Leaked email reveals dietitian’s murky relationship with Monsanto

https://mic.com/articles/170569/leaked-email-reveals-dietitian-s-murky-relationship-with-monsanto#.vFq5osVbt

Turning negative thinkers into positive ones

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/03/well/live/turning-negative-thinkers-into-positive-ones.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fhealth&action=click&contentCollection=health&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=6&pgtype=sectionfront&_r=0

Head of EPA's Decision Confirms Why We Need to Eat Organic Produce

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/us/politics/epa-insecticide-chlorpyrifos.html?_r=0

When Air Pollution Is Bad, Know How to Protect Yourself

http://coeh.ph.ucla.edu/news/2017-03/when-air-pollution-bad-know-how-protect-yourself

Her Memory Fading, Paula Wolfert Fights Back With Food

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/21/dining/paula-wolfert-alzheimers.html?_r=0

Pop a Pill for Heartburn? Try Diet and Exercise Instead

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/20/well/pop-a-pill-for-heartburn-try-diet-and-exercise-instead.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fhealth&action=click&contentCollection=health&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront&_r=0

State of American Well-Being

http://info.healthways.com/hubfs/Gallup-Healthways%20State%20of%20American%20Well-Being_2016%20State%20Rankings%20vFINAL.pdf?t=1488900221089

Salicylate Intolerants, Aspirin Users Need to Read This

http://www.vetmeduni.ac.at/en/infoservice/presseinformation/press-releases-2017/salicylic-acid-a-widespread-ingredient-in-pain-relief-medications-promotes-nasal-mucosa-colonization-by-staphylococcus-aureus/

Ominous stat about kids and artificial sweeteners

http://publichealth.gwu.edu/content/consumption-low-calorie-sweeteners-jumps-200-percent-us-children

Cultured Chicken and Duck: Place at the Table

http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/R-D/Memphis-Meats-unveils-cultured-chicken-duck-meat

Common Pain Meds Are Linked to a Higher Risk of Heart Problems

http://time.com/4701441/ibuprofen-nsaids-cardiac-arrest/

Monsanto Weed Killer Roundup Faces New Doubts on Safety in Unsealed Documents

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/03/14/business/monsanto-roundup-safety-lawsuit.html?partner=applenews&ad-keywords=APPLEMOBILE&asset_id=100000004990061&_r=0&referer=

EWG's 2017 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce

https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/summary.php

United Nations Slam Pesticide Use in New Report

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2017/03/09/UN-report-estimates-pesticides-kill-200000-people-per-year/1161489037649/

Caffeine Boosts Enzyme That Could Protect Against Dementia

http://news.indiana.edu/releases/iu/2017/03/caffeine-brain-plaque-enzyme.shtml

More Than 80 Percent of Patient Groups Accept Drug Industry Funds

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/01/health/patient-groups-drug-industry-money.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fhealth

How Costco Became the Most Important Player in the Organic Produce Game

https://www.wellandgood.com/good-food/costco-certified-organic-produce-expansion/

Local doc asks: Are you getting enough magnesium?

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170225/entlife/170229489/

Vitamins Gone Gummy, or Dummy?

I think this piece really does the public a disservice. Gummy vitamins are added sugar, plain and simple. The fact that people need mask supplements in candy is diametrically opposed to what supplements represent. Here are a few other things the reporters may not have thought of when stating that gummies make us more apt to take our vitamins.

1. Consistently consuming candy, whether or not they contain vitamins, feeds the brain's addiction to sugar. Allowing the brain to get that fix every day only increases the desire for more products with added sugar.
2. The sweeteners in gummy vitamins can reduce the effectiveness of the vitamins and minerals in the product. Sweeteners alter gut microbia in a negative way because they suppress beneficial bacteria. Beneficial gut microbes help the vitamins and minerals be absorbed. Pathogenic gut microbes do not.
3. Artificial sweeteners in gummy vitamins are even worse. They still activate the brain's sugar receptors. In addition, they are chemicals which the body has to deal with excreting, instead of dealing with absorbing the vitamins and minerals.
4. Most gummy vitamins are loaded with artificial fillers.

There are only a few gummy products that contain natural, non-caloric sweeteners such as inulin, lo han, and stevia. Unfortunately, most people do not care for the taste, which is why there are so few of them on the market.

In our honest opinion, we would rather our clients take no supplements at all than consume sugar sweetened or artificially sweetened gummy vitamins.

