Would you feed your children a substance that: Kills the gut microbiome – the good guys in the gut? Makes the gut leaky so all the yucky stuff gets into the blood stream? Makes the children’s capillaries leaky? Makes their kidney tubules leaky? Makes the blood brain barrier leaky? …
If you eat food, or care about someone who does, you need to know about HR 1599 titled: The Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015. This bill was recently passed in the United States House of Representatives and, if passed in the Senate, and signed into law, would preempt any state or local…
As I was preparing for an upcoming speaking engagement about nutrition and exercise for Autoimmune Diseases, I thought, do I know anything about this subject? – No. Then I did the research and discovered – yes I know all about it! The same things are causing most degenerative diseases – deception and environmental toxins….
Why would you want to eat genetically modified food? Here are some points to ponder: Genetically modified food has not been tested for safety over a long time period. The biotechnology companies that produce the GM food conducted some short-term studies on small mammals like rats and hamsters. They reported no significant findings…
The following reveals the very succinct assessment of wise and well informed medical professionals who support the labeling of genetically modified (engineered) food. Many of us signed this GMO labeling support petition. “As a medical professional, I support the passage of the California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act of 2012.1 It will…
After hearing all of Monsanto and the big food industry companies’ negative campaign against California’s Prop 37 initiative to mandate labeling food that has genetically modified components, I was thrilled to discover that doctors are supporting and endorsing the passage of Prop 37. But first let’s clarify what we’re talking about when it comes…
Have you heard the ads against proposition 37 on our California ballot in November? Some of the statements are obvious lies. Then listen to the list of sponsors of the campaign against prop 37. Monsanto tops the list, followed by the big food industry, none of whom I want to trust with my health. They…
by guest author Jean Saffell As you all know, I [Jean Saffell] support the labeling of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) used in foods. In November, Californians will get a chance to vote on the issue with Proposition 37, the ballot initiative to label genetically engineered foods. This article outlines what is at stake: https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2099/12/31/california-gmo-labeling.aspx…
While teaching the college nutrition class for several years now some students have said that they cannot afford to eat healthy food including more vegetables and fruit in their diets. I have wondered if that premise was actually true. Then in the documentary Food, Inc. a poor working class family also said that they could…
Time to share more about genetically modified food. In my preparation to teach the college nutrition course, I discovered some things about our food supply that surprised me. I really thought that I did not eat genetically modified food until the documentaries Food, Inc. and King Corn taught me some new things. Eighty-eight percent of…