China to issue blacklist of harmful food additives

China will issue a blacklist of food additives that could be harmful, state media said Friday in the wake of a scandal over tainted milk believed to have killed six children and sickened hundreds of thousands.

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Consumer choice is a powerful thing. Say "jump or I'll spend my cash somewhere else" and you'll set executives scrambling to use one another as makeshift human trampolines.

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The Golden Arches: the ultimate American icon. Super Size Me taught us that fast food culture brings obesity, heart disease, hypertension and a whole slew of other problems.

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As far as nutrition is concerned, organic food is not any better than conventionally grown food, British researchers said in a study published Wednesday in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

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Transcript of an interview with Professor Michael Pollan about how we can help to reduce health care costs by eating less processed and more nutritional food.

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Becuz....you just can't talk enough about putting healthy food on your table.

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Yuck! What's this in my soup?

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There are links to reference articles within the slideshow.

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What O'Brien soon learned was that artificial dyes are used in sugary cereals, candies, sodas and other goodies marketed toward children. Sometimes artificial dyes are even used to simulate the colors of fruits and vegetables.

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Wine makers are packing their bottles with artificial additives that reduce wine to "alcoholic cola", according to an investigation.

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An open letter calling for several food additives to be banned is being sent to Australia's food regulator today. The letter, signed by more than 100 health, education and dietary experts, has been organised by a national coalition called the Kids First campaign.

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"Cattle will eat more of hay that's been rained on and had most of its nutrients leach out than they normally would. The animals get these big bellies, and they're unhealthy, but they're just trying to get their nutrients.

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Nothing is safe to eat anymore.

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The author suggests more home cooking from scratch and supporting food related businesses who do likewise. He also says that we should not worship the term, *organic*, and continue to find ways to avoid processed and chemically enhanced food.

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The number of hyperactive children could be cut by a third by banning suspect food additives, it is claimed today. The finding by British scientists will put pressure on the Food Standards Agency to force manufacturers to stop using the "E-number" chemicals.

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(NaturalNews) Two different cocktails of common food colorings and preservatives increased hyperactive behavior in children, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Southampton and published in the journal The Lancet.

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Why does the FDA allow diabetes-causing Alloxan in our white bread?

Most of us have asssumed that the major defect of white bread was the lack of a range of trace minerals -- enriched breads replaced only a few popular and cheap vitamins and minerals. However, it appears that white bread is even more insidious to public health than we imagined.

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Not all of us can afford to go 100% organic. The solution? Focus on just those foods that are laden with the highest amounts of pesticides, chemicals, additives and hormones and deploy your organic spending power on buying organic versions of these whenever possible.

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It is my deepest hope that Hawaii Legislators don't capitulate to corporate- serving theories advanced by the corporate lobbyists that states do not have the right or power or obligation to challenge any kind of Federal authority, like an FDA pronouncement.

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Robyn O'Brien takes on the world of food allergies and foods...

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This publicity stunt was so good you could taste it.

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Parents are to be warned of the dangers of giving their young children drinks, sweets and cakes containing specified artificial additives, as a result of new findings being made public for the first time today which confirm their link with hyperactivity and disruptive behaviour.

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PARENTS were advised by food safety experts yesterday to omit several additives from their children's diets, with new research set to confirm a link between the E numbers and behavioural problems.

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In the span of just a few years, China has become one of the world's biggest exporters of food.

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Celebrity Diets - Fast Food?

Paris Hilton's more recent trip to In-N-Out may set a trend for more people to enjoy In-N-Outs fast food treats.

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A friend brought this to my attention; while Pollan has great things to say he tip toes around the gmo issue, never specifically saying the words. Pollan tends to be the one, go to voice for the Times to touch the topic of food politics.

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