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Want to improve your brain health naturally? Eat more fermented, cultured foods

June 16, 2023 - fermented foods that the body requires to produce the hormone melatonin, which regulates the body's sleep-wake cycles. Tryptophan is found in milk – raw milk is preferable as it is a living food filled with beneficial bacteria – tuna and meat.

Tryptophan is also an important precursor for serotonin, a brain neurotransmitter that regulates mood and other functions. Consuming fermented foods that are rich in it was shown to boost brain health both in the short ...

Survival foods: 5 simple, easy-to-make recipes for foods that can sustain you in emergencies

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Hardtack

Also called hard bread, this tough biscuit is a survival food with a history going back as far as Ancient Rome.

Ingredients:

Combine all of these ingredients in a large mixing bowl. When the flour, salt and water have formed a dry bread dough, roll it out flat with a rolling pin or pat it out by hand. If the dough still has sticky spots, add more flour.

Make a 12-inch-thick dough sheet, cut it into three-inch squares and poke holes in ...

Health Basics - The top foods that cause depression

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Health Basics - The top foods that cause depression

Fluoridated water causes depression

HFCS - High fructose corn syrup causes depression

MSG and artificial sweeteners cause depression and make you fat

Processed foods cause depression

Prescription medications for depression and/or anxiety add to your toxicity

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An essential guide to storing organic foods for survival

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Many non-preppers who want to start storing food for their survival stockpile often wonder how to begin. If you're one of them, keep things simple and start small, so you don't get overwhelmed.

Prepare for the next big one now and stock up on essential survival food supplies, like organic canned food or food buckets with beans and grains. (h/t to TheSurvivalMom.com)Don't get overwhelmed: Start small

Start with a manageable goal, like preparing one week’s worth of food....

Consumer Reports: PLASTICS CHEMICALS are present in many popular foods

January 31, 2024 -

The organization examined 85 food items for plastic chemicals such as phthalates and bisphenols – with the endocrine disruptor bisphenol A (BPA) as one example of the latter. It found that 79 percent of foods tested – roughly four in five – contained bisphenols. Meanwhile, almost 99 percent of food items tested contained phthalates.

CR tested a variety of food items including "prepared meals; fruits and vegetables; milk and other dairy products; baby food; fast food; ...

Foraging tips: 17 Wild foods to forage for your winter stockpile

February 02, 2024 -

There are many benefits of learning how to forage, such as getting free food in the form of wild edibles. Foraging can also be fun for the whole family. It's also a good way to exercise, and foraging is one way to reconnect with nature.

And while foraging in winter seems harder compared to foraging in late summer, there are still plenty of wild edibles to harvest once you know where to look.

When SHTF, knowing how to forage year-round can also help you find food ...

Wild foods you can forage and pickle for long-term storage

June 01, 2023 -

Burdock root

Try to choose roots from plants that are between two and four years old. Anything smaller than that will be too insignificant for the effort, and older roots are woody and bland. A burdock plant's age can be determined by its size.

While any vinegar can be used to pickle foraged roots, try using Japanese rice vinegar to make "yamagobo" – pickled burdock root marinated in a mixture of rice vinegar, sugar and salt. Tangy, sweet and refreshingly crunchy, yamagobo ...

Chemicals from CAR TIRES could be contaminating your dinner plate foods

May 10, 2023 -

Researchers out of Vienna warn that particulates from cars get left behind on roads and blown about and moved around by winds and rain, eventually settling in the soils where food is grown.

Farms that utilize wastewater and sewage sludge, also known as "biosludge," as "fertilizers" are also heavily contaminated with all sorts of contaminants, many of which end up inside the portions of plants consumed by animals and people.

On average, according to the team from the ...

Tyson Foods hit with BOYCOTT for ditching Americans workers and hiring illegals

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According to the Daily Mail, angry shoppers are boycotting products from the $53-million meat company. The issue stems from its decision to close plants in five states – Iowa, Virginia, Arkansas, Indiana and Missouri – rendering thousands of Americans jobless.

The company recently announced the closure of its pork processing plant in Perry, Iowa – putting 1,276 people out of work. This followed the May 2023 closure of two facilities in Virginia and Arkansas that employed ...

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 ...

Plant-based fast foods NO HEALTHIER than their regular counterparts, study reveals

January 15, 2024 -

According to a paper published in the journal Nutrition, there were "no clear health benefits of ordering plant-based servings instead of meat options."

