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Sugar Linked to Depression: Connection to Mental Disorders

Dec 29, 2017 11:38AM

Recent studies confirm a link between sugar-heavy diets and mental disorders, especially depression, with added sugars—not those found in fruits—identified as the culprit.

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Teetotalers Enjoy Less Heart Disease: Former and Occasional Drinkers Have Greater Risk

Oct 31, 2017 09:55AM

A Canadian meta-analysis of 45 studies found that former and occasional drinkers have a 45 percent greater risk of heart disease than non-drinkers.

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Wine Worry: Glyphosate Toxin Turns Up in Wines

Oct 31, 2017 09:55AM

Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide glyphosate, which harms both soil and human health, has been found in 10 of 10 California wines tested, including organic ones.

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Banning Trans Fats Lowers Heart Attacks: Prohibiting Ingredient Protects Cardiac Health

Sep 29, 2017 04:19PM

Heart attack hospital admissions declined in New York counties that banned trans fat food in restaurants.

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Petroleum-Free: Phasing Out Plastic Film Food Wrappers

Mar 31, 2017 07:20AM

To replace plastic consumer waste, innovators have created a food wrap made of milk casein and a six-pack ring made of barley and wheat.

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The Five-Second Rule Debunked: Researchers Disprove the Thought

Feb 28, 2017 10:25AM

Rutgers researchers found that food dropped on the floor for even one second can be contaminated with bacteria, and that carpet transferred fewer bacteria than tile and stainless steel.

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Eat Safer: Website Screens Packaging for Toxin

Dec 28, 2016 11:43AM

To help consumers know which drinks and foods are still being sold in cans lined with endocrine-disrupting BPA, the Environmental working Group’s website lists 16,000 BPA-tainted products.

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America Outdone: Venezuela Bans GMOs

Nov 30, 2016 10:33AM

To protect its traditional seeds and agriculture, Venezuela has passed perhaps the toughest law in the world regulating the use and research of genetically modified organisms.

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Lying Labels: New Term Disguises High-Fructose Corn Syrup

Aug 31, 2016 10:44AM

Faced with rising consumer resistance to High-Fructose Corn Syrup, the corn refiners industry has created the terms “fructose syrup” or just “fructose” to hide its intense use in processed foods.

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Energy Drinks Harm the Heart: Produces Abnormalities and Raises Blood Pressure

Jun 30, 2016 08:14AM

Two cans of an energy drink per day produced abnormal heart rhythms and higher blood pressure in healthy adults.

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Toxic Teflon: Scientists Increasingly Find It Dangerous

Jun 30, 2016 08:13AM

The DuPont Teflon residues found in the blood of more than 99 percent of Americans is now linked to cancer, birth defects, heart disease and a weakened immune system.

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Salmon Scam: Farmed Fish Mislabeled as Wild-Caught

Apr 29, 2016 08:01AM

A DNA sampling of 82 purchases found that 43 percent of the so-called “wild-caught” salmon was farmed.

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GMO-Free Germany: Five Dozen Countries Now Ban or Label GMO Crops

Mar 31, 2016 07:48AM

Germany has followed Scotland’s lead in the European Union by blocking the use of GMOs (genetically modified organisms) in agriculture.

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High-Fructose Sweetener Aggravates Asthma and Bronchitis: Sugary Drink Causes Respiratory Issues

Jan 29, 2016 09:07AM

People with a history of chronic bronchitis that routinely drank five or more high-fructose corn syrup sodas a week showed an 80 percent increase in bronchitis incidents.

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Doctor’s Orders: GMO Labeling Endorsed by Physicians

Dec 29, 2015 04:25PM

Increasingly, physicians are urging labeling of GMO products and voicing concerns about their carcinogenic properties.

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