigment called anthocyanins. You may have heard this term before. Anthocyanins are also found in purple grapes and wine and are a natural antioxidant. Blue corn tortillas contain more protein and less carbs than the white corn version which may be a good thing for diabetics.

Have you heard the news about dairy and the hormone rBST? Many people stopped drinking milk or changed the type that they buy due to concern over the use of the artificially produced hormone called rBST. Even though there has yet to be a lab test that can differentiate between milk produced by cows given rBST versus those that have not, consumers have spoken loudly and the industry has listened. In Florida, the state-based dairy cooperative that includes the majority of dairy farmers has made the decision to no longer use the drug. This decision affects most milk in Florida as well as some in Tennessee, Alabama, Virginia and the Carolinas. The same co-op decision has already been made in California, the nation’s number one dairy production state so this is a national trend.