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My relationship with Pinterest would probably be best described as somewhere between a blind first and second date. You know, that awkward phase when you still hide things with Spanx and a pushup bra, and the guy is still pretending he would rather be listening to stories about your cat than drinking a beer and…
Photo by: Steve Ford I bet you saw one of the rehashes of the Stanford University paper in the news that said there was no point eating organic, because it wasn’t any healthier. Let’s talk. I love science and all, but I’ve discovered that scientists have started to make certain headlines to get attention and…
I can remember sitting on the counter when I was very small, helping my mother while she made supper. You know, to this day, my mother still credits me with being the first to have the idea of putting Grape Nuts cereal on salad (I think I may have been two or three at the…
Despite the battles being wrangled over the right to label for genetically modified organisms, it appears that a fairly hefty percentage of food sales indicate that people appear to want to know, and perhaps commercial food manufacturers should take note that this is a growing business opportunity. It’s been a fairly interesting week for GMO…
A recent study in the Journal of Organic Systems conducted on the long-term health effects of consumption of genetically modified grains examined 168 pigs over a 22.7 week period. These animals were fed with three types of GMO corn, two of which were engineered to produce Bt, and the third which was engineered to…
Dr. Stephanie Seneff and Anthony Samsel have released a paper in Entropy suggesting that glyphosate’s toxicity to mammals may be understated–or misunderstood. Glyphosate is a main chemical component of RoundUp weedkiller and is used quite heavily in commercial agriculture, particularly on the GMO crops that have been specifically designed by Monsanto to withstand RoundUp. These glyphosate-laden…
You may have just heard in the last few days about the dairy industry lobbying for the right to large-label market milk with artificial sweeteners as just plain milk. What you may not know is that the FDA had an open forum for consumer opinion on the matter dating from April 15, 2013 until May…
If you haven’t been tracking the news, be prepared to get a little worried. The bee colonies that so many of North America’s food crops depend on are in a really, really bad spot. The one statistic that they’re all citing: that the bee populations are so low right now, even this year it would…
While the scientific jury might still be technically out on GMOs, there remains a very good incentive to buy organic, and even better yet, to grow your own if possible. It’s summed up in this picture right here… a demonstration of the absorption of a leaf of lettuce: I stipulate “best to grow your own”…
Weight loss and pharmaceuticals for diet disorders alone are both industries worth billions. Sure seems like no surprise to me that someone wants to try to keep people fat and chronically ill! View the video at Sugar industry’s secret documents echo tobacco tactics – Health – CBC News.