Category: American diet

Which Mac and Cheese is richer in… GMO?

Which Mac and Cheese is richer in… GMO?

[ 0 ] August 22, 2013 |

No cheese in Mac and Cheese Macaroni and Cheese is one of the highly popular meals in America. It was an important part of quick fix lunch or dinner for generations of young Americans. Perhaps it still is: Today, for instance, Kraft Macaroni & Cheese enjoys almost 1.5 million likes on Facebook. This is despite […]

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GMO secrets of corn snacks

GMO secrets of corn snacks

[ 0 ] August 14, 2013 |

Common sources of GMO According to the Wikipedia 80% of Hawaiian papaya, 85% of corn, 91% of soybeans, 95% of sugar beet and 88% of cotton produced in the United States are genetically modified. However potential GMO threat comes not only from the crops (fruits) but also from a numerous food ingredients derived from them. […]

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Clamato vs Tomato

Clamato vs Tomato

[ 4 ] August 7, 2013 |

I have recently come across with Clamato – tomato cocktail from concentrate, the original version. The colorful label depicting natural tomato, lime and celery made me suspicious about the content and prompted me to find out what exactly the cocktail is and whether the label is misleading consumers into believe that the cocktail is a […]

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Why Do We Have Food and Health Crisis?

Why Do We Have Food and Health Crisis?

[ 2 ] August 1, 2013 |

What we eat in America: Chemical food surrogates The United States of America is strongest economy of the world. Well, at least it used to be just a few years ago… One should expect that in the country with such a strong economy the population should have access to best selection of healthiest food and […]

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Does snacking with Jell-O worth the risks?

Does snacking with Jell-O worth the risks?

[ 3 ] July 21, 2013 |

Quick answer is NO. Perhaps original Jell-O gelatin desserts of nineteen century were made with natural strawberry, raspberry, orange and lemon flavors. Today Jell-O gelatin snacks (of Kraft Foods) both sugar-sweetened and low calorie versions are one of the most outrageous fruity food hoaxes sold in the US and Canada. The snacks which pretend to […]

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DyeDiet Calculator: Limeade vs Gatorade comparison

DyeDiet Calculator: Limeade vs Gatorade comparison

[ 2 ] July 16, 2013 |

Why Limeade is bad Limeade Sparkling Cherry was earlier recognized as chemically polluted water. Indeed, despite it says on the label: “All Natural; Calorie free,” the only ingredient your body can make use of is water. But addition of 8 chemicals, makes the water denatured. Moreover, from the 8 chemicals 5 are potentially dangerous (given […]

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SunnyD or Kool-Aid: Which waste is deadlier?

SunnyD or Kool-Aid: Which waste is deadlier?

[ 0 ] July 10, 2013 |

Perhaps after Kool-Aid, SunnyD is the next most disgraceful chemically saturated fruit flavored drink, which no human being should ever touch. Red-colored versions of SunnyD contain about 400 mg/gallon of potentially carcinogenic azo dye Red 40 whereas aggressively marketed to children Kool-Aid contains doubled amount of the dangerous artificial color; about 800 mg/gallon. Based strictly […]

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Dye Diet Calculator: Food rating systems at a glance

Dye Diet Calculator: Food rating systems at a glance

[ 5 ] June 29, 2013 |

How to find healthier food? Naturally and by definition, food is nutritional substance. Anything else is not food. The more food additives it contains the less food it is. We have over 3000 food additives in the American food supply. In 2012 year alone, there were more than 25 million pounds of the artificial colors […]

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You Can Feed Yourself

You Can Feed Yourself

[ 3 ] June 26, 2013 |

We have a number of major problems in the American food supply: chemical food additives, residual chemical pesticides, residual chemical fertilizers, genetically modified food and toxic heavy metals in the growing portion of food we import from overseas. All these problems follow from mass-production of food in the economy driven strictly by profit maximization. On […]

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Sesame Brittle: A nutritious alternative to M&M’s and Skittles

Sesame Brittle: A nutritious alternative to M&M’s and Skittles

[ 1 ] June 21, 2013 |

Should candies always be unhealthy? Majority of American candies is made of sugar, starch, artificial flavors and artificial colors. Skittles, Twizzlers and M&M’s are among 25 top-selling sweets in the USA that are loaded with artificial coloring agents and other unwilling chemicals. In the last year 23,178,881.35 pounds of artificial food colors were certified by […]

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