Tag: Food Revolution Network
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Un-Earthed: Is Monsanto’s Glyphosate Destroying The Soil?
By Sayer Ji • Originally posted on GreenMedInfo.com “The nation that destroys its soil, destroys itself.” — Franklin Delano Roosevelt “If we have declared a war against the soil itself, then we are literally committing a species level suicide.” — Dr. Vandana Shiva In light of this quote, had Monsanto been around during Roosevelt’s time,…
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Turmeric Beats Ibuprofen for Arthritis of the Knee
By Sayer Ji • Originally published on Greenmedinfo An exciting new clinical trial published in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine has revealed that an effective natural alternative to the exceedingly popular pharmaceutical painkiller ibuprofen exists for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis (OA), and it is a familiar kitchen spice known to be far superior…
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10 Ways to Ditch Your Cravings for Sugar, Salt, and Fats
By Mark Hyman, M.D. • Originally posted on DrHyman.com According to a recent article in the New York Times, “Food Corporations Turn to Chefs in a Quest for Healthy Flavor,” Big Food companies like PepsiCo, Kellogg’s, and even fast food giants like Taco Bell, are changing their ways in response to the increasing public demand for healthier…
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Why The Law Forbids The Medicinal Use of Natural Substances
By Sayer Ji • Originally posted on Greenmedinfo.com According to the FDA’s legal definition, a drug is anything that “diagnoses, cures, mitigates, treats, or prevents a disease.” The problem with this definition is that there are numerous substances, as readily available and benign as found on our spice racks, which have been proven by countless millennia…
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26 Probiotic Benefits for Children
By Pat Robinson • Originally Posted on Greenmed.info There is evidence to suggest probiotics are safe and effective in treating persistent diarrhea in children. Saccharomyces boulardii has therapeutic properties in the treatment of acute diarrhea in children. Lactic acid bacteria as probiotics reduce the risk for infantile eczema. Probiotic and prebiotic supplementation improves the symptoms…
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John Oliver: How Big Pharma Makes Doctors Into Drug Pushers [Video]
In this hilarious and chillingly honest video, John Oliver reveals the stunning truth about how doctors are bribed to push drugs. It turns out that nine out of the top ten drug makers spend more money on marketing than they do on research. And most of that money is spent not on marketing to consumers,…
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Monsanto’s Roundup. Enough to Make You Sick.
By Alexis Baden-Mayer • Originally posted on Organic Consumers Association Monsanto invented the herbicide glyphosate and brought it to market under the trade name Roundup in 1974, after DDT was banned. But it wasn’t until the late 1990s that the use of Roundup surged, thanks to Monsanto’s ingenious marketing strategy. The strategy? Genetically engineer seeds to grow…
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The 12 most pesticide-contaminated foods (Infographic)
Pesticides have been linked to cancer, developmental disabilities, endocrine disruption, and many other serious problems. This infographic from Juicing with G gives critical information about which are the most, and the least, pesticide contaminated fruits and vegetables. This chart does not address GMOs. So sweet corn shows up as being less contaminated with pesticides, mainly because…
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Organic Nearly as Productive as Industrial Farming, New Study Says
By Doug Gurian-Sherman on December 10, 2014 Originally published on Civil Eats Industrial agriculture has huge, unsustainable impacts on our environment. And while organic and other ecologically based farming systems (agroecology) have huge benefits, some have suggested that it will never produce enough food. Production is only one of the challenges for food security. But, according…
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Herbicide and Insecticide Use on GMO Crops Skyrocketing While Pro-GMO Media Run Interference
Former EPA Senior Scientist’s New Article Sets Record Straight Michael Specter’s recent articles bashing Vandana Shiva and the labeling of genetically engineered foods (Seeds of Doubt and The Problem with G.M.O. Labels, 8/25/14) in the New Yorker are the latest high-profile pro-GMO articles that fail to engage with the fundamental critique of genetically engineered food…
