In an extract from his new book, The Power of Self-Healing, Dr Fabrizio Mancini explains why sugar and food additives - from aspartame to trans fats - could have a severely detrimental effect on your health
… The truth about food additives: how they threaten your health Dr … Mancini | 18th January 2012 Ethical Living Additives Sugar Food Intolerance Allergy … Fabrizio Mancini explains why sugar and food additives - from aspartame to trans fats - …
The European Parliament voted this week to regulate nano-materials in the pending EU law on novel foods, write Jaydee Hanson & Evan Bromfield. But no such moves are taking place in the US. Let's make this the last time our children are exposed to these hazardous substances in their Halloween candy!
… should not use GRAS to approve its nano additives, but did nothing to remove existing … products that contain unapproved nano additives from the market. More importantly, …
The troubled project to develop GMO 'golden rice' cultivars has just hit a serious obstacle. An attempt to breed the 'event' responsible for carotenoid production into a commercial rice variety has produced widespread genomic instability, causing weak plants and poor grain production. Has the golden rice hype bubble finally burst?
GMO golden rice trials fail: stunted plants, reduced grain yield GMWatch | 1st March 2017 News GMOs Farming Science Technology Food golden-rice-cut.jpg The troubled project to develop GMO 'golden …
Keen to have your little one avoid the over-processed, additive-packed diet of today’s obesity-prone youth? Then give your weaning baby healthy eating habits for life by starting them off with nutritious food easily made at home writes Matilda Lee
… ingredients are used – with no artificial additives; • you save money, as home-made …
A key paper that's been widely cited to justify the use of GM 'Golden rice' to boost vitamin A nutrition has been withdrawn due to ethical breaches, with no proof of consent by parents of the children taking part in trials. But that's not the only objection.
Golden rice GMO paper retracted after judge rules for journal Retraction Watch | 31st July 2015 News GMOs Food Science China Media golden_rice-cut.jpg A key paper that's been widely cited to justify …
A 2001 study that showed that glyphosate caused cancer in mice was ignored by the EFSA after the unsubstantiated allegation of a former US-EPA official that the mice used in the study were suffering from a viral infection that might have given them cancer, writes Claire Robinson. The EFSA failed to properly investigate the allegation, which appears to originate in a document linked to Monsanto, maker of the world's top-selling herbicide, glyphosate-based Roundup.
EFSA dismissed glyphosate cancer study after unsupported 'viral infection' slur of ex-EPA official Claire Robinson GMWatch | 25th May 2017 News Science Pesticides Regulation Corporations Food Health …
The Soil Association's Catering Mark scheme promises 'fresh food you can trust'. This sounds great, writes Lynda Brown. But what does it really deliver? The truth, she finds, is much less than the promise might suggest, considerably more complicated, and threatens to erode the public's trust in the Soil Association's organic brand and values.
… of industrial trans fats, undesirable additives including many food colourings, and … head in the sand. Processing aids and additives: Whereas organic processing … only allow a handful of processing aids and additives (36 out of the 290 currently …
Is it worse than Mc Donalds? The BLT sandwich is an icon, the ultimate symbol of convenience culture. Tesco alone sells 5 million a year. This is what the £1.80 you pay for your BLT buys...
… Factory Farming Organics Agribusiness Additives Organics Biotechnology Risk Food And … became infertile within just 4 generations. Additives Modern mills can produce more flour … than that of many small countries. Dough (Additives) Traditional bread needs nothing …
Wander down the meat aisle of any supermarket and you will find mountains of chicken being sold at unbelievably cheap prices. The real reasons for this cannot be found on the label.
… Foods Animal Rights Agribusiness Companies Additives Vegetarianism And Veganism Risk UK … of needles to inject into it a solution of additives, or tumble it in giant …
A new wave of ‘next generation' GM crops resistant to multiple herbicides, may be approved for import into the European Union, writes Helen Wallace, even though the health impact of the herbicide combinations is unknown. Regulators and retailers must refuse to authorise these GMOs or allow their use in any part of the food chain.
… to be washed off by rain. Some of these additives have repeatedly been shown to … these formulations, such as POE-tallow amine additives, can significantly increase …
FSA review dismisses health benefits of eating organic but admits to a lack of research on which to base findings
Organic food report admits to lack of evidence The Ecologist | 29th July 2009 News Food Organic Pesticides Green Living Health Food And Farming carrot.jpg There is no evidence to prove organic is …
From now on General Mills, a major US food conglomerate, will buy only palm oil that does not contribute to deforestation or the loss of high carbon tropical peatlands.
