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 …

Consumer brands affected by the peanut butter recall now include Kellogg’s, Keebler, Austin, Famous Amos, Perry’s, Wegmans, Little Debbie, Food Lion, Wal-Mart, Clif Bar, Luna, and many others.
With five people dead and more than 400 sick in nearly every U.S. state, the Food and Drug Administration is still struggling to contain a salmonella outbreak that the agency has tied to Peanut Corporation of America peanut butter and peanut paste, which were used at food processing plants and institutions.
The recalled peanut butter and peanut paste were distributed to institutions, food service industries, and private label food companies in 24 states, the province of Saskatchewan in Canada, Korea and Haiti. The U.S. states are the following: Arkansas, …

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 …

A new study by Newcastle University proves that organic farmers who let their cows graze as nature intended are producing better quality milk.
The Nafferton Ecological Farming Group study found that grazing cows on organic farms in the UK produce milk which contains significantly higher beneficial fatty acids, antioxidants and vitamins than their conventional ‘high input’ counterparts.
During the summer months, one of the beneficial fats in particular – conjugated linoleic acid, or CLA9 – was found to be 60% higher.
The results of this study into UK dairy production are published online in the Journal of Science of Food and Agriculture.
‘We have known for some time that what cows are fed has a big influence on milk …

If there is one form of farming that is suited to being organic, it has to be growing vines. Vines are brilliant because of their hardiness- they´ll flourish in grotty soils and go weeks without rain. But does going organic make a better wine? Read on to find out how organic wines stand apart from normal wines.
Better wines for the planet and for you
Organic wines are made without using any unnatural chemicals, such as herbicides and pesticides, which are added to vines to kill weeds and pests. So when you buy organic wine, you´ll be getting wines that are kinder to both the soil and you, reducing the build up of non-natural toxins within your …

You’ve heard of Save the Whales, but what about Save the Red Wattle Pig? Or Save the Tennessee Fainting Goat? OK, they’re not actual slogans, but they could be. That’s because the underlying issue remains the same: These animals are at risk of extinction, meaning that if they die out, it’s not just sad (more species of plants and animals are going extinct today than at any time since the dinosaur days), but we also lose a part of our heritage. These animals historically served as American foods. Thus, they’re “heritage foods.”
Heritage foods come from endangered or rare breeds of purebred livestock and crops. American Livestock Breeds Conservancy is working to keep dozens of such …

On August 27th, on the eve of the Slow Food USA National Congress and Slow Food Nation, the Slow Food USA Ark Committee held its annual meeting in Mill Valley, CA to review, taste and “board” new foods to the Ark of Taste (you know, like the animals, two by two…).
The Ark of Taste—a catalog of foods threatened by industrial standardization, the regulations of large-scale distribution and environmental damage—is a tool that helps farmers, ranchers, fishers,
chefs, retail grocers, educators and consumers celebrate our country’s diverse biological, cultural and culinary heritage. In an effort to cultivate consumer demand—key to agricultural conservation—only the best tasting endangered foods make it onto the Ark.
Yesterday’s newly boarded foods include the …

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 …