Important work presentation on the schedule? Big exam coming up? During an ordinary day, your brain performance will gradually decrease as you become cognitively fatigued, possibly leaving you in a fog the moment you need your brain to be at its best. Nature comes to the rescue once again, however, as snacking on a tasty berry snack may be all you need to boost your brain function — and ace your upcoming task. Read more.
Get Informed on Issues Related to Foods
18 Medicinal Properties of Cucumbers
Eat them raw and you get a juicy crunch. Cucumbers, however, do more than just serve as a refreshing feature of salads, sandwiches, slaws, pickles, noodles, cocktails and more. This popular produce pick, a member of the Cucurbitaceae family along with melon, squash and pumpkins, has been used in traditional medicine since ancient times for its unnumbered health benefits. Read more.
PFAS Report puts FDA in Cross-Hairs
Our report showing supermarket kale to be contaminated with toxic chemicals is getting picked up far and wide. Help us maintain the momentum and call for a ban on toxic PFAS “forever chemicals.” Action Alert! Last week, we launched a national campaign on the back of our pilot study showing 7 of 8 supermarket kale samples to be contaminated with PFAS “forever chemicals,” suggesting much wider contamination of our food supply with these chemicals than the FDA wants to acknowledge. Read more.
“Toxicology is not a Political Science,” Ex-FDA official weighs in on WHO aspartame news
Industry experts and trade groups are decrying the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer’s pending addition of aspartame to a list of possible carcinogens for humans as unscientific and politically motivated. Read more.
The Future of Plant Breeding is Under Threat in Europe
This report provides an overview of granted patents and patent applications with claims covering conventional plant breeding in Europe. The past decade has seen a growing number of patent applications filed for conventionally-bred plants used in food production. Read more.
7 Food Tips to Keep You Cool
With extreme heat settling over vast areas this summer and temperatures stuck at 100 degrees or more for days on end in some places, it’s time to adjust our diets for the duration. It’s natural that rich heavy foods just don’t appeal to us when the thermometer spikes, and we turn to lighter fare to cool us off. Eating wisely is especially important right now to minimize our discomfort and maximize our energy – despite the heat. Read more.
First CRISPR-edited Salad Hits the U.S. Market
Food start-up Pairwise made history in May with the launch of its Purple Power Baby Greens Blend, the first genome-edited product using CRISPR technology sold in the United States. A mix of purple and green mustard greens, the new salad blend was gene-edited to taste less bitter and more like lettuce. Read more.
Report Release: Why Are PFAS in my Kale?
The federal government doesn’t seem to think PFAS contamination of our food supply is a concern, but independent testing from ANH-USA tells a different story. We need to act now to ban PFAS. Action Alert! Independent testing conducted by ANH-USA has found kale samples purchased at grocery stores across the US to be contaminated with dangerous PFAS chemicals. ANH’s report builds on an increasing body of evidence telling us that the pervasive contamination of our world with PFAS chemicals is producing a public health disaster. Read more.
USDA Greenlights Cell-cultured Meat from UPSIDE Foods, Good Meat for Sale in US
Cultivated meat could debut on upscale restaurant menus in the US in as little as a few weeks or months after the USDA on Wednesday gave the greenlight for UPSIDE Foods and GOOD Meat to sell their “cell-cultured chicken” in the US. Read more.
EPA Breaking the Law to Help Pesticide Companies
The agency is giving pesticide-coated seeds a pass as they poison local communities and destroy ecosystems. Action Alert! Over the last few months, we’ve been reporting on the health and environmental catastrophe linked to the use of pesticide-coated seeds, which were utilized to produce ethanol at a plant in Mead, Nebraska. Read more.