Go Outside and Play
My mom used to tell me this — go outside and play!! She probably wasn’t thinking about my vitamin D levels, but just wanted to have a temporary island of …
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Legislating Color
After studies emerged linking synthetics in our food to hyperactive behavior in children, everyone said “Huh. I guess that figures.” Now, Europe taking a second look at chemical dyes, and …
Legislating Color Read MoreNatural? Define “Natural”.
Everything is so confusing. What does “natural” or “artificial” mean? For example, elderberry ice cream has added color from anthocyanins that were isolated from elderberries. THAT makes sense. The added …
Natural? Define “Natural”. Read MoreDye Supply Gone Dry?
In 2007, a late frost decimated European elderberry crops. Although this crop, and so the natural coloring it produced, were grown in other areas of the world, it drove the …
Dye Supply Gone Dry? Read MoreDyes Are Going Native
Here is an indication of the change we are in the middle of. Back in 2005, Nestle promised to remove all artificial coloring from its products. They vowed to switch …
Dyes Are Going Native Read MoreDyes In Your Food
Food companies LOVE artificial colors. They are consistent, you can make them in industrial sized tanker truck loads, and because it has nothing to do with living things, it is …
Dyes In Your Food Read MoreWhere’s the Beef? Recalled.
Think back. Did you purchase ground beef at Whole Foods, between June 2 and August 6? If so, Whole Foods will not have had a chance to recall that burger …
Where’s the Beef? Recalled. Read MoreVitamin “C” does NOT stand for “Contradiction”
The new findings in the Archives of Internal Medicine followed some 21,831 men and women over 12 years, for us to learn that increased blood levels of vitamin C may …
Vitamin “C” does NOT stand for “Contradiction” Read MoreKids’ egg allergy? Let them eat cake!!
In order to “treat” egg allergies in kids, Greek physicians have turned to eggs themselves as the solution. Heat modifies certain egg allergens and, in turn, allows some children with …
Kids’ egg allergy? Let them eat cake!! Read More100% fat free fructose linked to fat build-up
“Eat Fat, Get Fat.” This notion has driven nutrition science and policy for 40 years. But the simplicity of the dogma is revealed as being a bit simplistic. In fact, …
100% fat free fructose linked to fat build-up Read MoreWhy are American’s overweight?
Diagnosing Our Weight Problems The US government recently announced that Medicare can pay for obesity treatment, officially making excess weight a “disease.” But this gross influenza of the waistline is …
Why are American’s overweight? Read MoreCould Diet Soda be making you Fat?
Diet Sodas and the American Dream Work hard, play by the rules, and you can be anything you want to be. This is American Dream, sewn into our souls as …
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