RECALL: Potential Foreign Matter (Glass) in Trader Joes Unsweetened Apple Sauce Products

http://www.traderjoes.com/announcement/recall-potential-foreign-matter-glass-in-unsweetened-apple-sauce-products

The best medicine doctors don't tell you about

http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/02/24/food-is-medicine-doctors-need-training-financial-incentives-column/97696874/

How to Meditate

https://www.nytimes.com/well/guides/how-to-meditate

Charter for CSAs in the USA and Canada

http://csaday.info/csa-charter/

Testosterone Therapy: Do Negatives Outweigh Positives?

https://www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-releases/2017/february/testosterone-treatment-improves-bone-density-and-anemia-may-lead-to-cardiac-risk

EPA-Monsanto collusion raised in cancer lawsuits

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carey-gillam/questions-about-epa-monsa_b_14727648.html

Fasting diet lowers risks for major diseases

https://pressroom.usc.edu/scientifically-designed-fasting-diet-lowers-risks-for-major-diseases/

Grocery Industry Launches New Initiative to Reduce Consumer Confusion on Product Date Labels

http://www.gmaonline.org/news-events/newsroom/grocery-industry-launches-new-initiative-to-reduce-consumer-confusion-on-pr/

Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory tract infections

http://www.bmj.com/content/356/bmj.i6583

The US is making a big shift away from factory farming

http://www.businessinsider.com/factory-farming-on-the-decline-2017-2

Here's what scientists say is the perfect workweek

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/02/10/heres-what-scientists-say-perfect-work-week/97739498/

Lower back pain: take two aspirin and DON'T call me in the morning.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/13/health/lower-back-pain-surgery-guidelines.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fhealth

Vitamin B12: Power broker to the microbes

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-01/dnnl-vbp012517.php

All Metagenics Probiotics Are Gluten-Free

http://t.lt02.net/q/M4hU6IbVJyH_wzjnwToQVYjBHpQGCsMq3nbVIL_CxpVbOokQmJtZ2buyn

Extra Calories From Coffee and Tea Are Bountiful

https://news.illinois.edu/blog/view/6367/457582

The food and beverage industry is marketing our children and youth to death

http://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/heart--stroke---the-food-and-beverage-industry-is-marketing-our-children-and-youth-to-death-612371233.html

AHA: Don't Skip Breakfast

http://newsroom.heart.org/news/meal-planning-timing-may-impact-heart-health

California clears hurdle for cancer warning label on Roundup

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/california-fights-monsanto-labels-popular-weed-killer-072739061.html

Get Up and Move. It May Make You Happier.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/25/well/move/get-up-and-move-it-may-make-you-happier.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fhealth&action=click&contentCollection=health&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront&_r=0

Chicagoland’s 1st Organic Fast Food Chain Set To Debut Next Month

http://chicago.eater.com/2017/1/23/14363160/nics-organic-fast-food-chain-chicagos-first-rolling-meadows

Mindfulness meditation lowers stress hormone and decreases inflammation in body

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/01/24/mindfulness-meditation-lowers-stress-hormone-decreases-inflammation/

Candy-Fed Cows?

http://www.eater.com/2017/1/20/14330750/cows-eating-skittles-wisconsin-what

How to Dispose of Unused Medicines

http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm101653.htm?source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

U.S. high school soccer concussions on the rise

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-teens-soccer-injury-idUSKBN1502GZ

McDonald's fries still have Trans fat

http://www.livestrong.com/article/1002598-whats-really-inside-those-mcdonalds-french-fries/

Why the ‘gluten-free movement’ is less of a fad than we thought

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/01/13/why-the-gluten-free-movement-is-less-of-a-fad-than-we-thought/?utm_term=.8033855e228b

Totally disagree with writer's statement about gluten intolerance: "In the absence of diagnostic clarity, most people who suspect they have a non-celiac gluten sensitivity confirm the finding with an inexact test. They eliminate gluten from their diet and see if their symptoms improve after that."

She is only partially right: removing gluten is the gold standard for knowing if you react. The problem is that many people remove it and never reintroduce it. To truly know if gluten is the issue, you must remove it for a period of six months, and then reintroduce it. If you get symptoms again, then you have a gluten issue, period.

