Back in November, we reported on California’s failed attempt to introduce GMO labeling laws. Since then, the Right to Know effort has gained momentum and another initiative will be on the ballot in Washington state in November 2013. In the meantime, we are happy to report that at least two major supermarket chains have taken matters into their own hands to provide more transparency to consumers. Come and cheer the good news with us! Continue reading “Update from the Non GMO Front”
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How to Force Ethics on the Food Industry
If you are ever in doubt about whose interests the food industry protects, read this Op Ed by Michael Mudd, a former executive vice president of global corporate affairs for Kraft Foods. It appeared in this weekend’s New York Times Sunday Review section.
Fat Chance!
What better day to write about sugar addiction, than Valentine’s. After hearing Dr. Robert Lustig on NPR’s Science Friday, I had the opportunity to see him speak live at a Community Education event at my children’s school last week. Oh boy, he is an angry man and for all the right reasons. And with his new book “Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease”, he is sharing his knowledge with the wider population as he wants us to be angry, too. Angry at what the big food companies, the FDA, the Surgeon General, the Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institute of Health have done, or not done, as the case may be, to protect consumers from (unintentionally) destroying their health. The evening was packed with scientific data, enough to show us that his theory is scientifically founded. After all, he is Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology at UCSF and Director of the Weight Assessment for Teen and Child Health (WATCH) Program, so he is qualified to understand and interpret the data. Here are my take-aways from the evening. Come and cook with us! Continue reading “Fat Chance!”
It’s a Dirty Little World out There!
“Merda dl mond fesc il cul turond” No, it’s not Italian, nor German, nor English. This is Ladin, the language that is spoken in my home town in the Dolomites where we have an old saying, “The dirt from the world makes your [butt] cheeks grow round”; not obese, but nice and healthy. Given the research coming out today, it would appear my hometown got it right: a little less cleanliness goes a long way towards making your immune system grow healthy and strong. Read on to learn more… Come and eat dirt with us! Continue reading “It’s a Dirty Little World out There!”
From Mark Bittman’s Column: Coke Blinks
I promise that we will not post every online commentary Mark Bittman publishes on the New York Times website. But today’s piece is packed with lots of great resources if you want to learn more about what sugar does to us.
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