Archive for the 'Food' Category
Cardiologist on Dietary Guidelines Promoting Low-Fat Foods: ‘Perhaps the Biggest Mistake in Modern Medical History, Resulting in Devastating Consequences for Public Health’
May 24th, 2016And billions of dollars in profits for the ghouls behind the scam. Via: Guardian: Prof David Haslam, chairman of the National Obesity Forum, said: “As a clinician, treating patients all day every day, I quickly realised that guidelines from on high, suggesting high-carbohydrate, low-fat diets were the universal panacea, were deeply flawed. “Current efforts have […]
Price of Corn Flour in Venezuela Soars 900 Percent
May 24th, 2016Via: AFP: Venezuelans on Tuesday woke up to discover that the government-controlled price of corn flour — used to make corn patty arepas, a staple of local cuisine — has risen 900 percent. The socialist government of President Nicolas Maduro had kept the price of corn flour frozen for 15 months at 19 bolivares a […]
Venezuela: ‘We Want Food!’
May 18th, 2016Via: AFP: It was around noon when a food truck rolled up to a Venezuelan state-subsidized supermarket in the town of Guarenas just east of the capital. But, to the fury of the long line of people waiting out front, the cargo wasn’t unloaded. Instead soldiers took it away. “We want food!” the crowd roared […]
The Coming Wide-Spread Use of Drones in Agriculture
May 10th, 2016Via: Hackaday: Let’s cover what drones can offer and what growers can use, then dig into what is out there and happening over some fields right now. These Things are Important to Farmers, but are Limited or Troublesome Confirmation: Verifying that plants are growing where and when they should, and checking this as early and […]
1 in 3 Antibiotics Prescribed in U.S. Are Unnecessary
May 4th, 2016Would you like some chicken with that? Via: Washington Post: Nearly a third of antibiotics prescribed in doctors’ offices, emergency rooms and hospital-based clinics in the United States are not needed, according to the most in-depth study yet to examine the use and misuse of these life-saving drugs. The finding, which has implications for antibiotics’ […]
The Truth About Statin Drugs and Cholesterol
May 2nd, 2016Via: Dr. Daniel Pompa:
Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. Recalls Millions of Pounds of Poultry Products; “Class I Recall, Health Risk: High”
April 27th, 2016At the bottom of the article, it defines a Class 1 recall as follows: This is a health hazard situation where there is a reasonable probability that the use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death. Via: USDA: Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., a Waco, Texas establishment, is recalling approximately 4,568,080 pounds of […]
Prescription Meds Get Trapped in Disturbing Pee-to-Food-to-Pee Loop
April 24th, 2016Via: Ars Technica: If you love something, set it free… so the old adage goes. Well, if the things you love are pharmaceuticals, then you’re in luck. Through vegetables and fruits, the drugs that we flush down the drain are returning to us—though we’ll ultimately pee them out again. (Love is complicated, after all) In […]
Japan’s Next Generation of Farmers Could Be Robots
April 23rd, 2016Via: Bloomberg: As the average age of farmers globally creeps higher and retirement looms, Japan has a solution: robots and driver-less tractors. The Group-of-Seven agriculture ministers meet in Japan’s northern prefecture of Niigata this weekend for the first time in seven years to discuss how to meet increasing food demand as aging farmers retire without […]
Substituting Vegetable Oils for Butter Increases Risk of Death
April 18th, 2016Via: Medical Xpress: A research team led by scientists at the UNC School of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health has unearthed more evidence that casts doubt on the traditional “heart healthy” practice of replacing butter and other saturated fats with corn oil and other vegetable oils high in linoleic acid. The findings, reported […]
