In response to growing awareness about the dangers of artificial sweeteners
“So we wanted to look at bit differently at the link between diet and mental health.”
Sandy Douglas, president of Coca-Cola North America says, “the Coca-Cola mini can innovation reinforces the Company’s support for healthy, active lifestyles.”
If the specter of obesity and diabetes wasn’t enough to turn you off high- fructose corn syrup (HFCS), try this: New research suggests that the sweetener could be tainted with mercury, putting millions of children at risk for developmental problems.
For several years there have been frightening stories circulating about the dangers of Aspartame. Well, it turns out, this is not just another urban legend.
~Reuters
Obesity rates continued to climb in the past year with 23 U.S. states reporting adults in their states are fatter now than they were a year ago, two advocacy groups said on Wednesday.
Two-thirds of American adults are either obese or overweight, and the groups warned that the U.S. obesity epidemic could derail efforts [...]
By Chris Walters~The Consumerist
Do you have trouble resisting the urge to scarf down that cookie/candy bar/entree? Maybe it’s because somewhere upstream, experts spent lots of time and money manipulating the ingredients to deliver the consumer to a “bliss point,” suggests former FDA head Dr. David A. Kessler. His book “The End of Overeating” looks at [...]
~Washington’s Blog
A new study by Utrecht University finds that speeding up the brain’s network may increase intelligence.
In the multi-billion dollar herbal supplement market, many claims have been made that the following supplements speed up brain waves:
Essential fatty acids in general
Omega 3 fatty acids (As one article says: “Recall that your brain is comprised of at [...]
~Natural News
According to the Corn Refiners Association, high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is no worse for you than any other dietary carbohydrate. Many health experts, however, disagree, warning consumers that HFCS is strongly correlated with diabetes and obesity.
Today, we bring you selected quotes about HFCS and obesity from noted natural health authors. Feel free to quote [...]
Researchers offer an answer to the conundrum of why sticking slavishly to low-calorie meals often still fails to shift the pounds
By Rachel Shields~The Independent
It is every dieter’s nightmare: hopping on to the scales after weeks of forgoing steak for salad, only to find they haven’t lost an ounce. Now researchers at the University of Bristol [...]
By Sam Lister~Times Online
When health chiefs in Southampton decided to demand the fluoridation of water supplies last year, they argued that it was the only way to reduce tooth decay, which leaves four in every ten children in the city with a filling by the time that they start school.
Despite a three-month public consultation, [...]
By Rita Rubin~USA TODAY
Food and Drug Administration advisory committee will vote Wednesday on whether the makers of three blockbuster antipsychotic drugs — already widely prescribed “off-label” to children and teens — should be allowed to market them to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in young people.
AstraZeneca’s Seroquel, Pfizer’s Geodon and Eli Lilly’s Zyprexa are approved [...]
~Food, Inc.
How much do we really know about the food we buy at our local supermarkets and serve to our families?
In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government’s regulatory agencies, [...]
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~the future of food
DVD available on www.greenplanetfilms.org
There is a revolution happening in the farm fields and on the dinner tables of America — a revolution that is transforming the very nature of the food we eat.
THE FUTURE OF FOOD offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered [...]
Please go here to buy the full DVD http://www.architectsofcontrol.com/
Produced by Michael Tsarion and Blue Fire Film, Architects of Control: Program One, explores humankinds future and the posthuman world. Will the perfect human be a dumbed down, regimented inhabitant of a cyber purgatory created by unseen elites? Will the children of tomorrow be smiling depressives of [...]
~BBC News
The number of under-fives in Europe with type 1 diabetes is set to double between 2005 and 2020, say experts.
The researchers, from Ireland and Hungary, warn cases in older children will also rise substantially.
Writing in The Lancet, they say genetics alone cannot account for the rapid rise, and suggest lifestyle factors are likely to [...]
~Press TV
Six German states have taken Red Bull Cola energy drinks off the shelves after it tested positive for traces of cocaine.
The ban started after routine food safety tests conducted by authorities in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia found 0.5 micrograms of coca leaf extracts per liter in the drink.
According to the analysis, each can [...]
Aspartame is, by far, the most dangerous substance on the market that is added to foods.
By Gary G. Kohls, MD~Online Journal
I was on a long road trip last week and, feeling rather drowsy, stopped at a convenience store for some coffee and refreshments. As I walked up and down the aisles to find something to munch on [...]
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