Caffeine's link to inflammation

https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2017/01/caffeine-may-counter-age-related-inflammation-study-finds.html

Michaels Recalls Rock Salt Lamps Due to Shock and Fire Hazards

https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2017/Michaels-Recalls-Rock-Salt-Lamps

The Walmart of Organics? Whole Foods Moves to Centralized Purchasing

http://www.foodandpower.net/2017/01/12/the-walmart-of-organics-whole-foods-moves-to-centralized-purchasing/

First GMO apple slices to go on sale in Midwest

http://www.capitalpress.com/Orchards/20170109/first-gmo-apple-slices-to-go-on-sale-in-midwest#.WHUKqJnfC24.twitter

Aluminum in brain tissue in familial Alzheimer’s disease

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0946672X16303777

Study Raises More Questions About Mammograms' Message

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/01/09/508928906/danish-study-raises-more-questions-about-mammograms-message

Sugar-free and 'diet' drinks no better for healthy weight than full sugar drinks

http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_3-1-2017-16-59-3

Extra-Intestinal Manifestations of Celiac Disease

http://www.cureceliacdisease.org/wp-content/uploads/CdC_Newsletter_2017_Issue01-FINAL.pdf

USDA Removes Carrageenan from National List for Organic Foods

http://www.wholefoodsmagazine.com/news/breaking-news/usda-carrageenan-organic-foods/

Tighty Whities Can Tell You About Your Soil Health

http://onpasture.com/2016/11/21/tighty-whities-can-tell-you-about-your-soil-health/

Fitness Downside to Statin Drugs

http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/04/well/move/a-fitness-downside-to-statin-drugs.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fhealth

The Body's New Organ

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2017/01/03/the-mesentery-organ-human/#.WGz9fLYrK1s

Most Doctors Ignore One of the Most Potent Ways to Improve Health

https://www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-releases/2016/december/most-doctors-ignore-one-of-the-most-potent-ways-to-improve-health

Fake Olive Oil in Your Kitchen?

http://www.anh-usa.org/fake-olive-oil-in-your-kitchen/

Aging process may be reversible, scientists claim

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/dec/15/ageing-process-may-be-reversible-scientists-claim?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1

USDA Says “Best If Used By” Date Instead of "Sell-Buy"

https://consumerist.com/2016/12/14/usda-asks-meat-dairy-companies-to-replace-confusing-expiration-sell-by-labels-with-best-if-used-by-date/

Study associates diet with improved ALS function

http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/fullarticle/2570546

$18 million GMO fine: A victory too late

http://crosscut.com/2016/12/gmo-labeling-18-million-fine-cause-shrinks/

Keep It Moving

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/09/well/move/keep-it-moving.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fhealth&action=click&contentCollection=health&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront&_r=0

Using Adverse Event Reports to Monitor Cosmetic Safety

Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

Using Adverse Event Reports to Monitor Cosmetic Safety

December 8, 2016

It’s not an exaggeration to say that everyone uses cosmetics, be it shampoo, mouthwash, a moisturizer or deodorant. The FDA monitors cosmetics on the market to ensure that they are safe for consumers.

One way in which FDA finds out about a safety issue is when an adverse event report (AER) is filed by a consumer, manufacturer, or health care professional. An adverse event could be any problem experienced when using a cosmetic product. On Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016, FDA announced that it is making public certain data that the agency’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) receives about adverse events associated with the use of its regulated products, which include cosmetics.

Why FDA Is Making Data Extracted from Reports of Adverse Events for Foods and Cosmetics Available to the Public

A Brighter Outlook Could Translate To A Longer Life

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/12/07/504709736/a-brighter-outlook-could-translate-to-a-longer-life

Caesarean births 'affecting human evolution'

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38210837

There’s no magic bullet for fitness, but magnesium comes close

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/magnesium-does-a-body-good/2016/11/17/f90cedfa-ab4b-11e6-a31b-4b6397e625d0_story.html?utm_term=.c95fbc90bdff

Single Season of Youth Football Is All It takes

http://pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/radiol.2016160564

Take That, Martin Shkreli: Schoolkids Cook Up $2 Dose

http://www.newser.com/story/234802/take-that-martin-shkreli-schoolkids-cook-up-2-dose.html

Nestle to Cut Sugar in Chocolate by 40%

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-38167241

Nature Improves Your Brain

http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/nation-now/2016/11/27/why-parks-matter-nature-improves-your-brain/94521962/

Most Students Don’t Know When News Is Fake

http://www.wsj.com/articles/most-students-dont-know-when-news-is-fake-stanford-study-finds-1479752576

Organic standards will exclude next generation of GMOs

http://www.foe.org/news/news-releases/2016-11-organic-standards-will-exclude-next-generation-of-gmos

Fewer Americans Suffering From Dementia, Study Finds

https://consumer.healthday.com/senior-citizen-information-31/dementia-news-738/fewer-americans-suffering-from-dementia-study-reports-717039.html

FDA Advises Consumers of Recall of Certain Sabra Hummus Products

http://www.fda.gov/Food/RecallsOutbreaksEmergencies/SafetyAlertsAdvisories/ucm529968.htm?source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

Daily Egg Consumption Lowers Stroke Risk

http://www.wholefoodsmagazine.com/news/breaking-news/daily-egg-lower-stroke-risk/

Are Frozen Fruits and Vegetables as Nutritious as Fresh?

