Tag: John Robbins
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10 Banned Foods Americans Should Stop Eating
Many foods people eat on a regular basis in the United States are banned in other countries. Concerned? You should be. Here are ten foods that are banned around the world – and why. The 2017 Food Revolution Summit is having and Encore Weekend now! Be part of the revolution and join now by clicking here. Are…
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Ruin is forever: When the precautionary principle is justified
Originally published on Resource Insights (ResourceInsights.Blogspot.com) by Kurt Cobb. Click here to view the original. If you are dead, you cannot mount a comeback. If all life on Earth were destroyed by, say, a large comet impact, there would be no revival. Ruin is forever. The destruction of all life on Earth is not 10 times worse than…
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Forging Social Connections for Longer Life
Jane Brody has long been the personal health editor for the New York Times. Her columns are syndicated in more than 200 major newspapers across the country. Time Magazine called her the “High Priestess of Health.” In a column, she wrote about the loss of her husband, and about the struggle of loneliness that ensued.…
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Sucralose’s (Splenda) Harms Vastly Underestimated: Baking Releases Dioxin
A new, in-depth review on the synthetic sweetener sucralose (marketed as Splenda), published in the journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, is destined to overturn widely held misconceptions about the purported safety of this ubiquitous artificial sweetener.
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U.S. Government Ties El Salvador USD 277 M Aid Package to Monsanto’s GMO Seeds
It has come to light that the U.S. government is withholding $277 million in aid money from El Salvador in order to pressure it to accept Monsanto’s GM seeds. The President of the El Salvadoran Center for Appropriate Technologies (CESTA), Ricardo Navarro, has demanded that the U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, Mari Carmen Aponte, stops…
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Whitewashed: How Industry and Government Promote Dairy Junk Foods
The United States is in the midst of a public health epidemic due to poor diet. While much of the focus has been on obvious culprits such as sugary soft drinks and fast food, dairy foods often get a pass. The dairy industry, propped up by government, has convinced us of the health benefits of…
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Every State Counts: Support GMO Labeling in Oregon and Colorado
The East Coast has been getting most of the attention lately on the state by state effort to label genetically-engineered food. Vermont recently passed a bill and New York State’s bill is now moving. But let’s not forget about the western states, which are also critical to this fight. Right to know advocates in Oregon and Colorado are currently gathering signatures to place…
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Look Who’s Spent $100,000,000 To Keep Americans Eating In The Dark
The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) sounds friendly enough. The word “grocer” brings to mind wholesome mom-and-pop shops out to feed the community. But the GMA is not an association of small-time corner stores. In reality the GMA represents the arguably sordid interests of its members – some of the biggest junk food and pesticide companies…
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Don’t let McDonald’s and Coca-Cola control your menu or your country
Let’s face it, we have a toxic food culture. Big companies are trying to contaminate your food with pesticides, hormones, GMOs and chemicals. They want to sell you a bunch of sugary junk, and their balance sheets don’t care if you wind up sick or obese so long as their profits are rising. The United…
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Is The USDA Really Dumb Enough To Approve Agent Orange Corn?
The Obama administration announced last week that it expects to approve corn and soybeans that have been genetically engineered by Dow Chemical company to tolerate the toxic herbicide — 2,4-D. They are planning this approval despite the fact that use of this herbicide is associated with increased rates of deadly immune system cancers, Parkinson’s disease, endocrine disruption, birth defects,…
