Category: Food/GMOs

Film ‘Transgenic Wars’ Connects The Dots On The Consequences Of Genetically Engineered Food Around The World

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Film ‘Transgenic Wars’ Connects The Dots On The Consequences Of Genetically Engineered Food Around The World
Global Consequences And Connecting The Dots On Gmos: Independent Film ‘Transgenic Wars’ Makes A Huge Impact When we talk about the problems with genetically modified crops and their effects on humans and wildlife, we often end up talking in very abstract terms. There is the honeybee die-off, likely caused by the ubiquity across the U.S. of Monsanto’s glyphosate-laden Roundup. Then there are the numbers, the crop acres that are devoted to growing GMO soy and corn in the U.S.,… Read the rest

Food Security And Corporations: How Monsanto And Bayer Merging Could Be Even Worse News Than We Thought

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Food Security And Corporations: How Monsanto And Bayer Merging Could Be Even Worse News Than We Thought
Food Insecurity In The Era Of Mega-Mergers: How Monsanto And Bayer’s Unholy Marriage Could Be Even Worse Than We Thought Power is a funny thing. Well, not that funny, and certainly not funny-haha, not to the vast majority of us who have little power of our own. But once a person or group has power they tend to exploit it just as much as they can.… Read the rest

Making The Whole Grain Switch: Some Amazing Benefits Of Eating Whole Grains

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Making The Whole Grain Switch: Some Amazing Benefits Of Eating Whole Grains
Whole Grain Goodness: Why You Should Switch To Whole Grains If You Haven’t Already With all the dietary recommendations out there, it is easy to get confused. It seems like every day there is some new breakthrough discovery, or unearthing of a long-lost indigenous plant that is the cure for whatever happens to be ailing you. One recommendation that is pretty much universally agreed upon is that we need whole grains in our diet–and with good reason.… Read the rest

The Gluten-Free Fad Doesn’t Seem To Be Going Away, So Here Are Some Facts You Should Keep Straight

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The Gluten-Free Fad Doesn’t Seem To Be Going Away, So Here Are Some Facts You Should Keep Straight
Gluten-Free And Misconception-Free: Dispelling A Few Myths About Gluten So you’re thinking about jumping on the gluten-free bandwagon, are you? Read one too many stories about this or that celebrity who claims to have lost weight by cutting carbs? Perhaps you’ve just simply given up on living a normal life because you have an annoying co-worker who won’t shut up about being gluten-free, and you figure, hey, if you can’t beat them, join them.… Read the rest

Avoiding Sugar Crashes Is Only Half The Battle–Here Are More Foods That Can Boost Your Mood

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Avoiding Sugar Crashes Is Only Half The Battle–Here Are More Foods That Can Boost Your Mood
Better Diet For Better Performance: How What You Eat Could Be Affecting Your Mood And How To Change It We’ve all surely had a bout or two with “stress eating,” or eating from a place of emotional need. The legendary pint of Ben and Jerry’s after a breakup is a common trope. But even beyond that, it is perfectly natural and on some level logical that we unthinkingly reach for a candy bar or other sweet snack when we are stressed: these foods make us feel good.… Read the rest

Watching Out For ‘Halo Foods:’ What Healthy-Sounding Buzz Words Actually Mean–And That They Don’t

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Watching Out For ‘Halo Foods:’ What Healthy-Sounding Buzz Words Actually Mean–And That They Don’t
Food And The ‘Halo’ Effect: Here’s What Those Healthy-Sounding Terms Actually Mean–You Might Be Surprised In the wake of the genetically modified food labeling debacle of a few months ago, perhaps it is time to identify other food labeling terms manufacturers use to create a health “halo effect” and trick consumers into thinking they are eating healthy. Sometimes there is truth in labeling, sometimes it is cruel sham, like the Senate bill that was hastily constructed as a fig leaf for big food manufacturers and agrichem businesses who want to be able to sell the public GMO-containing food that we have repeatedly demonstrated we don’t want.… Read the rest

Rebel With A Cause: How Appealing To Teenagers’ Rebellious Side Can Have Healthy Dietary Outcomes

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Rebel With A Cause: How Appealing To Teenagers’ Rebellious Side Can Have Healthy Dietary Outcomes
Rebel Rebel, Don’t Eat Those Fries: How Appealing To Kid’s Rebellious Nature Can Help Their Nutrition Ah, the rebelliousness of youth. No matter how many years removed we are from our teen angsty years, we all probably remember–with the odd internal cringe–our rebellious times. Back when we knew with the utmost certainty that not only were our parents wrong, wrong, wrong about everything, but that there was no way in a million years any of us were ever going to turn out like them.… Read the rest

Nutritionists Wouldn’t Eat These So-Called Healthy Foods On A Dare–Neither Should You

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Nutritionists Wouldn’t Eat These So-Called Healthy Foods On A Dare–Neither Should You
Here Are Some Trickster Foods That Try To Fool You Into Thinking They Are Healthy–They’re Lying! We discuss truth in advertising here quite often. These days is seems like everyone is trying to pull the wool over our eyes in some way or another, be it government agencies, politicians, or the corporations that run them, it is very difficult to not be assaulted with at least some modicum of B.S.… Read the rest

Sweet Turned Sour: Honey Turns Up With Deadly Toxin In Every Sample Tested By FDA

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Sweet Turned Sour: Honey Turns Up With Deadly Toxin In Every Sample Tested By FDA
No Sugar Pie Honey Bunch: FDA Discovers Deadly Toxin Present In EVERY Honey Sample It Tested You may have heard about the pervasive Chinese network of honey manufacturers using eastern European countries as fronts for shipping counterfeit and shoddy product into the United States undetected. Much of the sketchy honey from China also has been found to contain heavy metals, banned antibiotics and other adulterants.… Read the rest

Pro-GMO Forces Line Up Against Chipotle: Curious Timing From The MSM Hurling Accusations

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Pro-GMO Forces Line Up Against Chipotle: Curious Timing From The MSM Hurling Accusations
Retaliation For Trying To Go Non-GMO: Big Ag’s Many Friends In The MSM Take Potshots At Chipotle It was a first in an industry where the bottom line is always the most important thing, back in 2013 when Chipotle announced that it would be sourcing all its ingredients from growers who were certified to only grow non-genetically modified crops. For a fast food chain to make such an announcement was tantamount to heresy: don’t these hippies understand that if it is cheaper, it is better?… Read the rest