FDA Adds to the Litany of Antibiotic Warnings

http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm513183.htm

Researchers finally acknowledge wheat intolerance (non-celiac)

http://newsroom.cumc.columbia.edu/blog/2016/07/26/columbia-researchers-find-biological-explanation-wheat-sensitivity-2/

Big Food paying farmers to go organic!

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/15/business/paying-farmers-to-go-organic-even-before-the-crops-come-in.html

This protein designer aims to revolutionize medicines and materials

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/07/protein-designer-aims-revolutionize-medicines-and-materials

Half of all US food produce is thrown away, new research suggests

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/13/us-food-waste-ugly-fruit-vegetables-perfect

Herbalife's Pyramid Scheme Revealed, Settled

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-15/herbalife-rises-after-report-of-200-million-settlement-with-ftc

Inulin reduces food cravings

http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/news/health/2016/160701-pr-cravings-high-calorie-foods-switched-off-brain-new-supplement/

Magnesium for BP Garners Attention Nationally

http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2016/07/12/Dietary-mineral-could-be-one-key-to-blood-pressure-control/1031468366090/

Pomegranate's Anti-Aging Secret Revealed

http://actu.epfl.ch/news/pomegranate-finally-reveals-its-powerful-anti-agin/

CDC Official Steps Down After Being Caught Helping Big Soda

http://usrtk.org/sweeteners/beverage-industry-finds-friend-inside-u-s-health-agency/

Your favorite food could be fake

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/your-favorite-food-its-probably-fake-2016-07-10

Dangerous Drug Combo

Thyroid Hormone and Proton Pump Inhibitors

Thyroid supplementation is extremely common. Some frequently used drugs, including proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), can interfere with thyroid hormone absorption, causing patients whose disease was previously well-controlled on a thyroid hormone to develop hypothyroidism.

The interaction between levothyroxine and omeprazole in patients with impaired gastric acid secretion requires an increased dose of oral thyroxine, which suggests that normal acid secretion is necessary for effective oral absorption of thyroxine. Patients with hypothyroidism who are euthyroid and on levothyroxine may need thyroid function testing after initiation of a PPI, especially if symptoms of hypothyroidism emerge. And those with impaired gastric acid secretion may require an increased dose of levothyroxine to keep the thyroid-stimulating hormone level within range.

The product labeling for levothyroxine recommends that it not be administered simultaneously. If concurrent use is necessary, administration of the agents should be separated by 4 hours.

Meet the woman who knows what you’ll buy at Whole Foods, long before you do

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/meet-the-woman-who-knows-what-youll-buy-at-whole-foods-long-before-you-do/2016/07/01/418d8922-3e05-11e6-a66f-aa6c1883b6b1_story.html

A Whole New Kind Of Grocery Store Is Coming To The U.S.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/zero-waste-grocery-stores_us_577577e2e4b09b4c43bf908e

To Curb Bone Loss, a Certain Amount of Exercise Is Needed

http://www.wsj.com/articles/to-curb-bone-loss-a-certain-amount-of-exercise-is-needed-1467639000

Cannabinoids remove plaque-forming Alzheimer's proteins from brain cells

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-06/si-crp062816.php