By Vandita Women who drink two or more diet drinks per day are at a 30% higher risk for a cardiovascular event —congestive heart failure, coronary heart disease, coronary revascularization procedure, heart attack, peripheral arterial disease, and ischemic stroke — and 50% are more likely to die from a related […]
By Chris Veritas Agent AstorJane, directed by Christopher Nolan, is a clever foray into the Bond/Bourne film genre. Though in a slight twist, the protagonist is a woman (played by Eva Green) who is always dieting. This nuance leads to such acerbic remarks as, “I’m doubling down on killing creeps […]
By Yvonne Holterman How much aspartame are you consuming in your daily life? Are you getting symptoms of aspartame poisoning? Aspartame is marketed as a diet product, but it is not a diet product at all. In fact, it will cause you to GAIN weight because it makes you crave carbohydrates. […]
By GM Watch What’s wrong with industry safety tests for chemicals, food additives and pesticides? The honorary president of Italy’s Ramazzini Institute speaks out after industry backlash against his institute’s study that found link between sucralose and cancer Morando Soffritti, honorary president of the Ramazzini Institute in Italy, has explainedwhy animal […]
By Yelena Sukhoterina Americans are consuming 5 times more food dyes than in 1955, and it is causing some serious health issues, particularly for kids. Children are more likely to pick bright-colored processed foods, and the food industry uses if not abuses this knowledge. Artificial food dyes is commonly found […]
By Michelle Toole Consider this, out of all the complaints that the FDA receives every single year, adverse reactions to the artificial sweetener aspartame comprises about 75 percent of consumer complaints. Stop and think about that………. From 10,000 consumer complaints the FDA compiled a list of 92 Symptoms reported from aspartame […]
By Daisy Luther If you’re one of the people who was excited when the “natural” sweetener that was allegedly made from the stevia plant became more commonly available, I’m afraid I have some bad news for you. All of that hype about the “new” zero-calorie Truvia? All the talk about […]
By Anti-Media Hundreds of thousands of people around the world filled the streets over the weekend for the 3rd annual March Against Monsanto. Not only has the March heightened the public’s awareness about the crimes of Monsanto, it has also played its part in helping apply consumer pressure on food […]
By Marco Torres A significant portion of all scientific studies designed to establish “safety” for our food and medicine are paid for by the very industries they serve. The Food and Drug Administration says aspartame, best known by the brand names Equal and NutraSweet, is “one of the most exhaustively […]
Aspartame has a lower public ranking than Congress By Heather Callaghan Associated Press has just reported PepsiCo’s announcement to drop the artificial sweetener aspartame from its Diet Pepsi in response to customer feedback. If that were all to the story, than it would be great news, as aspartame has been […]