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taste feature articles



Health Basics - Artificial food is really a taste of chemotherapy
Published September 8 2012
Concepts: food, cancer, health, artificial food, taste


The great olive oil fraud - Why your extra virgin olive oil may not be virgin at all
Published July 18 2012
Concepts: oil, olive oil, extra virgin, extra virgin olive oil, fraud

What do 'Raw Fooders' actually eat?
Published July 13 2012
Concepts: food, raw, raw food, raw fooders, natural

Food pairings may trick the brain into loving the taste of vegetables
Published July 3 2012
Concepts: food, taste, the brain, foods, food pairings

Health Ranger interviews neurosurgeon Dr. Russell Blaylock on MSG and brain-damaging excitotoxins
Published April 13 2012
Concepts: MSG, health, brain, Health Ranger, food

Evidence shows diet soda is not a healthy weight loss product
Published February 26 2012
Concepts: soda, diet soda, weight, weight loss, evidence


Popular orange juices flavored with secret "flavor packs" not listed on the label
Published January 20 2012
Concepts: orange, juice, flavor, orange juice, flavor packs

Is yeast extract (a taste enhancing additive) lurking in your 'natural' foods?
Published November 7 2011
Concepts: yeast, extract, yeast extract, food, natural

NaturalNews issues consumer alert about Adya Clarity, imported as battery acid and sold for internal consumption
Published October 28 2011
Concepts: Adya Clarity, iron, aluminum, men, water

Try one of the tastiest, healthiest snacks in the snack food market: Beanitos
Published October 22 2011
Concepts: food, snack food, GMO, snack, Beanitos

Coconut sugar quickly replacing agave nectar as natural sweetener of choice
Published June 29 2011
Concepts: sugar, coconut, coconut sugar, natural, sweetener

Why people like processed foods
Published March 25 2011
Concepts: food, people, foods, consumers, processed food

Popular characters on food packaging may determine taste preferences of children
Published March 23 2011
Concepts: children, food, taste, packaging, food packaging

How sweet it isn't! Cutting through the hype and deception of sugar
Published February 23 2011
Concepts: sugar, aspartame, fructose, sweetener, corn

Cauliflower Shepherd's Pie - Fight cancer with a twist on old country comfort
Published January 13 2011
Concepts: cauliflower, cancer, vegetables, cruciferous vegetables, taste

Newly discovered taste buds hold cure for asthma
Published December 23 2010
Concepts: taste, taste buds, cure, asthma, lungs

Boku Super Food releases first ever nutrition food bar created by healthy people
Published November 9 2010
Concepts: food, Boku, food bar, protein, rice

Achieve Vibrant Health with Natural Diet and Lifestyle
Published October 23 2010
Concepts: health, diet, food, natural, nutrient

Cartoon characters alter kids' perception of taste of processed food
Published October 20 2010
Concepts: cartoon, cartoon characters, taste, food, child

An Unknown Connection between Zinc and Your Health Exists
Published October 9 2010
Concepts: zinc, health, connection, taste, sugar

Lemon Coconut Pound Cake: One Hour Leads to Taste Bud Bliss
Published September 4 2010
Concepts: coconut, heal, taste, lemon, flour

Original cacao is ancient treasure of chocolate from the Ecuadorian rainforest (updated)
Published September 1 2010
Concepts: cacao, chocolate, Ecuador, food, raw

Mesquite flour is a high-protein, low-glycemic superfood from desert trees
Published August 25 2010
Concepts: flour, mesquite, mesquite flour, food, superfood

Superfood meal powder review: Garden of Life Raw Meal and Boku Superfood
Published August 17 2010
Concepts: organic, food, superfood, raw, Boku

Raw, sprouted nuts from LivingNutz taste like heaven while supporting good nutrition
Published July 14 2010
Concepts: nuts, LivingNutz, taste, natural, living

Beware of Umami - "Taste No. 5" - it's just another name for MSG
Published July 5 2010
Concepts: umami, food, taste, MSG, foods

Why Organic Palm Sugar is the next big thing in natural sweeteners
Published June 15 2010
Concepts: sugar, palm sugar, natural, organic, sweetener

