Tag: Food

The Cult Of Perfection Reaches The Produce Section: Study Finds That Americans Throw Out Half The Food They Produce

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The Cult Of Perfection Reaches The Produce Section: Study Finds That Americans Throw Out Half The Food They Produce
Let Them Eat Cake: Study Finds That Americans Are Throwing Out Half The Food They Produce Because It Doesn’t Look Nice Enough We all hear about how wasteful people in the U.S. are, and there is more than anecdotal truth to that. If you’ve ever lived overseas in a county that is less wealthy than the U.S., you learn very quickly how long consumer items can really last.… Read the rest

Deficient: One Of The Most Common Vitamin Deficiencies Is Also One Of The Most Frequently Misdiagnosed–And Easily Treated

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Deficient: One Of The Most Common Vitamin Deficiencies Is Also One Of The Most Frequently Misdiagnosed–And Easily Treated
Vitamin B12 Deficiency: One Of The Most Frequently Misdiagnosed Conditions Could Also Be The Cause Of A Variety Of Maladies It’s hard to imagine, given the wide array of supplements and vitamin-enriched foods that we face every time we go to the grocery store that somehow, our ancestors managed to get everything they need to live and thrive living a hunting and foraging existence on the savannahs of Africa.… Read the rest

Guess Who’s Paying A Premium To Make Americans Fat: You Are. How Taxpayer Subsidies Fuel Obesity And Other Disease

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Guess Who’s Paying A Premium To Make Americans Fat: You Are. How Taxpayer Subsidies Fuel Obesity And Other Disease
We Already Know That Taxpayer Subsidies To Unhealthy Food Industry Giants Are A Rip-Off–Here’s The Proof That They’re Killing Us Too If 70 percent of your countrymen were at risk of contracting a deadly disease, or already dying from it, and you found out who was secretly paying to make them sick, you would want that person prosecuted to the full extent of the law, wouldn’t you?… Read the rest

Fast Food Packaging Found To Seep Into Food, Impact Hormones–Processed Grocery Store Food Packaging Too

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Fast Food Packaging Found To Seep Into Food, Impact Hormones–Processed Grocery Store Food Packaging Too
Chemicals In Fast Food Packaging Found To Penetrate Food, Upset Hormones In People Who Eat Them Just when you think you’ve got the whole “chemicals in your food” thing licked… From bisphenol-A in our water bottles to glyphosate on our food crops to the myriad of nasty additives and preservatives that are in processed foods, sometimes it seems like we’re playing whack-a-mole to keep up with all the ways that food manufacturers are trying to poison us.… Read the rest

What Won’t They Think Of Next? Monsanto Scientists Find A Way To Alter Insects Rna By Spraying Plants

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What Won’t They Think Of Next? Monsanto Scientists Find A Way To Alter Insects Rna By Spraying Plants
Monsanto Using RNA Spray To Alter The Genetic Makeup Of Insects, Seeks To Get Plants To Do The Same On Their Own. File under: Jesus Christ, here they go again. The evil geniuses at Monsanto have come up with yet another novel way to disrupt life as it has existed on this pale blue ball for billions of years, this time not by creating a laboratory-birthed crop seed, but by actually altering the genetic makeup of pest insects through a spray applied to crops.… Read the rest

Artificial Flavoring Can Change The Way We Perceive The Taste Of Real Food

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Artificial Flavoring Can Change The Way We Perceive The Taste Of Real Food
Junk Food Is Deceiving Your Body–How Artificial Flavoring Changes The Taste Of Real Food We’ve all been there: you’re vaguely hungry, but you’re not sure what for. You open the pantry, then the fridge, scanning for something that might jump out at you. Apples, carrots, ah. There it is. Potato chips. Well it turns out there’s a very good reason why junk food high in artificial flavorings might appeal to us over natural foods.… Read the rest

After Two Decades Of Alarming Growth, GMO Crops Decline For The First Time

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After Two Decades Of Alarming Growth, GMO Crops Decline For The First Time
For the First Time In 20 Years The Number Of GMO Crops Dropped. What Happened? In many ways there has never been a better time to be on the side of organic, non-GMO food. The GMO wars have certainly amped up in recent months, as the forces of Monsanto and the big food manufacturers who avail themselves of their products have been dealt a couple of tough defeats recently.… Read the rest

Bill Gates wants Africa to embrace GMO foods–is that such a good idea?

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Bill Gates wants Africa to embrace GMO foods–is that such a good idea?
Biotechnology is the key to helping Africans-or so says Bill Gates A not-at-all unexpected advocate for GMO foods has come out in favor of exporting the genetically engineered food technology to Africa, saying that it might not only help poorer African nations feed themselves, but even suggesting that they might be able to produce enough food to export. In a fawning interview with the Wall Street Journal, Gates said, “…GMOs are done by changing the genes of the plant, and it’s done in a way where there’s a very thorough safety procedure, and it’s pretty incredible because it reduces the amount of pesticide you need, raises productivity (and) can help with malnutrition by getting vitamin fortification.”… Read the rest

Bill that would outlaw labeling of GMO products to reach Senate floor this week

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Bill that would outlaw labeling of GMO products to reach Senate floor this week
If you put a label on genetically engineered food you might as well put a skull and crossbones on it.” –Norman Braksick, president of Asgrow Seed Co., a subsidiary of Monsanto, quoted in the Kansas City Star, March 7, 1994 In this day and age, we are so very fond of our apocalypse tales. From zombies to meteors to tidal waves to alien invasions–it’s almost as if we can’t wait for the end of the world to arrive.… Read the rest

France joins other EU countries in planning to vote against glyphosate re-approval

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France joins other EU countries in planning to vote against glyphosate re-approval
France and a growing chorus of other EU countries are preparing to just say no to Monsanto and its toxic herbicide Roundup in a way that could make a real dent in the agrichem corporation’s bottom line. A recent vote set to determine whether the EU would re-approve the use of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, on crops throughout the union has been postponed.… Read the rest