Health Dangers

School lunches have been the brunt of many a joke; pizza that tastes like cardboard, rubbery pasta…but with the introduction of processed foods, school meals went from comically disgusting to downright unhealthy. The Institute of Medicine investigated the nutritional value of the foods the government provides for our children to eat each day; the news…

In an interesting, ironic twist, the FDA and FTC are now going after a company who claims pomegranates are…*insert trumpet fanfare here*…healthy for you! Pom Wonderful, a Los Angeles, California based pomegranate growing company, is being targeted for marketing their pomegranate juice as a healthy, disease preventing fruit juice. Haven’t we always known that fruit…

GM Salmon – No Labeling Required While the FDA has not made a decision on whether to approve AquAdvantage’s genetically modified salmon, they have announced that labeling will not be required. The genetically modified salmon will be in the stores along with nature’s own salmon; consumers will not be able to tell a difference. Shouldn’t…