What do executives at Kraft and Frito Lay have in common with many other heads of American Big Food companies?
Many of them choose organic foods for themselves and their families, despite their stringent marketing and support of processed foods...
More good news for the anti-GMO community, and bad news for Monsanto: Connecticut and Maine have passed bills requiring GMO labeling laws, won by huge majority votes.
In Connecticut, the bill passed unanimously through the Senate, and won in the...
It's orange, it's gooey, and kids love it. However, lurking in every bowl of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese are two artificial colors, Yellow 5 and Yellow 6, that have been found to have detrimental effects, especially on children.
Yellow...
Kermit the frog said, "it's not easy being green." The same thing may be echoed by highly nutritious green smoothies. Many people shy away from green smoothies simply because they are green.
However, it is the green component of these...
One of the easiest ways to get in shape and stay in shape is by participating in fun activities that don’t feel like exercise.
With summer here and the temperatures on their way up, what better way to do...
Don't be fooled by fancy stickers and attractive packaging that says words like 'healthy,' 'natural' and 'herbal' - the majority of commercial shampoos, even ones claiming to give you naturally healthy hair, use an array of toxic chemicals.
The...
Travel is therapy. There are few things in life that can surpass the experience of traveling.
It can be transformative, bring enlightenment and open up an entirely new way of looking at the world. Sometimes it can even change...
While we often hear that a pig's stomach is made of iron and that a pig will eat anything you put in front of it, new research shows that just because they will eat it does not mean it...
It's hard to think of a summertime snack more perfect than cherries. Aside from being delicious, visually pleasing, and fun to eat, they have a wide range of health benefits.
The popular idiom "life is a bowl of cherries,"...
The human digestive system is a delicate and complex environment. Within this network, gut bacteria and gut viruses interact and determine the functionality of our bodies.
Some of these bacteria and viruses are friendly, and some are unfriendly. The...
