Overview of the artificial sweeteners in the US.
Overview of the artificial sweeteners in the US. Artificial sweeteners are regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. As of 2013, only five artificial sweeteners are approved on the USA...
View ArticleRefresher video “Organic” vs “Natural”
Here is a great refresher video about the differences between “Organic” and “Natural”. Before you watch this video clip, make sure to read and compare the formal USDA definitions: Label “Natural” is...
View ArticleOrganic Food Stores
For your convenience, here is a country-wide list of organic food stores. This is where you go to get your organic, heirloom, non-gmo, non-irradiated produce, veggies, fruits, poultry and meat....
View ArticleHow to Grow a Revolution in Your Own Backyard
Roger Doiron is founding director of Kitchen Gardeners International, a network of people taking a hands-on approach to re-localizing the global food supply. Doiron is an advocate for new policies,...
View ArticleCertain multivitamin use associated with increased risk of breast cancer.
It is needless to say much about how wide-spread is the use of multivitamins in our society. You see it advertised on TV, you hear people talk about them, and you see rows and rows of them in every...
View ArticleProcess of making GMO is not safe
Yes, this is real: GMO Mice glowing in the dark. We need to change the way how we discuss GMO. Instead of evaluating the kind of genetic change, we as a society need to become more aware of the harmful...
View ArticleBPA and ways to avoid it
WHAT IS BPA? Bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical produced in large quantities for use primarily in the production of polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins used in nearly every industry. BPA is a...
View ArticleFinding safe pacific salmon
Since the Fukushima disaster in Japan, ensuring the salmon (and other seafood) is safe has been an ongoing concern. In order to know if a certain fish species are exposed to the radiation, we need to...
View ArticleThe tale of the Atlantic Salmon
We’ve recently looked at the situation with the pacific salmon and how it is affected by the Fukushima disaster. A natural question is – what’s a salmon eater to do? As an alternative, some have...
View ArticleGMO and Antibiotic resistance
What on earth would GMO have to do with Antibiotic Resistance? Here is the answer. When a gene X is needed to be inserted into the target organism cell, it is done by tossing the isolated desired gene...
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