August 19, 2015
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Indulge Yourself! Brownies To Live For

You won’t believe these brownie bites are completely raw and fruit-based! Dates blended with walnuts and cocoa powder create a rich, chocolate treat perfect for a special treat, party or holiday. Feel free to roll brownie bites in nuts or other toppings if you do not care for coconut; the possibilities are endless. Don’t feel guilty eating traditional baked desserts; instead try raw coconut brownie bites for Foodtrients like fiber, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. Raw Coconut Brownie Bites Ingredients: 2 cups medjool dates, pits removed 2 cups raw walnut pieces ¾ cup pure cocoa powder ¼ teaspoon salt, finely ground […]
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August 18, 2015
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Got Water? 4 Reasons to Drink More H2O

We all know water is good for us and that we should probably drink more of it. So why, then, do Americans find it so difficult to sip from what is arguably the fountain of youth? Answers vary, but the fact is, one in 10 Americans drinks zero cups of water per day, according to a study by Dr. Alyson Goodman, a medical epidemiologist for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Zero. She suspects that those who don’t drink any water (or very little) are getting it from other sources such as food and coffee, but warns this may […]
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August 4, 2015
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Food Companies Defeat GMO Labeling

WASHINGTON Tuesday August 4th, 2015- Federal lobby disclosure forms from big food and biotechnology companies, and their trade groups opposed to mandatory GMO labeling reveal a surge in lobbying expenditures during the first half of 2015, according to a new analysis by EWG. A major reason for the explosion in lobbying money is the food industry’s support for the Deny Americans the Right to Know – or DARK – Act (H.R.1599), which the House passed last month by a vote of 275-150. The legislation blocks state GMO labeling laws, blocks state laws prohibiting “natural” claims on GMO foods, and makes it […]
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July 21, 2015
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Can Chemical Mixtures Cause Cancer?

EWG PRESS RELEASE–Conventional thinking about cancer prevention may overlook growing evidence that the combined effects of chemicals that are not carcinogenic on their own may be a significant cause of cancer, according to a new EWG analysis of a series of papers published on June 22 in the scientific journal Carcinogenesis. The analysis, “Rethinking Carcinogens,” takes a close look at new research on chemical exposures and cancer conducted by The Halifax Project of the Canadian non-profit organization Getting to Know Cancer. In an easily digestible way, EWG’s report connects the dots between the Project’s findings and what we know about how people develop cancer […]
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June 29, 2015
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Farmacology: Healing from Farm To Body

What can good farming teach us about nurturing ourselves? Family physician Daphne Miller, M.D., long suspected that farming and medicine were intimately linked. Increasingly disillusioned by mainstream medicine’s mechanistic approach to healing and fascinated by the farming revolution that is changing the way we think about our relationship to the earth, Miller left her medical office and traveled to seven innovative farms across the country, on a quest to discover the hidden connections between how we care for our bodies and how we grow our food.  Farmacology: What Innovative Family Farming Can Teach Us About Health and Healing, the remarkable […]
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June 16, 2015
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Healthy Brain, Happy Life: A Personal Program

The key to a happy life . . . is a healthy brain From the outside, it looked like Dr. Wendy Suzuki had it all. She was a world-renowned neuroscientist. She had been lauded by her peers with many prizes and had produced many highly regarded scientific publications. She had tenure at a top-ranked university, where she also ran her own lab—two of the most difficult and highly coveted positions for any scientist to attain. And yet . . . Wendy was forty, frumpy, and focused on her work one hundred percent of the time. She was single, overwhelmed by […]
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June 16, 2015
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6 Restaurant Chains Are Getting Rid of Artificial Ingredients

The public is becoming more and more savvy (and knowledgeable) when it comes to what they are eating. The documentaries about healthy, natural food and the research done on pesticides and preservatives have changed the way we view what we eat. The large chain restaurants, such as McDonalds, have experienced a significant drop in sales since the beginning of the year. McDonalds has plans to lure customers back into their stores by tidying up their menus, closing weak stores, and bumping up the minimum wage salary for employees. Some of the other chains are taking a healthier approach by removing […]
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June 2, 2015
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Arsenic Warning! How Risky Is Your Rice?

Consumer Reports most recent testing and analysis gave us some new information on the risk of arsenic exposure in infants and children through rice cereal and other rice products. They looked at data released by the Food and Drug Administration in 2013 on the inorganic arsenic content of 656 processed rice-containing products. They found that rice cereal and rice pasta can have much more inorganic arsenic—a carcinogen—than their previous test showed. According to the results of their new tests, one serving of either could put kids over the maximum amount of rice they recommend they should have in a week. Rice cakes supply […]
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