You may think you’re eating well by consuming vegetables and unprocessed whole foods, but they too come with some significant risks.
Health or Profit?
Like any other industry, the food industry is primarily concerned about making money. That may sound harsh and hard to believe, but when you think about it, it’s really not. The tobacco and alcohol industries don’t seem too concerned about helping to kill hundreds of thousands of people each year.
This precedent set by the tobacco and alcohol industries makes it easy for the food industry to prioritize profit in a way that significantly affects our health. However, food is essential for health and survival. Contamination of this basic requirement for life has significant …

In order to live a healthier lifestyle, one must eat a diet rich in high antioxidants.
Everywhere you go today, you hear that eating a diet rich in high-antioxidant foods is the best path to take in order to embrace a healthier lifestyle. By eating several portions of fruits and vegetables a day, your body will work at its peak, conditional level. Many people want to know which foods are the highest in antioxidants, and we’ve supplied you with a few suggestions of the five best antioxidant foods.
Acai berries are the king of antioxidants. Acai, blueberries, strawberries, and raspberries are all very high in antioxidants with acai berries being at the top. The richer in color …

Many of us still wonder when we walk down the supermarket aisle which is the best food for the family-organic or conventional. Going organic has now become more of a trend.
Most health magazines have been quoting their experts who firmly believe that eating organic food is healthier, more nutritious and taste better. Fruits and vegetables are not laden with harmful chemicals which in turn seem to increase the incidence of cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and certain birth defects.
Conventional foods are sprayed with pesticides that could contain chemicals that have been long banned. The fertilizers added are chemical based and synthetic herbicides are used to curb weed growth. These foods when consumed regularly can have a detrimental …

Connecting young people with their food is the most important step we can take to ensure a future full of good, clean, and fair food. Slow Food nurtures this future through our Slow Food in Schools program. Working with our convivia across the country, our Garden to Table projects provide meaningful, hands-on food experiences and education to K-12 students.
Slow Food in Schools works through our Garden to Table Projects to create meaningful relationships between youth and food. By placing emphasis on hands-on experiences, community interaction, and the pleasures of the table, Slow Food in Schools helps to strengthen the food communities of tomorrow by engaging youth today.
Slow Food USA supports local Garden to Table …

Background
On October 21, 2002, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) National Organic Program (NOP) standards for food labeled organic went into effect. This standard applies to food grown in the United States or imported from other countries.
When you buy food labeled “organic,” you can be sure that it was produced using the strictest organic production and handling standards in the world and certified by a USDA-accredited certifying agent.
The National Organic Standards offer a national definition for the term organic, providing clear and consistent labeling requirements for use of the word. They detail the methods, practices, and substances that can be used in producing and handling organic crops. The standards establish clear criteria for organic labeling, …

Food can have a lasting effect on behaviour and certainly the better the quality of food the better the effect on our health.
All of the organic foods to help depression listed below are in fact, ordinary foods.  The essential factor is they do not contain additives and pesticides, known to poison the human body.
Could We Be Eating Our Way To Insanity? By John Johnson
Recent studies released in the British press have come to the conclusion that many of today’s mental illnesses may be due to our diet.
The rise in these conditions over the last 50 years coincides with our increased consumption of junk foods, chemical additives and processed meals.  We need to eat organic foods …

What is organic food? The term is becoming more popular.  In the United States for a product to claim that it is 100% organic is has to produced following legally regulated guidelines and be subject to strict testing.  Typically to because of the detail involve to get the ultra healthy organic food it costs more than the fertilizer and pesticide rich alternatives.
The term organic means that the food was produced without the use of conventional pesticides, synthetic fertilizers or sewage, and that no artificial additives to included in the process.  When the term organic relates to animals like beef, the animals are free of antibiotics and growth hormones given typically to make the animals …