General Mills promises - only deforestation-free palm oil The Ecologist | 24th March 2014 News Forests Indonesia Climate Change Food gm-kidz-cereals.png From now on General Mills, a major US food …
Scott Tips is president of the National Health Federation, a legitimate advocate of food consumer rights. He has for years been fighting powerful lobbyists as they try and influence regulators around the world through the WHO Codex Alimentarius agency. COLIN TODHUNTER investigates
… food safety. Biotechnology, pesticides, food additives and contaminants are some of the … I had found myself in at the Food Additives Committee meeting in 2008 and the … only one to speak against aluminum in food additives and melamine contamination levels in …
Obesity, allergies and heart disease… If you think our diets are getting worse, spare a thought for our dogs says Laura Sevier
… and behavioural issues linked to artificial additives in food,’ says TV vet Joe Inglis, … natural ingredients, are free from artificial additives and have open, honest ingredients … in the US were of GM varieties. Chemical additives include: Humectants to keep food …
The dominant story about the future of the world food supply is logical, well known and widely disseminated, writes Jonathan Foley. It is also completely wrong.
Changing the global food narrative Jonathan Foley | 1st January 2014 Comment Food Farming GMOs Gm Food Population water-apple-kerala.png The dominant story about the future of the world food supply …
A new study sets out the huge benefits of organic farming to people and the environment, writes Peter Melchett, including more wildlife, healthier consumers and farm workers, lower greenhouse gas emissions, reduced soil erosion and increased water retention. We need more of it, fast!
We need more organic farming! Peter Melchett Soil Association | 23rd March 2017 Comment Farming Food Organic Pesticides Health Water beetroot-cut.jpg A new study sets out the huge benefits of organic …
The increasingly militant protests by dairy farmers against low prices forced on them by the corporate 'free market' represent serious and effective resistance against the 'free trade' agenda being forced on the world by neoliberal governments, writes David Miller. They are the first steps to building a new global food system that respects food, people, culture and environment.
Dairy farmers' uprisings lead the way to a democratic world food system David Miller | 17th February 2016 News Protest Farming Food Trade EU Canada USA Labour Corporations Law Politics …
India's food system, essentially clean just a generation ago, has been comprehensively contaminated with sugar, bad fats, synthetic additives, GMOs and pesticides under the country's neoliberal 'great leap forwards', writes Colin Todhunter. The result? a surge in obesity, diabetes and cancer incidence, but no let-up in the under-nutrition of those too poor to join in the over-consumption.
… contaminated with sugar, bad fats, synthetic additives, GMOs and pesticides under the … in the Guardian reveals the cocktails of additives, colourants and preservatives that … unnatural preservatives and harmful additives. In India, it also involves calling …
Soya is taking over the vegan food scene. But production surpasses vegan demand. There must be another culprit which is driving soya's destructive grip.
Soya's deadly secret Louisianna Waring | 6th February 2020 | News Food And Farming Food Deforestation Vegetarianism And Veganism Veganism Vegan Agriculture Intensive Farming Intensive Agriculture …
From school dinners to farmers' markets and GM crops, SATISH KUMAR explains why our relationship with food is so important and what he thinks makes food really wholesome.
From earth to mouth: why food is more than just fuel Satish Kumar | 26th July 2018 Ethical Living Food Food And Farming Factory Farms Organic Food Organic Farming satish.jpg From school dinners to …
Something important just happened at Cornell's Alliance for Science, writes Steven M. Druker. Long known as a keen promoter of genetic engineering, the organization has experienced a profound change of direction. Its new director, Sarah Davidson Evanega, has opened an inclusive scientific dialogue on the safety of GMO crops. Who says it's all 'over'?
Surprise - Cornell is taking the GMO safety debate to a new level! Steven M. Druker | 19th October 2015 Comment GMOs Science Health Food Farming USA cornell-gates-cut.jpg Something important just …
Nanofoods are the next big thing, but whatever happened to the precautionary principle asks Naomi Salmon
… Gm Products Nanotechnology Food Security Additives Biotechnology Food And Farming … EC legislation relating to food hygiene, additives and flavourings. This is not the …
Patented and 'indentured' seeds are fast taking over the world's food supply, write Jack Kloppenburg & Irwin Goldman, terminating farmers' and gardeners' ancient right to develop new varieties, and forcing them to buy seed anew for every crop. Enter the Open Source Seed Initiative ...
Free the seeds to feed the world! Jack Kloppenburg Irwin Goldman | 20th August 2014 Comment Food Farming Commons USA Biodiversity lettuce-christopher-porter-cut.jpg Patented and 'indentured' seeds …