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As a elementary student I remember those Friday’s that were hot dog day. I always dreaded them because I was of those minority of kids that hated hot dogs. So I would say no meat just chili and onions. Of course I got it on wonderful nutritious white bun, yeah right. After reading the article [...]

Meet MSG’s little-known brother Recent massive snack recalls are turning attention to HVP, a “substitute” for MSG that’s basically the same thing By Sara Breselor This week has seen a rash of foods recalled due to possible contamination with Salmonella Tennessee, ranging from selected flavors of Pringles to Herb-Ox bouillon to Quaker brand snack mix [...]

Yikes, I am one of the people who like to go to Costco and pick up some Earth Bound organic spinach of field greens and just drop then in the salad bowel. After reading an article on the safety of these triple washed greens it made me think twice about throwing them in the bowel [...]

While I think healthful habits are important for long term health I certainly do not like people legislating my health habits. Did you hear that New York’s Nazi style state politicians are banning salt in restaurant food preparation? A New York politician by the name of Felix Ortiz introduced this absurd bill on March 5th. [...]

In last week’s post I talked about the dangers of GMO or genetically modified foods in our diet. Unfortunately it is not easy to avoid these foods in the US and Canada simply because unlike other industrialized nations, GMO’s don’t have to be labeled in these countries. Therefore, avoiding these GM foods is a bit [...]

I honestly do not know why more Americans are not protesting about Genetically modified foods. Only now are millions of Americans waking up to the fact that an approximately seventy-five percent of our processed foods contain some form of genetically modified (GM) ingredients according to the Center for Food Safety. Many consumers don’t understand the [...]