News regarding traditional wisdom and native diets regarding nutrition.
Maine Legislature to Consider Home Kitchen Bill
by Kimberly Hartke
Hartke is Online
Please Unshackle the Farm Economy, Vote Yes for HP0263
a Commentary by Kimberly Hartke
A bill to promote agritourism, home kitchen entrepreneurship, and direct commerce between friends and neighbors is now before the Maine State legislature. Recently, the town of Sedgewick, Maine voted unanimously to allow unregulated direct sales […]
An apple a day really does keep the doctor away
by Megan Heimer
(NaturalNews) One might be quick to dismiss the age-old saying, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away,” as a mere attempt to get children to eat their fruits and vegetables, but what if this simple fruit really can prevent that trip to the doctor’s office?
Apples have been consumed since ancient times, […]
Sprouts: An ideal emergency preparedness food
by Sherry L. Ackerman, Ph.D.
(NaturalNews) Given the rapidity with which critical global events are unfolding, preparedness just makes good sense. The question isn’t whether or not to be prepared – it’s what to be prepared for? Earthquakes, nuclear accidents, tsunamis, power outages and gasoline shortages have been on this week’s menu. Each, of course, […]
Little Evidence To Support Saturated Fat And Heart Disease Link
Dr. John Briffa
for the Cholesterol Truth
Two weeks ago my post focused on the lack of evidence for a link between saturated fat and heart disease risk. One of the reviews I quoted was published in 2009, which came out of an ‘expert consultation’ held jointly by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Food and […]
Watch a Preview of Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution Season 2 in LA
by Raphael Brion
Eater
Here’s a preview of season two of Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution premiering April 12 on ABC: After being denied access to schools by the Los Angeles Unified School District, Jamie Oliver declares, “It’s war.”
And this show’s got everything: Jamie Oliver dressed up as a strawberry doing gang signs, Jamie Oliver filling a school bus with sand, and of […]
Why chocolate is good for the heart – The scientific evidence
by David Rostollan
(NaturalNews) Chocolate. It’s bad for us, right? Not even close. The list of cardiovascular benefits from cocoa consumption is extensive and well-documented in the medical literature. In addition to this, a recent 2011 study in theJournal of Agricultural and Food Chemistryhas shed new light on a mechanism that helps to explain some […]
Do you allow insect fragments or rodent hairs in your food? The FDA does.
16 Foods With Scary Surprises
By Greg Bocquet
Mainstreet.com
You Are What You Eat
Warning: Don’t read this during your lunch break.
Ask any person how many insect fragments or rodent hairs he or she considers acceptable in their food and you will probably get the same answer: Zero. Ask the Food and Drug Administration, however, and you’ll get […]
Study: Diet May Help ADHD Kids More Than Drugs
by NPR Staff
Hyperactivity. Fidgeting. Inattention. Impulsivity. If your child has one or more of these qualities on a regular basis, you may be told that he or she has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. If so, they’d be among about 10 percent of children in the United States.
Kids with ADHD can be restless and difficult […]
Saturated fat is not the main culprit for poor health in India: it is the overwhelming presence of carbs in the Indian diet
Dr. Alok Kalia speaking at the event
by Ritu Raju
Indo American News
HOUSTON: The Indian American Cancer Network (IACAN) presented a talk by eminent physician, author, and speaker Dr. Alok Kalia titled “The South Asian Diet, the Grandmother, and the Scientist- A Cautionary Tale.” The event, held on March 13th at India House, attracted a full […]
Diet Sodas: Fewer Calories, But More Strokes
Alliance for Natural Health
Last month we reported on the dangers of many artificial sweeteners. Now a report links diet sodas to a 61% increase in strokes and heart attacks.
The American Stroke Association held their International Stroke Conference a few weeks ago, where researchers presented the findings of a landmark study on diet […]
Raw Milk Activist Liz Rietzig shows why Real Milk is so important to human health
Raw Milk Activist Liz Rietzig shows why Real Milk is so important to human health, and the incredible injustice of making one of the healthiest foods on earth illegal.
Real Milk Freedom Fighters on Food Network
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FDA’s own data puts raw milk drinkers in US over 9 million: No deaths and few illnesses over 15 year period
Open Letter to FDA’s Dairy Head, John Sheehan: Why Hide Serious Government Data on Raw Milk Drinkers?
by Steve Bemis
The Complete Patient
The discussion following the previous post, about how government-developed data is used, strongly suggests that the American public isn’t being given the complete picture about illnesses from raw milk, and food in general. Now, in […]
Kids who were breastfed outperform peers on school tests even up to age 14.
by Tracy McVeigh
The Guardian
Breastfeeding produces not only healthier babies but also brighter children, according to a study. As little as four weeks of breastfeeding for a new-born infant has a “positive and significant effect” on brain development, it finds, right up to secondary school and beyond.
Read the Full Article Here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/mar/13/breastfeeding-child-brain-development
Soy Can Cause Allergic Reactions for Years – and Infertility for Generations! Read How Soy Replaced Coconut Oil through Clever Marketing
by Dr. Mercola
Soy can be found in almost every product on your grocery store shelves — corn chips, ice cream, canned tuna and every packaged food you can think of. It goes under names like yeast extract, soy protein, soybean oil, soy lecithin and soy flour.
But soy is one of the top eight allergens […]
State Raw Milk Legislation Updates
By Pete Kennedy, Esq.
Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund
A number of raw milk bills have been introduced in the state Houses in the current legislative session. What follows is a state-by-state summary of the bills that have been introduced.
IOWA – House File 394 (HF 394), a bill that will allow the sale of raw milk and […]
Healthy Eating and Buying Habits – When You Can’t Do It All – A Priority List to Meet Realisitc Goals
by jo-lynne
Musings of a Housewife
If you’re anything like me, when you read all those real food blogs, you get totally inspired. You read all about the benefits of the kefir and the organ meats and the fermenting and the sprouting and the soaking . . . and you WANT to do it all. You really, really […]
FDA Attacks Raw Milk with Your Tax Dollars
by KristenM
Food Renegade
The FDA actually spent your tax dollars to create THIS — a poster they’re asking you to share with your friends and family about the dangers of raw milk.
I learned about the poster first from Cathy Raymond at the Farm To Consumer Legal Defense Fund. In her email, she asked the same question […]
Organic Advocates Voice Concern for ‘Natural’ Food
by MICHAEL J. CRUMB
Businessweek.com
DES MOINES, IOWA
An organics watchdog group’s criticism of a cereal company that describes its products as “all natural” is the latest in the debate about whether the term is being used to confuse consumers or simply give them more information.
The Wisconsin-based Cornucopia Institute recently filed a complaint with the Federal […]
Counting calories no longer works in weight loss
by Dr. Mercola
David Kirchoff, president of Weight Watchers, the world’s largest diet company, recently said on their website: “Calorie counting has become unhelpful.
When we have a 100-calorie apple in one hand and a 100-calorie pack of cookies in the other, and we view them as being ‘the same’ because the calories are the same, […]
FDA Shuts Down Family-run Raw Milk Cheese Operation
The Estrella Family Creamery was a mainstay at farmer’s markets in the Seattle area with their raw milk artisan cheeses produced from the milk of their own grass-fed cows. They have caves where they age their cheese, and at one point in the past there was apparently one positive test for Listeria among the cave that […]
