Food for the eyes

http://www.webmd.com/eye-health/slideshow-eye-conditions-overview?ecd=wnl_day_121010

Table Sugar vs. High Fructose Corn Syrup - Why sugars are not the same

http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S26/91/22K07/index.xml?section=topstories

New Study Claims FDA Review of GM Salmon Is Incomplete

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/330/6007/1052.short

Here is the text of the new Food Safety Bill passed in the US Senate today

http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s510/text

Informed opinion on the Food Safety Bill passed by the Senate today.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/29/opinion/29schlosser.html?_r=3&emc=eta1

Patent Grab Threatens Biodiversity and Food Sovereignty

http://www.guatemala-times.com/opinion/news-analysis/1833-patent-grab-threatens-biodiversity-and-food-sovereignty-in-africa.html

New Study Shows Europeans More Wary of GMO Foods

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/europeans-wary-of-gmo-foods-2137817.html

Health Benefits of Coffee..yeah!

http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/features/coffee-new-health-food

Divergent views on the application and use of Genetic Engineering

Podcast from BBC's One Planet that includes interviews with two prominent scientists (Dr Roger Beachy of the National Food and Agriculture Institute in the USA and Dr Michael Antoniou of Kings College in London who both use genetic engineering technology in their work but have divergent views on its use and application.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00b2rgn

To buy or not to buy Organic Foods

Recommendation to go Organic on the "Dirty Dozen"

http://www.webmd.com/health-ehome-9/slideshow-organic-foods?ecd=wnl_din_101110

"the best recipes come from home cooks. If you think about it, home cooks are practical and inventive and these qualities lead to great recipes."

http://www.food52.com/blog/1222_best_potluck_dishes_update

Food and You

Informative video on food issues confronting us today as presented by Michigan State University's Food Plus Society. Make sure you go to the link presented at the end of the video that outlines the "10 things you can do". We can make a difference!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olSLiOtumYs

Providing fresh food to communities where obesity, diabetes and high-cholesterol problems are epidemic.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/20/nyregion/20towns.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=peter+applebome+fresh+vegetables&st=cse#

GMO Crop Catastrophe in USA a lesson for EU

Interesting article on some findings on the result of GMO use in agriculture in the US
http://www.voltairenet.org/article166785.html

Given the egg recall, some timely food safety tips...

http://health.msn.com/nutrition/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100244007>1=31036

Sources of Food Borne illnesses in the USA

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38678280/ns/health-food_safety/?gt1=43001

Safety of Fish from the Gulf..what do you think?

http://blogs.webmd.com/breaking-news/2010/08/seafood-from-the-gulf-of-mexico-safe.html?ecd=wnl_day_080610

Rising demand for local slaughterhouses

Foodies and locavores are fueling a demand for local and artisanal meat products...

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128933990

The Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico and Miswestern Farms

The arrival of the Dead Zone - an area (about the size of Massachusetts this year) of deep water in the Gulf where little, if anything, can live has been linked to farming practice in Midwestern states..

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128946110

A handy tool or scare tatics?

http://www.whatsonmyfood.org/

Announcing... the official website for Animal Medical Centre: http://animalmedicalcentre.net/home
Come visit us, stay a while, visit often!

response of the food industry to "healthy eating"

http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2010/0607/health-probiotics-vitamins-supplements-snake-oil-in-snacks_3.html

Source
webmd.com

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Slideshow: Top Cancer-Fighting Foods

Summary

View our slideshows to learn more about your health. No single food can reduce your risk of cancer, but the right combination of foods may help make a difference. At mealtimes, strike a balance of at least 2/3 plant-based foods and no more than 1/3 animal protein.


http://www.webmd.com/cancer/slideshow-cancer-fighting-foods?ecd=wnl_day_052110#

a note on international food...

Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it French. Sour cream makes it Russian; lemon and cinnamon make it Greek. Soy sauce makes it Chinese; garlic makes it good. -Alice May Brock, author (1941- )

Health Benefits of Green Tea

Health Benefits of Green Tea

great article... So many benefits from simply drinking green tea.

Food, Inc. | TakePart Social Action Network: Important Issues, Activism, Environmental, Human Rights, Political News

You can make a difference - three times a day... here is a look at what we choose to eat...
Food, Inc. | TakePart Social Action Network: Important Issues, Activism, Environmental, Human Rights, Political News

Slideshow: Understanding Colorectal Cancer

Slideshow: Understanding Colorectal Cancer