Organic gardening is a science of working in harmony with nature and easy to learn. A cost effective, healthy method of gardening for both you and the environment. Going green in your garden can be a fun and a learning experience with great rewards.
Simply by stopping the use of chemicals to control pests, weeds and to feed your plants will allow nature to start working for you in your garden. Nature has it’s own ways to control weeds, pests and to supply nutrients to the soil for plants to feed from to thrive. The starting point for all this to take place is with the natural method of decomposition of organic matter.
For the home gardener, …

There are many requirements that the USDA has in place when it comes to organic foods. Under these guidelines products have to be grown a certain way in order for them to get the right certification. It is illegal to label foods as organic in nature without that certification in place. The guidelines are quite strict and the cover many areas including how the food is grown, how it is processed, and all of the handling throughout those processes.
This is all in place because the term organic can be interpreted many different ways. By clarifying them the way the food industry is held to certain standards that they must abide by. The USDA continues to …

Monosodium glutamate, also known as MSG, is a common food additive. It`s toxic and physically addictive. Fast food companies and other food manufacturers use MSG as a “flavor enhancer,” so consumers will become “hooked” on their products and keep dishing out money for more. When people consume unhealthy foods containing MSG, they often gain weight and feel sluggish, and some also experience “MSG symptom complex.” The symptoms can include headaches, chest pain, heart palpitations, nausea, and other heath problems.
Although MSG is normally associated with Chinese food, processed meats, and salty snacks, it`s also frequently found in bouillon cubes, canned soups and vegetables, barbecue sauce, salad dressing, and virtually every other processed food you eat. “Monosodium …

Last week I was talking about nutrition with one of my workout buddies and when I mentioned grass fed beef and “organic food” he asked, “Do you mean like what you get at Whole Foods Market?”
I said, “Yes, exactly… that’s a natural food and organic supermarket.” He said, “Yeah well, that place costs so much, I call it Whole Paycheck!”
I was rolling on the floor laughing, but the truth is, organic food really is expensive and so is grass fed beef and free range chicken, so it’s a valid question to ask, “Is it worth it?”
After researching the subject and doing some personal experiments with my own diet, let me offer you my take on …

Food additives tricks your tongue into thinking that it is getting something nutritious when it is getting nothing at all except some very toxic substances.
Following the Second World War food companies discovered monosodium glutamate (MSG), a food ingredient the Japanese had invented in 1908 to enhance food flavors.
Unfortunately, MSG is extremely toxic, especially to your nervous system!
The fast food industry could not exist without MSG and other artificial meat flavors to make their sauces and spice mixes. The sauces in processed foods are basically MSG, water, thickeners and some caramel coloring.
MSG tricks your tongue into thinking that it is getting something nutritious when it is getting nothing at all except some very toxic substances.
Almost all …

Is organic food good or not? This article will states some of the criticisms about organic foods.
While most people out there understand the value of organic foods there are plenty of issues that have brought criticism to that industry. You have plenty of people that find nothing wrong with the conventional methods that have been in place for so long. They feel that people aren’t suffering ill effects from that process so why make a big deal about it. While they do admit that pesticides and other chemicals can be harmful if in large quantities they are confident in the processing they have to get rid of residue.
Some research shows that many organic foods aren’t …

When fruits and vegetables are processed to food products such as wine and snacks, in most cases sulphur dioxide (SO2) has a finger in the pie. The main function of this additive is the prevention of enzymatic and non enzymatic browning in foods, especially fruit and vegetable products.
In addition, sulphur dioxide has strong antimicrobial capacity and preserves against microbial spoilage. “The SO2SAY project will develop a strategy to replace the application of sulphur dioxide or its salts for almost all food products” explains coordinator Hauke Hilz. “An important aspect for food applications is the preservation of the sensory quality and shelf-life of the SO2-free products.”
EU-funded project starts research on replacement of sulfites in food
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The well known saying ‘we become what we eat’ is generally true, as it has been established over and over again, that healthy people consume healthy foods. When we make the correction from eating meat to a vegetarian diet, our cholesterol levels drop, our body fat reading decreases, we are less likely to contract many types of cancers, the chances of having diabetes reduces, our blood pressure falls into a normal range and generally, our overall health and fitness improves. Moving towards a meat-free way of life has been shown statistically to decrease the occurrence of so many of the diseases of industrialized countries.
A great benefit of a meat-free lifestyle is the plentiful supply of …