The excessive consumption of white rice can contribute to overweight, obesity and blood sugar disorders. Exciting research indicates adding coconut oil while cooking it can dramatically and positively alter its nutritional structure and function. Read more.
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To Protect Corporate Profits, U.S. Plans to Bully Mexico into Buying GMO Corn
Corporate money has always corrupted the political process in order to create laws and trade agreements that protect corporate profits at the expense of not just U.S. citizens, but citizens of the world. We can find, perhaps, no better case in point than genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Read more.
Prioritizing an All-Organic Diet — Paybacks from Safer, Nutrient-Dense Food
Every spring the Environmental Working Group (EWG) releases their Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™. For nearly 20 years, this guide has been designed for consumers concerned about pesticide contamination in fruits and vegetables. A new white paper critiques the legitimacy of encouraging shoppers to purchase commonly contaminated conventional, non-organic produce. Read more.
Why There is No Such Thing as ‘Safe’ Tap Water
Despite being at the top of the global food chain and industrial developmental ladder, the United States has a poor track record for delivering uncontaminated drinking water to the public. Even the nicest restaurants are guilty of serving you directly from the tap. It’s time to get real about the ‘tap water problem,’ one of the most significant vectors of toxicity of our age… Read more.
GMO Wheat: A Concerning Addition to our Food Supply
Despite USDA claims that bio-engineered wheat is safe, consumers have reservations (“Monsanto’s Genetically Engineered Wheat Scandal Is No Surprise, by Paul Klein, Forbes magazine”). While genetically modified corn and soybeans are primarily grown as animal feed or for use in processed foods, wheat is a crop grown to be consumed directly. That makes it a harder sell (“Explainer: Biotech corn and soy widely used, consumers still wary of GM wheat,” Reuters, March 3, 2023, Julie Ingwersen). Read more.
Get Fat Happy!
One of the dirtiest marketing campaigns in our recent history, that continues to wreak havoc on people’s health, surrounds the myths, lies, fallacies and omissions about dietary fats. This includes the fats we eat in our everyday diets like butter, cheese, cooking oils, nuts, avocados and meats. Read more.
EPA Acts on PFAS
Thanks to your advocacy, the agency is proposing drinking water limits on six PFAS chemicals. But there’s a lot more work to do. Action Alert! For the first time, the EPA has proposed enforceable limits on six PFAS chemicals in Americans’ drinking water. Read more.
New Study Inaccurately Attacks Common Sweetener
“Sugar substitute erythritol, common in keto foods, may increase your risk for stroke.” “Artificial sweetener in diet drinks and protein bars may increase risk of heart attack.” “Zero-calorie sweetener linked to heart attack and stroke, study finds.”The study in question was published in Nature Medicine in late February, and the media has predictably gone full throttle with the alarmist headlines suggesting cardiovascular doom and gloom for those who use erythritol. As is so often the case, the real story is much more nuanced and complicated. Read more.
Farm and Ranch Groups Applaud USDA’s “Product of U.S.A.” Label Announcement
Farm Action and American Grassfed Association applaud USDA’s announcement of a proposed rule limiting the use of the voluntary “Product of U.S.A.” label exclusively to meat, poultry, and egg products derived from animals born, raised, slaughtered, and processed in the United States. Read more.
Surprising Health Benefits of Black Raspberries
Black raspberries, when compared to more well-known red raspberries or blackberries, may surprise you for their sweet delicious taste as well as their strong health properties. Read more.
