America is about to get its first all-vegan cafeteria for kids
Huffington Post, 3/5/15 The MUSE school in Calabasas, CA will begin offering an all-vegan menu beginning fall 2015. The school focuses on sustainability and having a vegan menu is part of the schools mission.
Chemical exposure linked to billions in healthcare
National Geographic, 3/5/15 Researchers found that hormone altering chemicals are linked to attention problems, diabetes, and other health issues. Offending chemicals include BPA, DDE, phthalates, and brominated flame retards are just a few that were studied.
What part of a complete breakfast?
Huffington Post, 3/6/15 Authored by Dr. David Katz, he elaborates on a recent article from Bloomberg (that featured Kellogg’s) questioning the health effects of cereal.
The man who discovered thiamin
Slate, 3/6/15 This article is an adaptation from the book Vitamania: Our obsessive quest for nutritional perfection by Catherine Price. She talks about the history of vitamin deficiency and fortification.
What to eat (and what to avoid) for better mental clarity
Yahoo Health, 3/6/15 Advice from Yuri Elkaim, holistic health nutritionist recommends no sugar, caffeine and gluten in the diet.
Is it really safe to give babies peanut butter?
The Atlantic, 2/24/15 Reporter talks about latest New England Journal of Medicine study on peanut allergies More than 500 infants at high risk for peanut allergy were randomly assigned to receive peanut products (consumption group) or to avoid them (avoidance group). Overall, the prevalence of peanut allergy in the peanut-avoidance group was 17.2 percent as […]
You Are What You Eat: Food Additive Emulsifier Inflames Mouse Gut And Causes Obesity
Medical Daily, 2/25/15 Obesity may be caused by the additive that lurks in many of our favorite foods
Vilsack assures lawmakers dietary guidelines will focus on nutrition
Agri Pulse, 2/25/15 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack assured lawmakers he would be personally involved in writing the government’s new dietary guidelines and indicated he would keep them narrowly focused on nutrition.
Produce pride: Showing the love with vegetable tattoos
NPR The Salt, 2/25/15 Jenna Weiler, a farmer and food entrepreneur from Michigan, has a Kickstarter underway to raise money for Tater Tats, a temporary vegetable tattoo business.
Study links common food additives to Crohn’s disease, colitis
Reuters, 2/25/15 Additives in common items may actually promote the inflammatory bowel diseases colitis and Crohn’s disease.