News regarding traditional wisdom and native diets regarding nutrition.
Tell the FDA not to change the definition of milk
If you were buying chocolate milk, would you think to check the ingredients for artificial sweeteners like aspartame? I wouldn't have, until I found out that the dairy industry wants to change the legal definition of milk (along with 17 other dairy products) to allow it to include aspartame and other artificial sweeteners. Can you take action to make sure that milk can only be called milk if it doesn't include aspartame? The dairy industry claim that they're being good samaritans by adding aspartame in milk to fight childhood obesity, but they're afraid that consumers, especially kids, won't buy chocolate milk (or other flavors) if it's labeled differently than regular chocolate milk. Can you imagine a kid in the school lunch line reading the ingredients on the back of her milk box to figure out if it has aspartame? Urge the FDA to keep the definition of milk as-is, so people won't be misled about their dairy products.
The Health Benefits of Mushroom Consumption
Mushrooms contain some of the most potent natural medicines on the planet. Of the 140,000 species of mushroom-forming fungi, science is familiar with only 10 percent. About 100 species of mushrooms are being studied for their health-promoting benefits. Of those hundred, about a half dozen really stand out for their ability to deliver a tremendous boost to your immune system.
Olive Oil Helps Prevent Strokes
Olive oil has been a mainstay of the Mediterranean diet for thousands of years and is well known as a heart healthy fat. A study published online in Neurology now suggests that consuming olive oil may also help prevent strokes in older people.
Nearly All Turkey Is Contaminated with Drug-Resistant Bacteria
Turkeys are taking revenge for the horrendous treatment by Agribusiness. Most ground turkey tested by Consumer Reports was contaminated with drug-resistant bacteria.
Health Benefits of Green Peas and Broccoli
A compound in broccoli, glucosinolate, produces a metabolite called sulforaphane that is responsible for many of broccoli’s health-promoting properties. Sulforaphane has been shown to have anti-diabetic and antimicrobial properties, and also kills cancer stem cells, which strikes to the heart of tumor malignancy. It can also significantly improve your blood pressure and kidney function, among other benefits.
Dietitians for Professional Integrity Expose Corporate Sponsorship of Nutrition Group by Processed Food Industry
If you are a professional Registered Dietitian and oppose the corporate processed food companies sponsorship of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND), there is a group on Facebook you can join: Dietitians for Professional Integrity. The Facebook group is very active, exposing front groups and corporate sponsors that influence the AND, promoting junk food as nutritious. The AND and other policy groups influence nutrition advice in schools and hospitals across our the U.S., so it is important to understand how these groups have been taken over by companies that market processed foods, such as Coke, Pepsi, McDonald's, and others who want their products labeled as "nutritious."
Maple Syrup’s Health Benefits – Unique Antioxidants
Five of the 54 antioxidants in maple syrup were identified for the first time in nature, and are unique to the natural sweetener.
Get GMOs out of Infant Formula
Many of the ingredients used in infant formula, especially soy-based formula, are derived from crops that have been genetically altered. Nobody should be eating GMO foods, especially babies. But until infant formula makers stop using GMO ingredients, hundreds of thousands of newborns and infants will be unwitting participants in this huge, uncontrolled experiment with the health of the next generation.
FDA Wants to Ban Artisanal Raw Cheese
FDA simply ignores the lack of a single documented illness in twenty-three years. Between 1986 and 2008, there is not a single documented illness in the US from listeriosis due to tainted brie or camembert (soft cheeses).
AND Responds to Dietitian GMO Whistleblower
The "media relations manager" for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics contacted us regarding the N.Y. Times story we featured: Registered Dietitian Dismissed from Panel Researching GMO Nutrition for Pointing out Other Members Ties to Monsanto. We are publishing their response unedited below, as well as the response from Ms. Bartolotto.
Wild Alaskan Salmon is a Powerhouse of Nutrition that May Help You Live Longer
The reason we need omega-3 is because 95 percent of your cells’ membranes are made of fat. Without fats such as omega-3, your cells cannot function properly.
Registered Dietitian Dismissed from Panel Researching GMO Nutrition for Pointing out Other Members Ties to Monsanto
A dietitian working on a panel charged with setting policy on genetically modified foods for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics contends she was removed for pointing out that two of its members had ties to Monsanto, one of the biggest makers of genetically modified seeds.
National Farmers Union Endorses Raw Milk
The National Farmers Union, an organization that has long been representative of family farms, and is more than 100 years old, decided at long last that there was something to the raw milk thing, as in: Maybe there really is a sustainable business model for smaller dairies.
Why Do Governments Recommend Toxic Soybeans Today When They Didn’t A Decade Ago?
by MARCO TORRES
Prevent Disease
If we analyze the food guide and government advice on nutrition over a decade ago and compare those advisements to what is recommended today, there is one big difference–one specific food crept up onto the radar of public health officials as if it had some kind of miraculous nutritional benefit for […]
How Cells from an Aborted Fetus are Used Today to Create Flavor Enhancers in Foods
For several years anti-abortion advocates have been warning that a new technology for enhancing flavors such as sweetness and saltiness uses aborted fetal cells in the process.
Will You Still Allow the FDA to Control What You Eat?
By Pete Kennedy, Esq
Mercola.com
People’s access to raw milk is determined by state law, and there are many differences among the states. Raw milk sales or distribution are legal in a majority of the states, and there has been a trend towards improving access in recent years.
Two major holdouts to this trend are Minnesota and Wisconsin; […]
Registered Dietitians Want Monopoly on Patient Diet and Nutrition Services
Rather than open the door to competent, graduate level nutrition experts in prescribing therapeutic diets for those in the hospital, this rule proposes an anti-competitive niche for dietitians to assume that role.
Big Pharma Robs Compound From Grapes, Makes Patented Drug They Claim Will Help People Live to 150 Years
by Dave Mihalovic
PreventDisease.com
Big money just loves to prostitute nature. The grape polyphenol powerhouse resveratrol, has been erroneously credited to the wine industry for years to further promote red wines around the world as healthy and even anti-aging beverages. However, the consumption of wine is not necessary to benefit from resveratrol–all you need are grapes. Big […]
Foods Highest In Vitamin E Prevent Cancer, Not Supplements
Health Impact News Editor Comments:
Most liquid Vitamin E soft gels are derived from soybean oil. It is also used as a preservative in many foods, often labeled as “mixed tocopherols” or something of that nature. So if you are looking to avoid soy in your diet, you will also want to check labels for Vitamin […]
Big Dairy Wants to Put Aspartame in Milk with No Labeling
Editor’s Note: To read about the dangers of aspartame, see: Why Aspartame is FAR Worse than High Fructose Corn Syrup
FDA Requests Comments on Petition to Allow Aspartame in Milk
by Bethany R. Kennedy, Esq.
Emord.com
In 2009, the International Dairy Foods Association (“IDFA”) and the National Milk Producers Federation (“NMPF”) jointly submitted a petition to FDA requesting that the agency amend […]