Soda/pop/soft drinks, whatever you choose to call them, are bad for you! Food colorings, preservatives, empty calories, obesity, yellow teeth, decreased bone density, spikes in blood sugar and increased cancer risk are some negative effects of drinking soda. Why continue to drink this toxic substance on a daily basis? How does drinking soft drinks affect […]
Identify Conventional, Organic And GMO Produce From PLU Label
What can you tell from those numbers on fruit and vegetable stickers? The price look-up (PLU) code system used by most produce distributors has the side benefit of allowing consumers to identify conventional and organic produce at the grocery store. We have all seen cashiers at supermarkets type in the codes from those pesky stickers […]
Eden Foods Using BPA-Free Cans
You can sleep better knowing that Eden Organic’s cares about keeping it clean. No BPA in the cans, no non-organic ingredients used, and sodium is low. If you like the convenience of canned beans, Eden Organic is the way to go. Canned food not only provides long term storage and survives external contamination, but also […]
Are GMOs to blame for epidemic proportions of gluten intolerance?
Gluten intolerance has reached epidemic proportions — a staggering 40 percent of the U.S. population now suffers from it in one form or another. Celiac disease alone strikes one in every 133 Americans. Taking into account the fact that gluten sensitivity has risen sharply over the last 20 years, researchers and food safety advocates are […]
Reasons To Avoid Genetically Modified Foods
Genetically modified foods have been shown to cause harm to humans, animals, and the environment. Despite growing opposition, more and more foods continue to be genetically altered. Here are reasons to avoid GMO foods. When was the last time you thought about how food was made, where it came from, whether and if it was […]
Probiotics Help With Digestion And So Much More
The friendly bacteria that live in our guts are essential for good health. What do these beneficial bugs do? Probiotics are the opposite of antibiotics, which kill bacteria. (There are trillions of them, outnumbering the cells in our body 10-to-1.) They help prevent colitis-related colon cancer, protect you from food poisoning, strengthen the immune system, […]
They Will Harvest Food That Should Not Be Consumed
Scores of experts and analysts have feared for months that it would happen, and now it has: Radiation from the heavily damaged nuclear power plants at Japan’s Fukushima complex has made it into the food chain. 1,946 known lethal radioactive isotopes are spewing from Fukushima Reactors throughout all of Japan all the time now. Bluefin […]
Chipotle’s ‘Farmed and Dangerous’ comedy series criticizes industrial farming practices
Farmed and Dangerous is a satirical film, an original comedy series produced by Chipotle Mexican Grill that explores the outrageously twisted and utterly unsustainable world of industrial agriculture. The show tells the story of an idealistic boy who falls for a girl whose father, Mr. Marshall, works for farmers planning to raise cows on petroleum pellets, […]
Fukushima radiation effecting world food supply safety
Last March radioactive cesium spewed from the wrecked Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant over rural areas containing rice fields. It also was dispersed into the atmosphere and into the sea. The radiation contamination is working its way into the food supply and is being found in meats, milk, fungi and plants. In the fall, in the […]
Headache Most Common Adverse Experience In Neotame Study
Neotame (E961) is the next generation of artificial sweetener and flavour enhancer. Critics say it is even more toxic than aspartame, and call for independent research to evaluate its effects. Headache was the most common adverse experience in human studies. As its patent for aspartame was running out, Monsanto developed a new, more potent version […]