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/11/18/are-frozen-fruits-and-vegetables-as-nutritious-as-fresh/?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fhealth&action=click&contentCollection=health&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront&_r=0

Genetic Heart Disease Risk Eased by Healthy Habits

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/14/health/genetic-heart-disease-risk-eased-by-healthy-habits-study-finds.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fhealth&_r=0

The Benefits of Controlled Breathing

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/09/well/mind/breathe-exhale-repeat-the-benefits-of-controlled-breathing.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fhealth&action=click&contentCollection=health&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=5&pgtype=sectionfront

Vitamin D Eases Depression, Fatigue in Spinal Cord Patients

For patients with spinal cord injury who have insufficient levels of vitamin D, supplements can improve symptoms of depression and fatigue, according to a report presented to the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2016 Annual Assembly.

And in these patients, pain severity scores were significantly better with high-dose supplements than with low-dose supplements.

"We need to screen everyone with spinal cord injury for vitamin D," said the lead author.

In the study, all patients had levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D were below 30, even those that hailed from "sunny California".

Patients randomly allocated to the low-dose group received 800 IU of vitamin D daily for 6 months. Those randomly assigned to the high-dose group received 2000 IU daily for 6 months if their baseline blood levels were 20 to 30. They received 4000 IU daily for 1 month and 2000 IU daily for 5 months if their baseline blood levels were lower than 20.

During the study period, all patients experienced a significant increase in average 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels. High-dose supplementation was associated with a significant decrease in depression and fatigue.

Study Calls Into Question Sunscreen in Melanoma Prevention

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/871438

Doubts About the Promised Bounty of Genetically Modified Crops

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/30/business/gmo-promise-falls-short.html?_r=1

What is acute flaccid myelitis (AFM)?

http://mynorthwest.com/442951/2-cases-of-afm-confirmed-in-wash-children-hospitalized-with-neurological-illnesses/

Heading a Soccer Ball Causes Instant Changes to the Brain

http://www.stir.ac.uk/news/2016/10/heading-a-football-causes-instant-changes-to-brain/

It Only Takes One Season In Youth Footbal

https://press.rsna.org/timssnet/media/pressreleases/14_pr_target.cfm?ID=1905

Food Companies Influence the US Dietary Guidelines—and a Court Decided That's Just Fine

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2016/10/government-relies-industry-flacks-advice-regulating-industry

Make a Family Media Plan

https://www.healthychildren.org/English/media/Pages/default.aspx

Chemical Exposures Prove Costly for U.S.

http://www.medpagetoday.com/endocrinology/generalendocrinology/60859

A Look At How The Revolving Door Spins From FDA To Industry

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/09/28/495694559/a-look-at-how-the-revolving-door-spins-from-fda-to-industry

Pay your kids to eat veggies?

http://www.wsj.com/articles/heres-why-you-should-pay-your-children-to-eat-their-vegetables-1476670380

You are no better off on diet over regular soda

http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/10/health/diet-soda-may-do-more-harm-than-good/

Dairy Farmers Pour Out 43 Million Gallons of Milk Due to Surplus

http://time.com/4530659/farmers-dump-milk-glut-surplus/

3 Ways to Get Kids to Eat Better

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/12/well/family/3-ways-to-get-kids-to-eat-better.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fhealth

Reconsider Halloween Candy

https://nourishingourchildren.org/2016/10/10/halloween/

Hyland's Discontinues Teething Tablets and Gels

http://www.hylands.com/hylands-discontinues-teething-tablets-and-gels

Why Stop at Sugary Drinks?

Tax sugary drinks to fight obesity and diabetes, World Health Organization says.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-sugar-idUSKCN12B0ZB

Coke and Pepsi Give Millions to Public Health, Then Lobby Against It.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/10/well/eat/coke-and-pepsi-give-millions-to-public-health-then-lobby-against-it.html?_r=0

Why to Purchase Local and Organic This Fall

https://www.cornucopia.org/2016/10/real-apple-day/#more-21599

New FDA Watch List Has 27 Surprises, Antidepressants Among Them

http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/Surveillance/AdverseDrugEffects/ucm523358.htm

GMO 2.0 Foods Coming Your Way: Will They Be Labeled?

https://usrtk.org/gmo/gmo-2-0-foods-coming-your-way-will-they-be-labeled/