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In the last few months, I’ve been delving into my studies with great enthusiasm. Some of it I agree, with, other areas, not so much.  But one area of study has me befuddled. That area of study has to do with microwave ovens.  Microwave ovens were not part of any household when I was a […]

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I’m currently in the midst of studying for a Bachelor’s Degree in Holistic Health.  If you read that post, you will recall that I would probably have issues with some of the things that come up in the course of my studies and I would present my arguments here. Well guess what?  This is the […]

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Recently a co-worker and I were talking about food.  He mentioned how much he liked soft-shelled fried crabs but couldn’t have them very often since they were so high in cholesterol.  Earlier this week, a friend on a social network typed “Not to stir stuff (actual word substituted), but even skinny people can get clogged […]

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An Open Letter to the FDA

consumer@fda.gov To Whom It May Concern. I was among the 1 million people who signed the petition to urge you to label genetically modified foods. From my understanding, you chose to bundle all 1 million of us as 1 comment, I choose to write you personally to express my concerns. While I know that there […]

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  This is the 4th of a series of 4 articles on Genetically Modified Foods. In the past three articles of this series, I have spent time explaining what GMOs are and why we need to care, identifying both the health risks of GMOs and the underlying connections between the GM companies (Monsanto) and the […]

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GMOs and Monsanto

Earlier this year, I kept hearing an ad on my local news radio station (WTOP in the DC Metro Area) which made me angry. It was an ad run by Monsanto touting how they are a part of the sustainable movement.  Now, sustainable to those of us who are proponents of healthy food, is defined […]

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GMO Health Risks

In the first article of my GMO series, I gave a descriptions of what GMOs are and touched briefly on health and environmental issues that are a result. In this article, I’m going to go much more in-depth into the health issues.  Because many commodity GMO crops are specifically altered to allow Monsanto’s RoundUp to […]

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Whats all the Fuss About GMO’s

If you are at all interested in food, then you might have heard or seen the acronym “GMO” and that it is bad for you. But what exactly are GMOs and how are they bad for you? This article is a pre-cursor to a series of articles which will go in-depth into the ways that […]

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Tweaking the USDA

A while back I was picking up my fall/winter meat order from my meat farmer. He raises cows, pigs, lambs, goats, and poultry. He calls himself more of a grass farmer, than a meat farmer. Whatever is required to comply with reasonable laws he does so. He is also a compassionate man who can get a […]

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The sweetening market is composed of two types of sweeteners, natural and artificial. We know natural sugars as cane sugar for the most part, but there is also molasses and honey as well as others. “Artificial sweeteners” would include aspartame, high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and Saccharine.  At least that is how we consider them. […]

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