Azukar Organics' amazing organic coconut sugar
Published May 31 2010
Concepts: coconut, sugar, organic, coconut sugar, health

X-Balance superfood makes a delicious, nutritious chocolate milk drink for adults and kids
Published May 26 2010
Concepts: superfood, X-Balance, powder, milk, chocolate

Review of new brown rice protein products: Boku Super Protein, SunWarrior, Jay Robb, Growing Naturals
Published April 6 2010
Concepts: protein, Boku, brown rice, rice protein, brown rice protein

Product review: Ormus Greens from SunWarrior - a new class of superfood greens?
Published March 9 2010
Concepts: Ormus, ormus greens, minerals, SunWarrior, green

All in One Bowl: Enjoy the Nutritional Power Food Punch of Chili
Published March 4 2010
Concepts: food, chili, foods, spice, power

Product review: Rejuvenate Berries and Herbs superfood is rich in RNA, plant proteins
Published February 24 2010
Concepts: superfood, Rejuvenate, berries, herbs, acid

Heal yourself in 15 days with the Health Ranger's living juice recipe (part five)
Published February 5 2010
Concepts: juice, living, food, fresh juice, recipe

Easy-to-Make Fermented Vegetables Boost Immunity and Improve Health
Published November 10 2009
Concepts: vegetables, fermented vegetables, health, food, improve

Herbicides and cholesterol drugs interfere with taste, could damage metabolism
Published October 26 2009
Concepts: herbicides, taste, drugs, cholesterol, cholesterol drugs

Daniel Vitalis Part III: Taste Our Medicines
Published October 7 2009
Concepts: taste, food, medicine, tea, Daniel Vitalis

Interview with Jan Lovejoy of SGN Nutrition, makers of X-Balance superfoods
Published September 25 2009
Concepts: superfood, nutrition, X-Balance, body, people

Superfood Profile: Find the Health Benefits of Herbal Bitters
Published September 23 2009
Concepts: health, herbal, benefits, health benefits, superfood

A Hundred Health Sapping Neurotoxins are Hidden in Packaged and Restaurant Food
Published May 11 2009
Concepts: food, MSG, neurotoxins, health, toxic

Protect Yourself from MSG and Aspartame Excitotoxicity
Published May 7 2009
Concepts: MSG, aspartame, excitotoxin, toxins, food

Hot Peppers Make Prostate Cancer Cells Die and Taste Buds Come to Life
Published April 19 2009
Concepts: PSA, capsaicin, cancer, Prostate, peppers

A Sign of Spring: Wild Edible Garlic Mustard Returns
Published March 25 2009
Concepts: garlic, mustard, edible, plants, taste

Quinoa: Use this Complete Protein to Create Healthful Vegetarian Dishes
Published March 19 2009
Concepts: quinoa, protein, food, foods, vegetarian

Kelp Possesses Great Nutritional Power
Published March 10 2009
Concepts: kelp, raw, food, health, raw food

Soak Up the Goodness of Life: A How-To Guide for Soaking Grains
Published March 10 2009
Concepts: grains, acid, how-to, water, health

Consuming Common Food Additive MSG Increases Risk of Weight Gain
Published January 19 2009
Concepts: MSG, food, brain, weight, the brain

Why You Should Avoid Fast Food at All Costs
Published January 6 2009
Concepts: food, fast food, meat, foods, health

Review of the Best Plant Protein Powders - Nutribody, SunWarrior, LivingFuel, Nutribiotic
Published December 12 2008
Concepts: protein, products, SunWarrior, taste, hemp

Discover Sprouted Nuts and Give Your Pancreas a Break
Published December 4 2008
Concepts: nuts, pancreas, sprouted nuts, seeds, raw

Review: LivingNutz Delivers the Most Exciting Raw Healthy Foods You've Ever Tasted
Published November 19 2008
Concepts: raw, LivingNutz, food, living, foods

Rawvolution: Part III, Begin Your Own Raw-Volution with these Must-Haves
Published November 17 2008
Concepts: food, raw, health, people, coconut

