Ben & Jerrys Is Not ‘All Natural’
I recently crossed Häagen-Dazs off my list of favorite ice creams due to its use of rBGH milk. In this disinfo story we quoted author John Robbins: Ben & Jerry’s gets all their milk from dairies...
View ArticleChemicals in Fast Food Wrappers Show Up in Human Blood
Microwave popcorn bag. Photo: Howcheng (CC) From Environment News Service: Chemicals used to keep grease from leaking through fast food wrappers and microwave popcorn bags are migrating into food,...
View ArticleA Tax On Unhealthy Foods?
Source: New York Times The New York Times‘ Mark Bittman proposes a tax on junk food. What do you think – is he right? What will it take to get Americans to change our eating habits? The need is...
View ArticleWhat Are ‘Natural’ Foods?
Marion Nestle, NYU’s food guru, explains at her blog, Food Politics: FoodNavigator.com has issued a collection of its recent articles on “natural” and processing. At issue is the meaning of “natural,”...
View ArticleThe Truth About What You’re Eating Right Now
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View ArticleStudy Links Processed Salt To Autoimmune Diseases
Are processed foods disrupting our immune systems? Via True Activist: The modern diet of processed foods could be to blame for a sharp increase in autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis,...
View ArticleHere’s How U.S. Food Items Are Labeled Overseas
Supermarket shoppers in other countries are informed that American processed foods contain GMOs and artificial coloring dyes linked to childhood hyperactivity. Why aren’t we told this? Food Babe...
View ArticleDoctors Dissected Chicken Nuggets
This image is not in any way illustrative of the story, nor is it meant to imply McDonalds as one of the restaurants in deShazo’s research. Dr. Richard deShazo of the University of Mississippi Medical...
View ArticleInside The Food Industry: The Surprising Truth About What You Eat
Credit: AlejandroLinaresGarcia (CC) Think you eat only healthy, unprocessed foods? Think again. The Guardian‘s Joanna Blythman went undercover and discovered that even your fruit salad is not what it...
View ArticleAre processed foods finally on their way out?
Christina Sarich via Natural Society: The public doesn’t trust manufacturers like Kellogg’s and Kraft anymore. Earnings are falling, and dozens of Big Food companies’ stocks are down. One of the...
View ArticleDepression Link to Processed Food
To the surprise of, well, hardly anyone, the BBC reports on a link between eating a lot of processed foods and depression. As if we needed any more reasons not to eat... The post Depression Link to...
View ArticleNYC Schools Prohibit Sale of Home-Made Food and Allow Junk for Fundraising?!?
From NYC Green Schools: Regulation A-812 prohibits home-baked foods from being sold at school fundraisers, while permitting Doritos and Pop-Tarts instead! Yes, this regulation mandates that if we want...
View ArticlePepsi Scientists Solve Obesity Crisis With Potato Chips
Now here’s corporate thinking to believe in, gotta please those shareholders. As the author of the article says, eating fewer chips potato chips is not an option. Hamilton Nolan writes on Gawker:......
View ArticleWinning The Battle Against High Fructose Corn Syrup
For once, some good news in the fight against the poster child for processed food, High Fructose Corn Syrup, in the New York Times: For much of 2009, Michael Locascio, an executive... The post Winning...
View ArticleHigh Fructose Corn Syrup Changes Name To ‘Corn Sugar’
Who are they kidding? It's not sugar and it's not natural! From Fast Company's Co.Design: Cast as an evil, oozing harbinger of obesity and diabetes, sales of high fructose corn syrup have seen a...
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