All posts categorized with Food

(Natural News) What do you do when life gets you down? A lot of people who experience unhappiness, brain fog or mood swings think that antidepressants are the only answer, while those suffering from fatigue often end up chugging vast quantities of caffeine or seeking prescription meds. What these people often fail to realize is […]

(Natural News) Instead of focusing on stopping the overuse of animal antibiotics, or the mistreatment of animals squeezed into filthy conditions and piles of fecal matter in an animal feeding operation (CAFO), the Silicon Valley technocrats would rather have you not eat meat at all. It’s just too carbon intensive and not good for the environment, they say. So they’re raising […]

(Natural News) According to the Indiana Board of Animal Health, anthrax was recently discovered on a southern Indiana beef cattle farm. Following the unexpected and sudden death of a mixed-breed bull, tissue samples collected by a veterinarian revealed that the rod-shaped bacteria  Bacillus anthracis, commonly referred to as anthrax, was at play. Reports indicate that […]

(Natural News) Paying the price of convenience could indeed cost a lot more than just a little extra money — it may cost you your health, too. While bagged salads may seem relatively innocuous, new research has revealed that they can actually be vectors for disease — most notably, Salmonella. The researchers, from the University […]

(Natural News) Bans on genetically modified crops imposed by state and local governments in the Pacific Northwest are perfectly legal, meaning that there is nothing the federal government or Big Food and Monsanto can do about it, a federal appeals court has ruled. As reported by The Daily Astorian, federal statutes do not preempt or […]

(Natural News) Most of us are all too familiar with the boost of that good old cup of joe first thing in the morning. But is a hit of caffeine before attempting a sprint workout on the treadmill the right and healthy thing to do? According to some experts, it is. Research has shown that […]

(Natural News) National Steak and Poultry, an Oklahoma-based company, has recalled nearly 2 million pounds of under-cooked, ready-to-eat chicken products due to bacterial concerns, the Unites States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety Inspection has announced. The chicken products are sold as fully cooked and ready to heat and serve. The possible under-cooking of the […]

(Natural News) Vitamin C provides many health benefits and it is used by the body in many different ways. For example, your body uses vitamin C to form collagen. According to the NIH, vitamin C is also used in the creation of skin, ligaments,tendons and  blood vessels. Vitamin C is also essential for repairing and […]

(Natural News) A 57 year-old male in Alabama was preparing to do a little yard work. He decided he needed more than the regular shot of caffeine from his morning brew. His health history wasn’t perfect, as reported by Medicalpress.com, but he wasn’t concerned. He’d been experiencing high blood pressure  and was at an “increased risk for vascular disease.” On this particular […]

(Natural News) The EPA has just approved the widespread use of a highly toxic herbicide called dicamba, a chemical which poses serious health risks to both animals and people. In doing so, the agency has turned its back on its legal obligation to assess any threat to endangered species, as well as its responsibility to […]