Posts Tagged ‘Food Safety’

Becoming a vegetarian

There are many ways people employ to help their bodies become stronger and capable of fighting diseases that are usually caused by the things that people enjoy these days. Most of the diseases that people experience are caused by the unhealthy eating practices and the unnatural food choices that people are exposed to. As children, [...]

Environmental Concerns Versus Monsanto’s Genetically Engineered Food

The US Supreme Court, for the first time, is considering a ban on genetically modified food while hearing a case against the use of Roundup Ready – a herbicidal resistant Alfalfa (a type of legume) – produced by the biotech giant Monsanto. The leading producer of the genetically modified seeds for species of food plants, [...]

Organic Milk VS Regular Milk

A lot of people are now looking into organic foods as more news of the harmful chemicals in the normal food we eat are getting linked to diseases like cancer, heart disease and other ailments.  Milk is one of the most staple foods in the American diet and lately, the spotlight on regular milk versus [...]

MSG (Monosodium Glutamate) – The most common poison in your food.

The first thing most of us think of when we hear MSG is Chinese food. Monosodium Glutamate is a quite commonly used flavor enhancer and it is an additive in many different foods, including many condiments, snack foods, canned foods and processed meats.  According to the FDA, MSG is “generally recognized as safe.”  These food [...]

Going local makes more sense for your health and the environment

To eat well means avoiding “edible food-like substances” and sticking to real ingredient, especially more and more from the plant kingdom. Specialists state that if consumers would reduce their meat utilization by 20%, it would help the environment noticeably. There would be less need to raise herds of livestock for food production and therefore cut [...]

Eat Healthy, Go For Free Range Chickens

It was said that if the chicken you’re eating right now has had a cruel and stressful life, chances are, you’re eating a chicken that’s soaked in its own toxins and would then be passed to you causing diseases that are without cure. In other words, healthy meats produce quality proteins which prevent most lifestyle [...]

What is Community Supported Agriculture?

Community supported agriculture is a marketing method which unifies consumers and farmers for better and effective way to dispense produce. This marketing method proves to be very beneficial for both consumers and farmers in such a way that produce are delivered straight to the homes of consumers which guarantees there will be neither left-overs nor [...]

The Macrobiotic Diet

The macrobiotic diet has been around for a long time now as it was popular back then during Hippocrates time. By the way, Hippocrates is the father of Western medicine. Macrobiotic diet was also popular during pre-historic times in China and Japan. Macrobiotic diet is included in the Traditional Chinese Medicine methods. TCM is a [...]

Swine Flu: Food Safety Risk?

With the human swine flu attack happening all over the world, we can’t help but wonder if this virus can somehow end up in our plates and if it is still safe to eat pork since clearly this new strain is a mutated kind. Due to this uncertainty, people stayed away from buying pork hence [...]

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