Red Meat Kills, Or More Statistical Overtenderising?
Posted by Guy in Nutrition & Lifestyle, Pesticides & Additives on 16. Mar, 2012 | No Comments
The media during the last few weeks has been teeming with news about the perilous dangers of eating red meat, and processed meat in particular. The cause of this kerfuffle was a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine which analysed data from two large ‘epidemiological’ studies [1]. Simply, these studies followed people over [...]
The Dirty Dozen Foods With The Worst Pesticide Residue
Posted by Guy in Nutrition & Lifestyle, Pesticides & Additives, Toxicity on 12. Aug, 2011 | No Comments
It is common knowledge that fruits and veggies are an essential part of a healthy diet, but many conventional commercially produced varieties contain multiple pesticide residues, and the evidence is mounting how these deadly cocktails of chemicals can contribute to the disease on the increase such as Cancer, Parkinson’s Disease and many more. And [...]
Nasty Additives To Look Out For?
Posted by Guy in Nutrition & Lifestyle, Pesticides & Additives, Toxicity on 21. Jul, 2011 | No Comments
“Parents who say ‘we eat healthy food’ are generally shocked to find that their children can be consuming 20 additives or more per day.” Artificial Colors (in sweets, drinks, takeaways, cereals and many processed foods including so called “health bars”) 102 tartrazine, 104 quinoline yellow, 107 yellow 2G, 110 sunset yellow, 122 azorubine, 123 amaranth, [...]
Avoiding Toxins Works Quickly (BPA)
Posted by Guy in Nutrition & Lifestyle, Pesticides & Additives on 20. May, 2011 | No Comments
It is a little talked about fact is that widespread pollution is making us fat, sick and diabetic, yes diabetic. So research suggests that better than a detox plan may be a “notox” diet. A group of families managed to rapidly reduce their exposure to one of the most common, and dangerous environmental pollutants by [...]
Additives & Temper Tantrums
Posted by Guy in Nutrition & Lifestyle, Pesticides & Additives, Toxicity on 26. Apr, 2011 | 34 Comments
Research has shown that the food additives used in hundreds of children’s foods and drinks can cause temper tantrums and disruptive behavior. A Government-funded study confirms what many parents have long suspected about the effect of chemicals put into sweets, biscuits and foods. Colorings in products such as Smarties, Jelly Tots and fizzy drinks could [...]