The team of researchers from the Poznan University of Medical Sciences (PUMS) in Poland collected more than 2,400 meal records from 50 fast food chains in five countries – Poland, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. They collected specific information on allergens, calorie count, fiber, macronutrients ...

Fried foods, refined cooking oils, and the public health crisis of oxidation

July 11, 2023 -

The Standard American diet, full of fried foods, poses a public health crisis because of the level of unhealthy fats and oxidants that are present in the oils that the foods are cooked in. Denatured, refined cooking oils oxidize at various temperatures. After they oxidize, the refined oils become inflammatory and release cancer-causing byproducts (such as aldehydes) into the food. These inflammatory byproducts weaken the body’s ability to fight infections and fuel the chronic ...

Studies show antioxidant-rich foods can help reduce risk of skin cancer

May 24, 2023 -

But just as poor diet can raise your likelihood of developing cancer, a healthy diet can help save you from this deadly disease. As reported by the Skin Cancer Foundation, there is growing evidence that eating foods rich in certain nutrients and plant compounds may help prevent skin cancer.Facts about skin cancer

The main cause of skin cancer is excessive exposure to sunlight. Ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun, as well as from sunlamps and tanning beds, are known to damage DNA, ...

Americans boycott Tyson Foods as it announces plans to hire 42,000 illegal migrants

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The $53 million meat company has announced it will be closing meat and poultry processing plants in Iowa, Arkansas, Virginia, Missouri and Indiana – yet they are making a concerted effort to hire thousands of “asylum seekers” in New York. They’re offering them enticements such as free immigration lawyers and wages of $16.50 per hour, along with child care, English classes, temporary housing, a relocation stipend, and paid time off for attending court hearings.

However, after ...

Common ingredient used in baked goods and processed foods linked to LOWER sperm counts

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Respected author and journalist Naomi Wolf discussed in an article the widespread use of sodium aluminum phosphate on common food products such as baking powders, pancake mixes, frozen pizzas and processed cheeses.

She also discussed several peer-reviewed studies that were linked to broader trends in reproductive health and masculinity, warning that sodium aluminum phosphate affected blood testosterone linked to libido, and sperm counts associated with fertility. (Related: ...

FDA recalls Vesta Fiery Gourmet Foods hot sauce “because these products contain undeclared wheat”

January 14, 2024 -

Reports indicate that the following Vesta products are included in the recall:

• Benny T's Vesta Dry Hot Sauce Ghost 1.5 oz glass jar

• Benny T's Vesta Dry Hot Sauce Hot 1.5 oz glass jar

• Benny T's Vesta Dry Hot Sauce Reaper 1.5 oz glass jar

• Benny T's Vesta Dry Hot Sauce Scorpion 1.5 oz glass jar

• Benny T's Vesta Dry Hot Sauce Very Hot 1.5 oz glass jar

"People who have an allergy or severe insensitivity to wheat run the risk of serious or life-threatening ...

Tyson Foods invests in Dutch firm Protix BV to make Americans EAT ZE BUGS

October 26, 2023 -

The company announced this endeavor in an Oct. 17 press release. According to Tyson Foods CFO John R. Tyson, their partnership represents the latest strategic investment that will drive added value to Tyson Foods' business as the meat giant seeks to diversify its operation.

Tyson Foods' global scale, experience and network as one of the largest food companies will combine with Protix's technology and market leadership in the insect protein market, which is expected to ...

Tyson Foods shuts down 4 facilities amid losses – another blow to the food supply

September 27, 2023 -

Last month, the company announced the shutdown of four facilities – those in North Little Rock, Arkansas; Corydon, Indiana; Dexter, Missouri; and Noel, Missouri. These closures are part of Tyson's broader strategy to enhance efficiency and reduce expenses in response to market dynamics. The decision to shutter these four plants in the first two quarters of fiscal 2024 is driven by a need to reallocate resources to more efficient facilities.

"The difficult decision ...

CLEAN FOOD WATCH: 6 Foods that are likely to be contaminated with heavy metals

August 23, 2023 -

The move comes nearly two years after a shocking Congressional report found that baby food products from seven different companies contained significant levels of toxic metals, such as arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury.

In the study, researchers found that infants 6 to 24 months and 24 to 60 months old are the most highly exposed to cadmium in common foodstuffs. The levels of cadmium in these products exceed the maximum tolerable intake level set by the Agency for Toxic ...