At an elegant fundraising event last night, my husband cornered one of our Republican state representatives and asked where she stood on the GMO labeling initiative coming up before Colorado voters next month. “I’m firmly against it,” she declared, “because I think GMOs might be needed in order for us to have enough food in […]
Category: Nutrition in the news
Probiotics Before and After Birth Can Decrease Later Allergies
Supplementing babies and pregnant mothers with probiotics was shown to decrease eczema by 77%, according to a July 2014 study published in the official journal of the Japanese Society of Allergology (JSA). After supplementing 130 pairs of mothers and newborns with probiotics in the final trimester of pregnancy and post-partum, the researchers concluded, “These data suggest […]
FDA Approves New Sweetener: Advantame
Watch your food labels for a new synthetic sweetener that may soon be sneaking into anything labeled “sugar-free”, “diet”, “lite”, or “low-calorie”. Advantame has just been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use as a general-purpose sweetener and flavor enhancer in food, except meat and poultry. New food additives must be approved by the […]
Parasites Cause Obesity, Mental Illness, Autoimmunity, and More
I am a firm believer that hidden parasitic infection is at the root of many if not most chronic ailments, and now a study has just been released showing a link between parasites and obesity. Researchers at several universities around the world teamed up to examine the incidence of obesity with the presence of the […]
Vitamin D Can Help Prevent and Recover From Flu
Vitamin D is not a vitamin after all. Turns out it’s a “steroid precursor” with direct effects on our immune systems. Maybe we should have taken our cue from the ability of the human body to produce “Vitamin D” from sunshine alone whereas we must take in other vitamins and minerals through food sources. Science […]
