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The Art (and Joy) of Fermentation
May 7, 2020 - Category: Balanced Diet
Human beings have been producing cultured foods and beverages for at least 7-8,000 years - wine, beer, yogurt, kefir, kimchi, sauerkraut, pickled cucumbers, to name just a few. Unfortunately, "progress" in industrial food production has largely eclipsed these traditional ways and we're missing out on the wonderful benefits they have to offer. Enter Sandor Ellix…The Art (and Joy) of Fermentation
Read more...Symptoms Associated With A Change In Diet By Ruth Sackman
May 7, 2020 - Category: Balanced Diet
When we change our diet to one that is balanced and using better quality food, we need to do it gradually to give our body a chance to adjust. The improved nutrition will produce better quality cells that will replace old, weak and diseased cells. It will also improve immune function.Since the blood washes the…Symptoms Associated With A Change In Diet By Ruth Sackman
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Saving Our Planet: It’s Not The Cow; It’s The How
May 7, 2020 - Category: Balanced Diet
There’s a myth afoot in the Environmental/Health Movement, that, if you’re really serious about saving the planet and being healthy, you have to stop eating meat! After all, don’t animals produce methane that increases global warming and doesn’t meat contains all kinds of hormones, antibiotics and other stuff bad for human well-being?The reality is, there…Saving Our Planet: It’s Not The Cow; It’s The How
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Why Organic Food Is Really the Least Expensive Food on Earth
May 7, 2020 - Category: Balanced Diet
American supermarkets today - vast caverns of colorful canned, boxed, frozen, fresh "goods" - dazzle the eyes and project an image of aplenty in the Land of the Free. And the prices are low. Americans spend on average less than 7% of their income on food, far less than in other countries. But cheap food…Why Organic Food Is Really the Least Expensive Food on Earth
Read more...Is Organic Worth The Expense? By Marion Nestle
May 7, 2020 - Category: Balanced Diet
A recent Stanford University study caused a big flurry when it concluded that organically-grown food is not necessarily more nutritious than factory-farmed, though organic had fewer pesticides.Many criticized the study because it was based on a questionable evaluation of previous studies and for its very narrow concept of "nutritious"as just about nutrients rather than the…Is Organic Worth The Expense? By Marion Nestle
Read more...Have Snack, Will Travel By Consuelo Reyes
May 7, 2020 - Category: Balanced Diet
In early times - as in really early, like Prehistoric (before plastic bags or instant anything) - if people got hungry going about their daily drill, they could usually find something chemical or additive free to munch along the way, like berries, shoots or roots. Of course, there was the occasional poison mushroom, but in…Have Snack, Will Travel By Consuelo Reyes
Read more...Genetic Modification (GM) – Seeds of Controversy By John Tarleton
May 7, 2020 - Category: Balanced Diet
Genetically-modified (GM) foods were first introduced on a commercial basis in the United States in the mid-1990's. The new technology made it possible to splice desirable qualities from one species into another - such as inserting the gene that keeps a flounder from freezing in cold water into a tomato for longer cold temperature storage.…Genetic Modification (GM) – Seeds of Controversy By John Tarleton
Read more...So What’s the Big Deal About Genetically Engineered Salmon?
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?
Read more...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
Read more...Food Color Matters By Jo Williard
May 7, 2020 - Category: Balanced Diet
"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
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