Health Expert Jon Barron Talks About Herbs, Tinctures, Antibiotics and Probiotics
Published November 6 2008
Concepts: health, bacteria, antibiotics, herbs, herb

Choosing the Right Foods for Your Family Can Make a Significant Nutritional Difference
Published October 24 2008
Concepts: organic, ice, oil, turkey, butter

Spices: A Wealth of Health Benefits that Make Food Taste Great
Published October 23 2008
Concepts: spice, health, spices, antioxidant, benefits

Human Brain Seeks Real Calories; Artificial Sweeteners May Cause Overeating
Published October 21 2008
Concepts: brain, calories, artificial sweeteners, human, human brain

Macadamia Nuts Taste Great And Keep You Heart Healthy
Published October 18 2008
Concepts: nuts, macadamia nuts, diet, cholesterol, acid

Boku Superfood Launches Enhanced Superfood Formula; Earns Editor's Choice Recommendation
Published October 13 2008
Concepts: food, organic, superfood, Boku, Boku Superfood

IMP Taste Enhancer Chemical May be the New MSG
Published October 6 2008
Concepts: taste, chemical, MSG, research, flavor

Interview with Sergei Zimin About Modifilan brown seaweed extract
Published October 3 2008
Concepts: seaweed, people, Modifilan, WHO, brown seaweed

Aspartame: Is the Sweet Taste Worth the Harm?
Published September 17 2008
Concepts: aspartame, FDA, studies, the FDA, taste

Nutritional Authority David Wolfe Discusses Metabolism and Chocolate
Published August 22 2008
Concepts: food, chocolate, metabolism, cacao, people

Interview with Steve Adler, Creator of "Sacred Chocolate" from Naturaw.com
Published August 16 2008
Concepts: chocolate, raw, man, food, sugar

Flax Shown to Be Effective Against Cancers of the Colon and Breast
Published August 1 2008
Concepts: flax, oil, flax oil, colon, cancer

Nutritional Authority David Wolfe Shares Important Diet Information
Published July 28 2008
Concepts: food, protein, diet, health, coconut

Food Choice During Pregnancy Shapes Lifelong Taste Preferences of Baby
Published July 16 2008
Concepts: food, taste, children, pregnancy, food choice

Artificial Flavoring Chemicals Make Farmed Fish Taste Like Ocean Fish
Published July 6 2008
Concepts: fish, taste, ocean, farmed fish, artificial flavoring

Review: SunWarrior Protein Wins Editor's Choice Award for Raw, Vegan, Brown Rice Protein Concentrate
Published July 1 2008
Concepts: protein, sun, SunWarrior, natural, food

Salads, Dressing, Spices and Desserts in a Raw Food Lifestyle
Published June 26 2008
Concepts: raw, food, health, raw food, spices

Mike Adams, Founder of the Consumer Wellness Center, Discusses Healthy Sweeteners
Published June 12 2008
Concepts: health, people, sugar, sweeteners, food

Herbs, Tinctures, Antibiotics and Probiotics, by Health Expert Jon Barron
Published June 11 2008
Concepts: health, bacteria, antibiotics, herb, antibiotic

Review: Delicious Greens 8000 is a Delicious, Nutritious Superfood Drink Powder
Published May 14 2008
Concepts: greens, green, superfood, taste, powder

Chinese Medicine: The Powerful Tonic Wu Wei Zi or “Five Taste Fruit”
Published May 9 2008
Concepts: schizandra, herb, tonic, Chinese, Wu Wei Zi

Important questions about Zrii and other multi-level marketing superfruit juice products
Published April 25 2008
Concepts: juice, Zrii, marketing, superfruit juice, fruit

Important questions about Zrii and other multi-level marketing superfruit juice products
Published April 24 2008
Concepts: juice, Zrii, marketing, superfruit juice, fruit

Review: Organic Food Bar Offers Exclusive Discount to Natural News Readers on Their Best Food Bars
Published April 22 2008
Concepts: food, food bar, organic, organic food bar, organic food

