Balanced Diet
May 7, 2020 - Category: Balanced Diet
Some call it "frankenfish," while to others it's just the next smart, inevitable move in modern food production. In any case, genetically altered salmon is just a pen stroke away from your local market. Our Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is currently considering an application by AquaBounty Farms to permit sales of genetically engineered (GE)…So What’s the Big Deal About Genetically Engineered Salmon?
...Why We Need Genetically-Modified Foods Labels Now! By Organic Consumers Association
May 7, 2020 - Category: Balanced Diet
Gen-M, "Generation Monsanto," the first generation of humans force-fed genetically modified foods, hasn't reached reproductive age yet (they were born in the late 1990s). But, if a critical mass of animal feeding studies are any indication, the millennial generation, reared on Food Inc.'s unlabeled "Frankenfoods" can look forward to a long-term epidemic of cancer, food…Why We Need Genetically-Modified Foods Labels Now! By Organic Consumers Association
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"The whiter the bread, the sooner you're dead" is an old saying which demonstrates the wisdom of old-time farmers and housewives who knew, somehow, without any help from nutrition experts or food chemists and technologists, that, when the germ and bran were removed from the grain, to make milling easier for the miller and baking…Food Color Matters By Jo Williard
...May 7, 2020 - Category: Balanced Diet
Would you be surprised if a vitamin deficiency was created because of the intake of too many vitamins instead of too little? Well, one can do just that by using vitamins improperly. Excesses are as harmful as deficiencies and overdoses deplete essential synergists causing imbalances.With the greater appreciation that nutrition is important in maintaining and…Essential Synergism—Vitamins – Use and Misuse By Ruth Sackman
...May 7, 2020 - Category: Balanced Diet
The body contains 19 essential minerals, and its supply must be continuously replenished to keep it strong and healthy. Unfortunately, most people fail to realize that the body can only use ORGANIC minerals effectively. INORGANIC minerals are not absorbed, but will remain in the body, resulting in arthritis, hardening of the arteries, stones, spurs, etc.…Distilled Water By J. Edward Smith
...May 7, 2020 - Category: Balanced Diet
There's been a media flurry lately about two new studies revealing dangers associated with long-term use of food supplements. As reported in the Archives of Internal Medicine, The Iowa Women's Health Study found that older women (age 62 plus), who had routinely taken a variety of vitamin/mineral supplements over 20 years or more, had an…Dangers of Long-Term Supplement Use
...May 7, 2020 - Category: Balanced Diet
What do a pizza box, a polar bear and you have in common?All carry a kind of industrial toxicant called poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances, or PFASs, that do two things: They make life convenient, and they also appear to increase the risk of cancer.The scientists I interviewed say that they try to avoid these chemicals…Chemicals in Your Popcorn? By Nicholas Kristof
...May 7, 2020 - Category: Balanced Diet
The commercial microwave oven was developed from radar technology after World War II. First marketed as the "Radarange" in 1947, it was too large and expensive for general home use, but when the countertop model was introduced in 1967, microwaving caught on fast. In 1970, 40,000 units were sold in the U.S., growing to one…Are Microwaves Compromising Our Health? By Kashish Gupta
...May 7, 2020 - Category: Balanced Diet
One of the major nutritional goals is proper acid/alkaline balance. It is important that the diet be slightly more alkaline-forming than acid. This is the environment which is most conducive to health and the body's natural repair process.We are talking about the acid or alkaline ash that remains in the body after metabolism, not the…Acid/Alkaline Balance By Ruth Sackman
...May 7, 2020 - Category: Balanced Diet
Fermented foods are an important part of a healthy balanced diet because they are extremely rich in enzymes, predigested protein, and lactobacillus bacteria.In a healthy person, enzymes are manufactured by the body. It is thought that aging occurs because the body loses the ability to synthesize new enzymes, often setting the stage for disease. People…A Daily Dose of Fermented Foods
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