Last week the American Medical Association (AMA) adopted a weak and dangerous position on Genetically Modified foods: “trust but verify.” If you’re like me, this probably made you say, “What?” Apparently “trust but verify” means the foods seem safe but should still go through a “mandatory pre-market safety approval process” to look for major changes […]
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Top 10 Food Apps
Rodale.com has compiled a top ten list of food apps. If you’re into food and health, these apps can do everything from alert you to dangerous ingredients after scanning a bar code to Fooducate: Scan the barcode and learn healthiness score. Seafood Watch: Is that seafood sustainably harvested or overfished? Wild Edibles: For those who […]
Food Dyes and Children
In March of 2011, the US Food and Drug Administration (F.D.A.) finally decided to call for a committee to examine the many recent studies looking at the link between synthetic food dyes and colors (FD&C) and behavior problems in children, such as ADD and ADHD. Most commercial food dyes that you’ll find in almost every […]
Are my tomatoes genetically modified?
Reader question: How do I know if the tomatoes I buy at the grocery store are Genetically Modified foods? Answer: There are no Genetically Modified tomatoes on the shelves today. That is, there aren’t any tomatoes that have been altered by the insertion of insect DNA, though of course going back to Gregor Mendel, the […]
Natural Cleaning Solutions
I’m always appalled by the toxicity of our everyday products, and none might be more toxic than our packaged household cleaners. Not only does your skin absorb these chemicals on contact (always wear rubber gloves when using cleaners!), but they leave lingering chemical scents that we now associate with “clean” but are actually toxic air […]
