Food Distribution Giant Reveals Nutrition Trends

One of the biggest distributors of organic and natural foods, UNFI or United Natural Foods Inc., released its 3rd quarter roundup of trends, both existing and upcoming. The video below is geared at those that manage or own health food stores. Among the products hot listed are “super seeds,” non-dairy spreads and cooking oils, and [...]

Sugar & Corn Syrup: Equally Evil?

On April 13, 2011, Gary Taubes penned an 11-page article for The New York Times called Is Sugar Toxic? The article was the top read piece on the site for at least a few days that week. The focus was sugar and its components and the research of University of California at San Francisco School [...]

Is GMO Broccoli Next?

An announcement from Monsanto and Apio (a unit of Landec Corp.) suggests that broccoli might be the next vegetable to be tweaked in the lab. Such products are labeled as enriched and at first seem positive additions to the grocery shelves, as they are marketed as multi-tasking products that are healthier than the original versions. [...]

U.S. Gov’t Deregulates Genetically Modified Alfalfa

The Department of Agriculture has moved to deregulate genetically engineered alfalfa. The decision is a win for one of America’s biggest agricultural companies, publicly traded Monsanto, which developed a Roundup Ready alfalfa seed with Forage Genetics International (FGI). Genetically engineered seeds are usually touted by the makers as having three benefits: higher crop yield, weed [...]

European Union Member States Debate GMO Crops

A few member states of the European Union are debating genetically modified organisms, specifically potatoes. A form of genetically engineered potato was approved by the European Commission in March 2010, for use to develop industrial starch. BASF‘s approved GE potato, Amflora, received the OK from the EC in March and was to later receive formal [...]

Monsanto, BASF To Add GMO Wheat

Agricultural giants Monsanto and Germany’s BASF announced on July 7 joint plans to make genetically modified wheat. The addition will be the fifth in their collaboration, which already includes corn, soy, cotton and canola. According to the new agreement, the two companies will invest about $1 billion during the collaboration. The duo will focus on [...]

No BS Skincare: Derma e

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