Good lord, the latest in gross and alarming chicken news

It's all weird, wild stuff.  Some of it, we've heard before, but of course in labeling news, I didn't know that we're allowing chicken from China to go without origin labels.

Dairy fat not linked to weight gain

In fact, some studies linked here show the opposite, basically because fat is satiating.  To make matters worse, food companies realize that skim milk isn't appetizing, so they do funny stuff to make it look and taste better.  That funny stuff can end up making the milk, which in a natural state is pretty healthy for many people, actually dangerous by oxidizing the cholesterol.

Whole grains may not be what you think

Even I, a person obsessed with understanding the corrupt BS of American food labeling, did not know this about "whole grains."  As it turns out, it can be a mix of processed crap in the right proportions that TRUE whole grains would be found in if they were intact.  Always, be careful out there.

Now this is getting truly scary

A federal poultry inspector has died of health problems that may be linked to the chemicals used to reduce the bacterial load under factory farming conditions.

Amazing corruption

Sometimes it is as if you reach a level of saturation with the continued corruption of our government.  Today I'm there on account of the Monsanto protection bill, and this.  Food company lobbies have succeeded in buying our "representatives" completely, as many states are making it illegal to document and share findings of animal abuse in industrial food lots.  You can't make this stuff up.

Meat? Yes please, and what kind?

This short article gives information about how meat is grown in this country, how we are prevented from regulating it, antibiotic use, and gives some advice.  It is important for your health, the health of your children and the health of our world to respond to this sick abuse of animals.

Is sugar a toxin?

Some researchers are arguing that we should call sugar a toxin, tax it, etc.

Another reason to buy from a farmers market

It doesn't come as a newsflash that mistreated food industry workers, really poor people who have to come to work sick, are highly correlated with outbreaks of food-borne illness.

HCFS - if it isn't so bad, why are you trying to change the name?

And why are you doing that without FDA approval?

Sometimes they get it right

The USDA has passed new regulations making several strains of E. coli illegal in our meat. Thank you!

The End of Overeating by David A. Kessler, MD

There are a lot of books about emotional eating out there, but I particularly enjoyed this one for the rigorous scientific explanations of brain functions. That kind of narrative can be hard to follow for those of us who aren't neurosurgeons, but Dr. Kessler managed to make the most complex living organism, the human brain, accessible. He also takes the food industry to task for its manipulation of these brain functions to make products more and more difficult for many people to resist. If you are an emotional eater and feel you might relate to a science-based program to control your addiction, you want to pick up this book.

Wild Food Industry Hijinks - Wood in Your Food

I think most people have heard by now about the FDA's limits on rodent parts, feces and hairs in processed foods, but this one is new to me. Did you know that many common products use cellulose, or wood fibers, to stretch more expensive ingredients? Wow.

Food Industry Hijinks ad infinitum

Coca Cola is up to something lately.

Yes, They're Trying to Make You Eat More Than You Need

New research on how sugar, salt and fat affect the brain. More evidence suggesting that you should NEVER eat processed food products.

Food Industry Hijinks ad infinitum

Colleen is really on her game this week. She sent along this article from MSN detailing some ways that the food industry tries to get us to eat more and more and more of their disgusting creations.