Interview: Greg Kunin from Ola Loa reveals the health secrets of drinkable vitamins
Published April 10 2008
Concepts: people, body, WHO, Ola Loa, form

Interview with Alan Friedman from Good Cause Wellness about Antioxidants, Agave Nectar and Chia Seeds
Published March 31 2008
Concepts: products, men, health, chia, food

Diet Sweeteners Can Make You Sick and Fat
Published March 6 2008
Concepts: food, sugar, sweeteners, diet, body

Review: The Best Tasting Green Superfood Powder Products
Published February 28 2008
Concepts: food, superfood, taste, nutrition, products

The Harmful Effects of Sugar and Choosing Healthy Alternatives
Published February 21 2008
Concepts: sugar, xylitol, stevia, healthy, taste

Most Consumers of Snacks Unwilling to Give Up Taste for Enhanced Nutrition
Published February 11 2008
Concepts: consumers, health, snack, taste, snacks

Boku Super Food: An Astonishing New Premium Superfood Product Reviewed by the Health Ranger
Published January 30 2008
Concepts: food, superfood, Boku, health, heal

Making Raw Foods Delicious: Cherie Soria and Living Light International (Part 1)
Published January 23 2008
Concepts: raw, food, raw food, foods, living

The Coming Financial Collapse of America (and Why Today's Market Bloodbath is Only a Small Taste of Things to Come...)
Published January 22 2008
Concepts: money, 5, America, debt, financial

Human Taste Buds Able to Detect Plant Toxins
Published January 22 2008
Concepts: taste, vegetable, human, taste buds, vegetables

The Chia 'Cheat Sheet' and Ten Raw Chia Recipes
Published January 8 2008
Concepts: chia, seeds, raw, food, chia seeds

Word of the Year Describes Eco-Friendly Eaters
Published January 4 2008
Concepts: food, farm, foods, farmer, eco-friendly

New "Juice Feasting" Emerging as Phytonutrient-Rich Disease-Fighting Nutritional System
Published December 11 2007
Concepts: juice, vegetable, men, Juice Feasting, disease

Interview with Dr. Hank Liers Part 2: High-RNA superfoods
Published November 5 2007
Concepts: RNA, body, nutrition, people, WHO

The top ten consumer questions about superfruit juices: Pomegranate, blueberry, acai and cherry
Published September 12 2007
Concepts: juice, pomegranate, juices, heal, fruit

Innovative dried aloe vera gel product now available from Good Cause Wellness
Published September 6 2007
Concepts: aloe, aloe vera, aloe vera gel, water, WHO

Health Update: McDonald's wrappers, antibiotics, freaky weather, creaky railroads and population control (satire)
Published August 10 2007
Concepts: free, health, antibiotics, population, weather

Raw, "empowered" chocolate products launched by Empowered Foods; full review of sensational product line
Published June 5 2007
Concepts: chocolate, food, foods, raw, products

Chocolate raw foods roundup: The best new chocolate superfood bars revealed
Published March 29 2007
Concepts: raw, chocolate, food, superfood, organic

Amy's Kitchen responds to concerns about yeast extract with possible product reformulations
Published March 6 2007
Concepts: yeast extract, kitchen, Amy's Kitchen, yeast, MSG

How I got blindsided by yeast extract in Amy's Kitchen organic foods (opinion)
Published February 27 2007
Concepts: extract, yeast extract, yeast, Amy's Kitchen, food

Food firms propose replacing MSG, salt with yeast extract that contains free glutamate
Published January 29 2007
Concepts: yeast extract, MSG, yeast, food, salt

Researchers Examine Problem of Foul Tastes Among Cancer Patients (press release)
Published November 13 2006
Concepts: water, patients, diet, cancer, cancer patients

Interview: Amazing Grass' Brandon Burt talks about Kidz SuperFood and nutrition for children
Published October 13 2006
Concepts: nutrition, child, children, food, taste

Amazon Herb Company launches Liquizon capsules with alcohol-free, concentrated rainforest herb liquids
Published September 28 2006
Concepts: herb, Amazon, Amazon herb, Amazon Herb Company, products

