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Juices, soft drinks found to contain trace levels of toxic metals: INVESTIGATION

May 08, 2023 -

Scientists there tested many different popular beverage brands to see what might be hiding underneath their bright colors and fancy packaging. They discovered everything from arsenic to cadmium to lead in their contents – and in some cases at levels far above federal standards for drinking water.

Two mixed juices in particular were found to contain arsenic levels above and beyond the government water limit of 10 micrograms (mcg) per liter. A cranberry juice beverage, a mixed ...

Study: A sugary drink a day could increase your risks of chronic liver disease and liver cancer

September 05, 2023 -

The researchers behind the study explained that consuming sweetened beverages could drive insulin resistance and inflammation, which are both strongly linked to the development of liver problems like liver cancer. This is the first study to report an association between regular intake of sugar-sweetened beverages and chronic liver disease mortality.

"If our findings are confirmed, reducing sugar-sweetened beverage consumption might serve as a public health strategy ...

Canadian government THREATENS Costco and Walmart to artificially lower food prices to combat inflation

October 16, 2023 -

According to Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne, Canadian shoppers can expect to see discounts on numerous food products soon, along with price matching efforts and price freezes. The chains involved include Costco and Walmart as well as Metro, Sobeys and Loblaw.

"These measures will bring a much needed [and] more competitive marketplace and the winners of that are obviously Canadians," Champagne noted.

The agreement came after Prime Minister Justin ...

Biden says artificially blocking sunlight is a great idea to “cool” planet, prevent global warming

July 04, 2023 -

A recently unveiled White House report makes a recommendation that the United States implement what has been dubbed as solar radiation modification, or SRM, which would alter the chemical makeup of the atmosphere in such a way that much less sunlight reaches the earth's surface.

Just as we long warned would eventually become the case, sun-blocking measures such as this, which the corporate-controlled media called a "wild conspiracy theory," are fast-becoming official policy ...

Energy drinks cause BRAIN DRAIN: here’s how

August 10, 2023 -

The answer is that these chemical-laden beverages are not that safe after all – and here's why.

For one, most of them are loaded with caffeine, which Omar Eliwa, a registered pharmacists in Wisconsin, says "gives a false source of energy."

"You're getting more than what your brain can take," Eliwa says. "It will be detrimental in the long-term to memory, the aging of the cells, depletion of nutrients, and it makes you not want to eat, so it affects metabolism as ...

New Orleans’ soft-on-crime DA gets carjacked at gunpoint

October 19, 2023 -

The incident unfolded while Williams was escorting his 78-year-old mother to his vehicle. Two suspects approached the pair, brandishing a firearm and demanded the DA's car.

The suspects forcibly commandeered the vehicle and fled the scene. They subsequently abandoned the car at an undisclosed location and carjacked another young woman in the vicinity just half an hour later, as confirmed by the NOPD.

Despite the harrowing encounter, both Williams and his mother ...

Managers complain: Gen Z lacks “soft skills,” has “unrealistic” workplace expectations

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Most of the managers in the 1,200 knowledge workers pool that the Harris Poll surveyed say more guidance, time, and training is needed to help Gen Z function as expected in the workplace.

Soft skills, by the way, include things like how to receive blunt feedback, or how to strike up a conversation with a senior manager if a lower-level employee runs into one in the office kitchen. Gen Z, having grown up in the modern era, lacks what generations from the past possessed in ...

HRS solutions: Must-have survival drinks for your pantry

25 days ago -

When you become a prepper, one of your main goals is to ensure that your family has enough supplies to get through a long-term emergency scenario, like a power outage that lasts several days or weeks or a global pandemic that disrupts normal life.

This means stocking up on food with a long shelf life, like grains and canned goods.

Your survival stockpile should also include enough water for cleaning, cooking and drinking, along with beverages like coffee, coconut water ...

Aspartame declared a POSSIBLE CARCINOGEN by WHO cancer arm, but regulatory agencies still insist it’s safe

July 18, 2023 -

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the cancer arm of the World Health Organization (WHO), has declared aspartame as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" on Thursday, July 13, following a review by independent international experts and based on human and animal studies that found evidence the sweetener may be linked to liver cancer.

At the same time, the Joint Food Agriculture Organization/World Health Organization Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) ...

18 Popular US-made soft contact lenses found to contain high levels of harmful PFAS

May 25, 2023 -

Forever chemicals do not naturally break down either in the environment or even within the human body. Unfortunately, more and more of them are being found in various consumer products.

The research, led by product investigation organization Mamavation, in partnership with Environmental Health News and several American universities, found that 18 popular soft contact lens brands contained extremely high levels of organic fluorine, a marker for PFAS. (Related: Industry influence ...

