USA Food Quality, Awareness, and Activism

USA Food Quality, Awareness, and Activism

All of the food that humans in the USA consume is at risk. We need to be more aware of where our food and spices, etc., come from and take control of our health.

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Guy Harvey’s Island Grill Makes a Difference

Guy Harvey’s Research Institute sets guidelines with the consumption of seafood and Guy Harvey’s Island Grill puts this into action.  There are fish to eat and fish to avoid.  Let’s talk about the fish NOT to eat:  Chilean Seabass/Toothfish Cod Atlantic Crab: King (imported) Flounders, Soles: ( Atlantic ) Groupers Halibut: Atlantic  Lobster Spiny ( Caribbean imported)  Marlin  Monkfish  Orange Roughy  Rockfish: ( Pacific )  Salmon (farmed including Atlantic... Read Full Story

Some things never change. Bush, Cheney and China

From:  vicezilla.com
Ever notice that there seems to be a recurring theme to the headlines in each day’s newspapers? If it’s not Bush declaring “Executive Privilege” about one thing or another, it’s Cheney running roughshod over the laws and Constitution to cover his ass for one thing or another. Then there’s China. The Chinese system of checks and balances, or the lack thereof continues to make the headlines on a regular basis. Like the two above examples, these stories are getting old and worn out, which is... Read Full Story

China now exporting DDT contaminated seafood.

From:  vicezilla.com
It’s time for the Global Community to put their foot down and start putting pressure on China to clean up it’s exported foods act. If that means banning all foods imported from China until the situation gets better, then so be it. This situation is getting ridiculous! Imported seafood from China has been found to contain Organochlorine pesticides such as DDT. A new study found samples from markets that contained concentrations of contaminants high enough to pose threats to human health. This... Read Full Story

Snapper Has Moved Up

You can take the lead in saving our oceans by making responsible shopping and dining decisions. Guy Harvey has  updated the Responsible Seafood Guide that identifies the best fish to eat, those you can eat with caution, and fish to avoid.  The Guide is based on the research Guy does that leads to finding commonsense solutions to reversing overfishing, pollution, and other threats to the marine habitat.   Since 1999, Guy Harvey has funded research that has led to a broad understanding of the... Read Full Story

Earth Day Special At Funfit’s DC Area Family Fitness Center

From:  rushprnews.com
Browse > Home / Article-byline , BREAKING NEWS , CONSUMMER GOODS , Health and Fitness , Lifestyle / Earth Day Special At Funfit’s DC Area Family Fitness Center April 14, 2009 Funfit’s Open House will Feature Classes in Organic Raw Food Meal Preparation and Family Fitness & Wellness By Ane Howard WASHINGTON ( RPRN ) 04/14/09 -Funfit Inc. invites families to the Rockville, Maryland location, to celebrate Earth Day by participating in a raw food... Read Full Story

DDT Facts and Figures

From:  expattexan.com
Lies, damn lies, and environmental statistics . Feeding primates more than 33,000 times the average daily human exposure to DDT (as estimated in 1969 and 1972) was “inconclusive with respect to a carcinogenic effect of DDT in nonhuman primates.” [J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 1999;125(3-4):219-25] Yeah, but what about real world human cancer patients?  Well, I’m glad you asked. -A nested case-control study was conducted to examine the association between serum concentrations of DDE and... Read Full Story

L.A. City Council Decides: No New Fast Food Restaurants

From:  blog.healia.com
L.A. City Council members voted unanimously today to ban new fast food restaurants from opening in South Los Angeles. The year-long moratorium is intended to give the city time to attract restaurants that serve healthier food. Today’s vote is believed to be the first of its kind by a major city to protect public health. The Community Health Councils found that 73 percent of South Los Angeles restaurants were fast food , compared to 42 percent in West Los Angeles. It is thought... Read Full Story

The "Dirty Dozen" ; Top Contaminated Foods

WITH food prices going up faster than Chinese skyscrapers, anyone who can afford to buy organic everything - probably has a personal assistant doing their shopping for them. The rest of us face difficult decisions every time we push a cart. One way of deciding which purchases should be organic is to work out which foods contain the most pesticides. Analysis of US government records by the non-profit Environmental Working Group led to the release in 2006 of a list nicknamed the "Dirty Dozen... Read Full Story

Los Angeles City Council Considering Legislation that Would Ban Fast-Food Restaurants

From:  blog.healia.com
Fast-food restaurants may become a thing of the past in Los Angeles if Jan Perry, a Los Angeles city-council member, has anything to say about it. Perry is spearheading legislation that would ban new fast-food restaurants like McDonald's and KFC from opening in a 32-square-mile chunk of the city, including her district. The area is home to 400 fast-food restaurants. Perry feels that the restaurants are contributing to high obesity rates there -- 30% of adults... Read Full Story

China accuses U.S. consumers of “Alarmism!”

From:  vicezilla.com
Now I’ve heard everything! In the wake of Mattel Inc. issuing a recall of 1.5 million Fisher-Price toys because their paint contained lead, China is us of being alarmists! China seems to be worried about it’s reputation, and it’s “made in China” label, whereas we, the consumer are worried our and our children’s safety. China’s exports are getting worse in terms of their quality and safety standards. Poison in the pet food ingredients was only the tip of the ice berg. It was soon followed by... Read Full Story
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