Why Are Supplement Names So Confusing
The FDA keeps an ingredient monitoring list to help protect our public health. Also known as “buyer beware”.
Read Moreby Gurumantra | Sep 26, 2019 | Nutrients | 0 |
The FDA keeps an ingredient monitoring list to help protect our public health. Also known as “buyer beware”.
Read Moreby Gurumantra | Oct 23, 2017 | Health | 0 |
Despite the mounting evidence of BPA’s health risks at very low doses, federal regulation is lagging.
Read Moreby Gurumantra | Oct 9, 2017 | Health | 0 |
How much of a bigger share from the Universe Of Food could we get if we talked more about the benefits of what it is we’re trying to regulate?
Read Moreby Gurumantra | Sep 8, 2017 | Food | 0 |
On the list: strawberries, spinach, nectarines, apples, peaches, pears, cherries, grapes, celery, tomatoes, peppers, potatoes and more.
Read Moreby Gurumantra | Aug 21, 2017 | 0 |
Food and feed quality are crucial to human and animal health. Quality can be defined as sufficiency of appropriate minerals, vitamins and fats, etc. but it also includes the absence of toxins, whether man-made or from other sources. We should be looking at both sides of that equation but we’re not.
Read Moreby Gurumantra | Jul 14, 2016 | 0 |
Just because food got complicated is no reason for you to be in the know about it. Buyer beware when it comes to understanding labels.
Read Moreby Gurumantra | Oct 15, 2015 | 0 |
If there isn’t a difference between conventional and natural food, why the patent? If there’s intellectual property to protect, that’s fine. But trade secrets don’t trump product safety testing.
Read Moreby Gurumantra | May 13, 2015 | Health | 0 |
According to Import Alert 99-33 issued by US FDA, a list of Japanese food will be banned unless they pass physical examination. It includes milk, butter, milk-based infant formula, and other milk products, vegetables and vegetable products, rice and whole grain, fish, meat and poultry, venus clam, sea urchin, yuzu fruit and Kiwi fruit.
Read Moreby Gurumantra | Sep 5, 2014 | Food | 0 |
As if we needed another reason to pay attention to what we put into our mouth when we eat and drink, it seems our glass of wine might be riskier than we thought. Heed the message, Please spare the messenger.
Read Moreby Gurumantra | Aug 18, 2014 | 0 |
Genetically modified foods, or GMOs, are in an estimated 80% of packaged foods. Some companies, like Ben & Jerry’s, are trying to go GMO-free. But it’s not easy.
Read Moreby Gurumantra | Aug 3, 2014 | 0 |
If you’ve ever wondered about food safety in the natural products category this interrview explains some of the ways your natural products manufactures are coming to terms with food safety. As always, it’s more complicated than you would expect, but it’s worth taking a look at the landscape of how natural products remain natural and safe
Read Moreby Gurumantra | Apr 12, 2014 | 0 |
You probably weren’t ready for one more thing to be worried about when it comes to your food, were you? Well you’ll likely be hearing the word nano or nanotechnology in the future. What that has to do with your food is why you want to be aware.
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