Soft-on-crime policies, failure to stop retail theft trigger closures of major retailers in blue cities

February 15, 2024 -

Sean Salai of the Washington Times outlined three such instances of unarmed security staff meeting tragic fates in the course of doing their job. In late January, armed thieves stabbed a loss prevention officer trying to stop them from looting a Safeway supermarket in Kensington, Maryland.

A security guard at a Philadelphia Macy's met the same fate in December 2023, dying from a stabbing committed by a retail thief. Further back in April 2023, a Home Depot security ...

POLL: 40% of Californians considering LEAVING due to high cost of living, soft-on-crime policies, woke politics

June 30, 2023 -

The survey in question, the California Community Poll, queried 800 Californians about their opinions regarding their residency in the state. Sixty-one percent of them cited the high cost of living as a crucial factor that could influence their decision to potentially leave the state. This figure rose to 71 percent among Black, Asian and Pacific Islander respondents.

Similarly, around 31 percent expressed that their desire to leave the state was due to disagreements with ...

French retail giant boycotts PepsiCo snacks and drinks in Europe “due to unacceptable price increases”

January 12, 2024 -

The retail giant has removed PepsiCo items from supermarkets in France and placed banners in aisles for PepsiCo products such as Lay's and Doritos crisps, 7Up drinks and Lipton tea, saying: "We are no longer selling this brand due to unacceptable price increases," a Carrefour spokesperson told the news agency Reuters. Also, manufacturers are reducing pack sizes without necessarily making a corresponding drop in price.

The ban also will extend to the said four nations ...

Soft-serve joint in California closes down due to new state law mandating $20 hourly salary for fast food workers

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According to KFSN 30, the milkshake joint's location in Lemoore was forced to stop operations permanently on April 1. The move was no April Fool's Day joke as the closure coincided with the day Assembly Bill (AB) 1228 took effect. The law, which orders fast food restaurants to increase the hourly wages of their workers to $20, was signed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom last September.

"Some of the employees thought it was an April Fool's Day joke," the ABC affiliate remarked....

NYC illegals who attacked police officers go PARTYING in Florida, then return to Big Apple to exploit more soft-on-crime leftist policies

February 07, 2024 -

Hill was left speechless during a recent segment after fellow CNN host John Miller explained to her that illegal "migrants" are stealing and looting property in the Big Apple, attacking police officers, then traveling to Florida to party it up on the beach. They then return back to New York City to commit more crimes, knowing they will never be punished due to lenient leftist policies.

What is reportedly happening is that illegals are arriving in New York City, "earning" ...

Michelle Obama’s juice brand fails health standards set by her husband’s administration

June 05, 2023 -

The finding is based on discussions with 12 independent health professionals and organizations.Plezi juices contain "non-nutritive sweeteners"

After discussing with 12 independent health professionals and organizations, data showed that Plezi’s current flavors, which were released earlier this month, do not meet the requirements to be served at elementary and middle schools.

"Under the Obama-era school-meal regulations currently under review, U.S. elementary and ...

Overconsumption of high fructose corn syrup-rich foods causes health problems, addiction

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HFCS was first developed in 1957 by biochemists Richard O. Marshall and Earl R. Kool. The pair discovered an enzyme capable of isomerizing dextrose to fructose. The process of producing it efficiently and economically was introduced about 20 years later by Japanese scientists.

Also known as glucose-fructose syrup or high fructose maize syrup, HFCS is a liquid sweetener made from corn starch and a preservative made by changing the carbohydrate glucose in corn starch to another ...

Studies confirm that a high sugar diet is correlated with an increased risk of CANCER

December 01, 2023 -

Excess sugar intake, especially high fructose corn syrup, is driving this public health crisis. Daily consumption of sugary beverages and fake foods is causing systemic inflammation, immunodeficiency, obesity, metabolic disorders, Type-2 diabetes, and a host of cancers.Excess sugar intake is a public health crisis

Mingyang Song, associate professor of clinical epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health spoke with The Epoch Times about ...

STUDY: Energy drink consumption harmful for the developing bodies and brains of children

2 months ago -

Researchers at Newcastle University and Teesside University in the United Kingdom analyzed 57 studies from 2016 to 2022, which covered over 1.2 million youth aged nine to 21 from more than 20 countries.

According to the study, energy drink consumption in children is linked to sensation-seeking, delinquency, poor sleep, low academic performance and a myriad of physical and mental health risks. These risks include an increased likelihood of suicide, psychological distress, ...

GULP! Study reveals DANGEROUS levels of heavy metals in many US beverages

June 22, 2023 -

A group of scientists from Tulane University in New Orleans disclosed the shocking discovery through a study published in the Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. They tested 60 non-alcoholic beverages from a grocery in the Crescent City that are commercially available across the country. These beverages include single and mixed fruit juices, plant-based milk, sodas and teas.

The study authors used inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) to generate atomized ...