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Hooray! Red Dye No. 3 is Banned by the FDA

January 18, 2025Red Dye No. 3 will be no more. Six more harmful synthetic food dyes still to go! The EPA finally gets a risk assessment right. Protein powders and lead. Microplastics and cancer. And there are more need-to-know stories and studies this week. Read on, for the sake of your health…FDA Bans Red Dye
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Harmonizing Mind and Body: The Art of Self-Care for Mental Equilibrium

Image via Freepik Managing stress and nurturing well-being are paramount in the intricate dance of life. This guide, courtesy of La Placita Wellness and Education Center, delves into the art of self-care, a multifaceted approach to mental health encompassing various practices to reduce stress, enhance sleep quality, and foster overall emotional resilience. Cultivating Stress Reduction
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The Unbelievable Ways Dried Crickets Are Turning Up in Your Food

Everything you ever wanted to know about the growing trend of cricket flour in food.  BY STEPHANIE ECKELKAMP Bugs are trending…all over my office. I’m buried in samples of foods made from crickets: cricket cookies, tortilla chips, protein bars, even all-purpose flour that apparently has nutty undertones and works well in banana bread. I’m intrigued and slightly
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Hemp 101: Understanding the Superfood

 by SPINS Hemp offers many uses and benefits Hemp has made its way from specialty retailers into mainstream outlets as a common ingredient in the food, beverage, VMS, and body care aisles. Yet, many shoppers are still not sure what hemp is (and what it isn’t). That is in part because hemp only became legal in
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The End of Organic (as we know it)

Jim Riddle Farmer at Blue Fruit Farm The End of Organic (as we know it) By Jim Riddle, Organic Independents LLP, Blue Fruit Farm October 25, 2022 The fundamental concepts of organic farming have always been, “Feed the Soil, not the Plant,” and “Healthy Soil leads to Healthy Crops, Healthy Animals, Healthy People, and a
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Alligators exposed to ‘forever chemicals’ show autoimmune impacts: study

BY SHARON UDASIN – Alligators exposed to “forever chemicals” in North Carolina’s Cape Fear River may be experiencing adverse clinical and autoimmune effects, a new study has found.  In addition to showing genetic indicators for immune system impacts, the animals had many unhealed or infected lesions, according to the study, published on Thursday in Frontiers in Toxicology.  “Alligators
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10 GMO Foods You Must Avoid Eating

https://veryhealthy.life/ 1. Soy Soy is a widely consumed grain, especially in the Eastern world, and is widely regarded as a healthy aliment. Even though the actual nutritional and health benefits of soy are under scrutiny, what is true is that is has been an integral part of human diet in many ancient cultures and is still
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