The four steps to getting more vitamin D to prevent cancer, osteoporosis, depression and more
Published September 25 2006
Concepts: sun, light, Vitamin D, sunlight, cancer

Many "natural" foods contain questionable taste additives like yeast extract
Published September 14 2006
Concepts: food, yeast, foods, MSG, natural

Revealed: The best new raw food bars
Published September 12 2006
Concepts: food, raw, raw food, food bars, food bar

Sweet deals: Agave nectar, Raw Revolution food bars are a steal at Amazon.com
Published August 28 2006
Concepts: Raw Revolution, raw, food, food bars, Amazon

Big Pharma is developing drugs for the most distressing disease of all: Life
Published June 22 2006
Concepts: drug, disease, drugs, heal, health

Interview: Emerald Balance provides excellent superfoods nutrition without the "greeny" taste
Published June 5 2006
Concepts: love, nutrition, balance, superfoods, Emerald Balance

The Honest Food Guide empowers consumers with independent information about foods and health
Published May 25 2006
Concepts: food, foods, health, people, disease

Interview with Corinna Benoit of Nordic Naturals on all-natural cod liver oil
Published May 4 2006
Concepts: liver, fish, oil, Nordic Naturals, cod liver oil

Interview with Jon Barron of Baseline Nutritionals on herbal healing, the bird flu and alternative health
Published April 24 2006
Concepts: people, health, flu, doctor, form

The raw foods diet: The taste alone is worth it!
Published March 20 2006
Concepts: food, foods, raw, raw foods, taste

Interview with Dr. Decker Weiss about Earth's Promise nutritional powders from Enzymatic Therapy
Published December 12 2005
Concepts: Earth's Promise, heart, green, greens, people

Interview with "Kevala" Karen Parker, master raw foods chef
Published November 29 2005
Concepts: food, raw, foods, people, Kevala

Amy's Kitchen offers consumers clean, MSG-free natural health foods
Published November 28 2005
Concepts: food, Amy's Kitchen, yeast extract, health, natural

Taste inflation revealed: why sugar, salt and fragrance make you stupid
Published October 18 2005
Concepts: taste, food, sugar, salt, inflation

The Organic Food Bar packs a nutritional punch in portable form
Published September 26 2005
Concepts: food, food bar, health, organic, protein

Interview: Miracle Greens superfood supplement
Published July 31 2005
Concepts: greens, green, Miracle Greens, food, superfoods

Losing weight with appetite suppressing drugs, herbs and macronutrients
Published July 6 2005
Concepts: appetite, appetite suppressant, weight, appetite control, appetite suppressants

The inside scoop: Natural Health Products Expo West industry event
Published May 23 2005
Concepts: health, products, food, people, natural

Gene therapy and genetic engineering: the future of medicine?
Published May 19 2005
Concepts: Genetic, heal, war, engineer, gene therapy

Changing food choice and dietary habits requires breaking old behavior patterns
Published March 7 2005
Concepts: food, dietary habits, foods, people, health

MacNut Oil from Nature's Way makes heart-healthy oil available to mainstream grocery shoppers
Published February 15 2005
Concepts: oil, macadamia nut oil, health, macadamia nuts, fat

Spirulina: trace minerals content, consumer tastes, and green foods
Published October 25 2004
Concepts: spirulina, trace minerals, Cyanotech, green, Hawaii

Tylenol introduces candy-like pain medication with strong minty taste and instant cooling effect
Published August 22 2004
Concepts: Tylenol, candy, pain, taste, pain medication

Many "healthy" and vegetarian foods contain MSG in the form of yeast extract
Published July 27 2004
Concepts: MSG, food, foods, yeast extract, yeast

Product review: Jay Robb's Whey Protein - the healthiest and best tasting whey protein powder yet available
Published July 27 2004
Concepts: protein, whey protein, Jay Robb, health, protein powders

Hair loss and prostate cancer are both prevented by miracle molecule found in soy milk, says new research
Published May 20 2004
Concepts: milk, soy, soy milk, cancer, prostate cancer


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