California ‘Skittles Ban’ Advances to Governor’s Desk, Here’s What It Means for Consumers
Lawmakers believe it could have a ripple effect across the country. The California Food Safety Act, a bill that will ban some food additives found in popular packaged snacks, is one step closer to becoming a reality. On Tuesday, California lawmakers voted and passed the bill, which is now on its way to the state’s
Glyphosate Exposure Linked to Severe Depression and Cognitive Decline in American Adults
POSTED BY ANNE TEMPLE Reposted from Sustainable Pulse A new peer-reviewed study released by a group of scientists in Taiwan has revealed an astonishingly strong link between severe depression, cognitive decline and exposure to the world’s most used herbicide, glyphosate. The study was fully published last Tuesday in the highly respected Elsevier Journal, Environmental Research, and was met with
11 Ways You Never Realized You’re Reading Food Labels Wrong
Marissa Laliberte Registered dietitians and nutritionists break down common misleading nutrition labels and offer tips for food shopping. 1 / 12 TOM WERNER/GETTY IMAGES How to read nutrition labels (correctly) When you stare at a food or nutrition label at the supermarket, it can be overwhelming to look through the product and the nutrition facts. Buzzwords like
Drought-hit Panama Canal must ‘adapt or die’ as water levels drop.
"We have to find other solutions to remain a relevant route for international trade. If we don't adapt, we are going to die."
What Is the Daniel Fast Diet — and Is It Healthy?
For many people, the foods they eat are largely rooted in their culture and religious beliefs. One eating style with religious roots is the Daniel Fast diet, a 21-day partial fast based on a story in the Book of Daniel. Whether you’re spiritual or not, many people say this diet helps with weight loss, promotes
Great News! 21 Plastic Free Personal Care Products.
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Exclusive: WHO’s cancer research agency to say aspartame sweetener a possible carcinogen
By Jennifer Rigby and Richa Naidu [1/4]Diet Coke is seen on display at a store in New York City, U.S., June 28, 2023. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton LONDON, June 29 (Reuters) – One of the world’s most common artificial sweeteners is set to be declared a possible carcinogen next month by a leading global health body, according to two sources
This Common Artificial Sweetener Can Break Down DNA, Scientists Warn
HEALTH06 June 2023 ByDAVID NIELD (Tetra Images/Getty Images) The artificial sweetener sucralose (marketed as Splenda) is widely used and found in products like diet soda and chewing gum. According to a new study, it’s also capable of damaging the DNA material inside our cells. As DNA holds the genetic code controlling how our bodies grow and
White Rice vs. Brown Rice: What’s the Difference?
The history of rice cultivation stretches back hella far — even further back than most crops. Some research suggests that it was first domesticated as many as 10,000 years ago. Though white rice boomed as a cash crop in the American South starting in the 1600s, it wasn’t really until the health food movement of the 1960s and