Everybody knows by now that energy drinks are not the healthiest options for beverages. Besides unnaturally high amounts of caffeine, Red Bull, Monster, and other popular drinks contain high levels of sugar, high fructose corn syrup, and artificial sweeteners, as well as too much of the amino acid taurine, along [...]
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A report by the Natural Resources Defense Council along with its allies Friends of the Earth, Consumers Union, Food Animal Concerns Trust, and Center for Food Safety came out this past September with a new report on reducing the rate of antibiotic use in meat supply used by popular [...]
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One of the privileges of living in the 21st century is the ability to find quality food items and even import foreign food that would otherwise be inaccessible. Unfortunately, there is a price to pay with this system as many take advantage of the customers’ growing demands. Food fraud is [...]
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If it was not bad enough that most pizzas contain GMOs, MSG, and a whole list of preservatives, now the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) admits that pizza boxes are full of toxins that stay in the body for years and increase chances of cancer, birth defects, developmental issues [...]
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Have you ever eaten too much and experienced a “food hangover”: suddenly feeling sick and tired? Previously, it was thought that it was caused by indigestion – the gastrointestinal tract not being able to keep up with how much calories, protein or sugars you have consumed. New research, however, has [...]
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The overuse of antibiotics on farm animals has been responsible for outbreaks of one of the most life-threatening food-borne health problems in years, but now the world’s biggest fast food giant is pledging to make a change. Its competitors in the fast casual food segment like Panera Bread and [...]
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Even as organic brands are being bought out left and right, one brand in particular stands out as an independent entity with big plans for the future: Amy’s Kitchen. Amy’s is not alone in its mission to provide high quality organic foods from a trusted independent source, but it has [...]
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The McDonald’s Corporation has changed its marketing efforts to reassure concerned consumers, parents and others who don’t believe they serve real food. The company is striving for more transparency with ingredients and nutrition info more clearly listed on its website, but is that really a good thing? Not when [...]
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Thanks in large part to health documentaries and the grassroots movement for food integrity and transparency, legions of customers, especially younger ones, have begun a mass exodus from fast food companies. Fast food giants nationwide have felt the heat, and now one major chain is responding, delivering what it calls [...]
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