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Big Food Wants GMO Products Labeled ‘All-Natural’

Big Food Wants GMO Products Labeled ‘All-Natural’

Products containing genetically modified (GMO) ingredients would be labelled “natural” under a plan proposed by a food and beverage industry trade association. The Grocery Manufacturers Association has sent the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) a letter that states it will ...

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McDonald’s Website Tells Employees: Don’t Eat Our Food

McDonald’s Website Tells Employees: Don’t Eat Our Food

A corporate website has advised McDonald’s employees that cheeseburgers and fries are an unhealthy meal choice – a significant admission from the world’s largest hamburger chain restaurant. The advice was dispensed on McResource, a website for McDonald’s employees that since ...

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97 Percent Of Store-Bought Chicken Has Dangerous Bacteria

97 Percent Of Store-Bought Chicken Has Dangerous Bacteria

More than 90 percent of chicken breasts purchased from major retailers in the United States tested positive for potentially dangerous bacteria in a recent round of examinations, Consumer Reports found. The company found that 97 percent of the chicken breasts ...

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Farmer Blames GMO Feed For Pig Deformities And Deaths

Farmer Blames GMO Feed For Pig Deformities And Deaths

A Danish pig farmer is blaming genetically-modified (GMO) ingredients in feed for terrible deformities in his hogs and piglets. Ib Pedersen, the farmer, is also convinced that GMO feed caused serious health problems and still births in some of his ...

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Poor Diet Can Alter Our Genes — Another Reason to Eat Healthy

Poor Diet Can Alter Our Genes — Another Reason to Eat Healthy

Everyone wants to stay healthy. So walking around with antibacterial soaps, sprays and sanitizers often seems like a safeguard against disease-causing microbes. But did you know that 90 percent of the cells in your body are actually microbial – and ...

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FDA Blasted For Voluntary Plan To Ending Antibiotics In Big Ag

FDA Blasted For Voluntary Plan To Ending Antibiotics In Big Ag

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a plan it says will phase out the practice of giving healthy animals antibiotics simply to fatten them up, although the plan is only voluntary and already has many critics. The ...

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Did The FDA Ban Trans Fat To Benefit Monsanto And Biotech?

Did The FDA Ban Trans Fat To Benefit Monsanto And Biotech?

The FDA trans fat ban may be more than simply a health-based initiative. The proposed Food and Drug Administration rule would ban trans fats (partially hydrogenated oils – PHOs) in processed food. But the Alliance for Natural Health is but ...

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3 Major Food Companies Remove Harmful Chemicals After Customer Pressure

3 Major Food Companies Remove Harmful Chemicals After Customer Pressure

There’s really good news for supporters of all-natural food who care about what they eat. Big companies are starting to remove artificial and potentially dangerous ingredients from some food products because of public pressure. The number of ingredients removed is ...

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4 GMO Food Failures We Should Never Forget

4 GMO Food Failures We Should Never Forget

Genetically modified (GMO) seed manufacturers like Monsanto claim their unnatural plants produce greater yields and are entirely safe for animal and human consumption. The controversial seeds and companion pesticides and herbicides have largely been given the green light over and ...

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