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Ultra filtering is a high-tech procedure where honey is heated, sometimes watered down and then forced at high pressure through extremely small filters to remove pollen, which is the only foolproof sign identifying the source of the honey. It is a sp
Even smarter: Get your fix in a cozy cup of hot chocolate made with real polyphenol-rich cocoa powder, no-fat milk, and sugar-free sweetener. Bingo! All the benefits, none of the bad stuff.
It would be nice if politicians and regulators left us alone. But they don't. They always want to do more. Recently, there have been shortages of some medicines.
C.W. Post should know. He was a patient at the Kelloggs sanitarium. His health didn’t improve one bit while there, but he saw the business opportunity, and started his own sanitarium. And his own Post Cereal Company. You might recognize his version o
Providing yet another reason for its 9 percent approval rating, Congress is attempting to write the nation’s next farm bill in secrecy—sneaking it into law as part of the deficit reduction package to be produced by the “supercommittee.”
How does the food industry respond to those in the public health and nutrition arena who systematically call them out? Is there is a legitimate fear that one day "the people" will realize how unhealthy many of their products are?
...but it might be internet broadcasted.
A group of mothers from across the country who feed their children raw milk plan to hold a demonstration to protest the FDA’s crackdown on raw milk production and distribution, arguing that the government campaign not only criminalizes raw milk, but
No bread, pasta or sugar: Stone Age-style restaurant serves only food that was available to our caveman ancestors
The health department hack returned, this time with local police. Thankfully, the police officers, not understanding why they were called, did nothing and left. This is just another reminder that people are not free to make their own choices regar
On top of an old bowling alley in industrial northern Brooklyn sits an expansive translucent greenhouse. Inside, a bounty of produce thrives under the supervision of a computer-controlled network of sensors, motors and plumbing.
Patents with claims on bread, flour and noodles (EP1331845) and cucumber (EP1433378) are due to be granted. Nov 2 a patent will be granted to Bayer for a cucumber derived from conventional breeding. Patents on air, light and love next?
Ben & Jerry’s ice cream is too hot to handle for some supermarket chains. While the new limited-edition flavor has brought chuckles from fans of the “Saturday Night Live’’ skit on which it’s based, some supermarket chains aren’t laughing
“Titled “The Ordinance to Protect the Health and Integrity of the Local Food System,” Sedgwick’s 4 pg document invokes the town’s right to self-governance, and states that local producers and processors may sell food to consumers without licensing.”
Worried about the integrity of the food you buy at the supermarket?...Inflation pushing up prices...where some of your fruits and vegetables are coming from? A food shortage in case of a local or national disaster? Then this article's for you...A ve
The ruthless raid on the part of miscellaneous government agencies has sparked a wave of unprecedented discord over the question, How can government dictate what we choose to eat when we each have unique standards for good nutrition?
Ultimately, the FDA was responsible for allowing food with “10,000 times too much contamination” than should be permitted, the study’s authors said, failing to highlight the elevated risk to children and pregnant women.
You're Likely Eating Foods That Contain a Built-in Pesticide and Don't Even Know It
Over the past 27 years - the complete timeframe that the data has been available - there have been 0 deaths as a result of vitamins and over 3 million deaths related to prescription drug use. Going back 54 years there have only been 11 claims of vita
This all happens, the researchers say, because the miraculin protein changes shape when exposed to acids. The higher the level, the more it changes shape. And because the protein binds very strongly to the receptors in the human tongue, those chang
People from many diverse cultures, languages, religions, and races scattered around the globe have revered the coconut as a valuable source of both food and medicine. Wherever the coconut palm grows the people have learned of its importance as a effe
People around the world, even in the West, have not always eaten three squares. The three-meals model is a fairly recent convention, which is now being eclipsed as, like everything else, eating becomes a highly personalized matter of choice. What a
Speaking on the government's role in diet and health last week, Bloomberg told the UN General Assembly, “There are powers only governments can exercise, policies only governments can mandate and enforce and results only governments can achieve.
For the first time ever, a country - India - is accusing a multinational company of "bio-piracy". That means stealing indigenous plants, and then trying to develop genetically modified versions of them, without giving any compensation back to the loc
In scary legal news a Wisconsin judge had gone completely loopy declaring that citizens have no right to produce or eat the foods of their own choice.
But the city's code enforcement department has deemed their urban garden a nuisance, and a judge has ordered them to remove the small ecosystem they've been working on for the last two years.
Certainly, libertarians and anarchists are drawn to this lifestyle because of our innate ability to see through the façade of conventional wisdom that is built by political interests and buttressed by an assortment of money trails.
It could well be that the real cause of obesity is strictly a digestive system that nevers gets to rest. We are now resting it two days per week and sometimes three and the weight is simply drifting away as if it is unneccessry.
[read the gov't. approved homemade label---a hoot] This is the Amish raw butter I bought from Detroit Eastern Market. Note the marvelous hand labeling. It does not say "raw" but little birdies tell me it's raw, and the taste and color confirm that it
Students receive food packs in their backpacks on the last day of school before a weekend or holiday... Parents or guardians are not usually notified to prevent the food being taken by an older child or adult.
