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Agricultural Policy Should Fuel Health, Not Epidemics

Is our government making us fat, or just stupid? Elizbeth Kucinich of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine points out in the Huffington Post that the USDA spends billions of dollars on agricultural programs that support the foods health experts tell us to avoid. It invests $1.5 billion in meat and dairy production in spite of the fact that its own guidelines recommend choosing more plant-based foods (fruits/vegetables) and avoiding meats, cheese and other foods... Read More

A Quickie: Food Labels

What takes nine minutes and can completely change the way your body feels? No – not that! How about a fast tutorial on reading a food label? I know, not so sexy, but kind of interesting to learn how challenging it really is to figure out what’s going into our bodies. Dietician/Nutritionist Jeff Novick shows us why 76 percent of grocery items outside the produce section have no nutritional value; why  we get less than a serving a day of whole grains, and... Read More

Pork Chop with a side of Bugs?

More than 60 percent of transmissible human pathogens originate from factory farms, according to a new report by the International Livestock Research Institute. Writing for VegNews, Alexandra Chang explains that livestock production encourages epidemics.  New diseases appear approximately every four months, and while many are not dangerous, diseases such as avian flu, H1N1 swine flu, and SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) have “huge potential impacts.” Researchers... Read More

Worth Repeating

Bill Maher’s Anti-Pharma Rant  Read More