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A victory for the pure food movement….
….and unexpectedly. Whole Foods has just announced it will begin labeling all its products that are genetically modified. With four-fifths of the worlds corn and soybeans now GMO, we trust the company has budgeted enough for new labels. Just about any box on the shelf will need the alert, as well as most of the produce. We wonder if they’ll go so far as to put notices on their meat, too. The biggest consumers of genetically modified corn are cows. There’s a lot of Big Ag propaganda in the article (Monsanto never sleeps) but still the basic story is a major setback for the “don’t ask what it is, just…
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Look mom, no cavities!
One more “it’s good for you post”, then I’m taking the day off! Turns out grain not only has caused most of our health problems, it also is to blame for our bad teeth! http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/02/24/172688806/ancient-chompers-were-healthier-than-ours?ft=1&f=1001&buffer_share=e819f&utm_source=buffer
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A treat instead of a treatment….
….wasn’t that the old Camel slogan? In any event, that thought came to mind as I read the latest posting about the health benefits of grass fed beef. I sometimes wonder if we don’t overdo this wellness stuff to the detriment of consumer acceptance. After all, spinach has never been able to overcome the stigma of “eat it, it’s good for you” even with the help of Popeye! As always happens when we put out a new offering of meat, we get a spate of rave reviews. Everything from “my husband said that was the best roast we’ve ever had” to “my husband and I agree that was the best…
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The “low cost” of beef….
….well, if you import it from Tasmania anyway. Our recent round-table discussion opened up a number of avenues that the “old reporter” in me couldn’t resist. One was the discovery that US Wellness, the largest marketer of grass fed beef on the Internet, was importing some of its meat from Tasmania. (Yes, I had to look on a map, too. It’s about 100 miles south of Australia.) Turns out their northern soil is practically perfect for grazing. Couple that with low wages and low land costs, throw in cheap shipping on boats returning to the States that would otherwise be empty, and you can see what American producers are up…
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Where did all the flowers go….
….one of the blogs this weekend posted pictures of high school kids from 1969. The pictures were originally in Life magazine and the subject was high school fashions. Fun and interesting….but…. But the comments quickly fastened on just one thing: there were no girls who were fat! Clearly, something has happened in the past 40 years….something really frightening. http://www.leenks.com/link421304.html
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What about bone marrow?
Don’t know. Certainly love what I taste when I have osso bucco. But I have never really focused on the subject until our butcher, Doug Aylestock of Blue Ridge Meats, cut up some from our latest animal to introduce us to the treat. I’ve always been really happy with the soup bones we get from our animals and so I was only mildly interested. Wooz, on the other hand, got very excited when she saw the four bags of marrow bones on the gurney. Apparently marrow bones are just the ticket if you want to make serious beef stock….waaay better than the store-bought stuff. Not only that, but apparently it’s…
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Spinach pops….
….now here’s a wonderful idea: spray vegetables with sugar so kids will eat them. No, really. A serious suggestion from the “experts” in nutrition. http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/02/18/sugar-mist-makes-veggies-more-palatable-to-kids/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fhealth+%28Internal+-+Health+-+Text%29
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In the tank…Pt 2….
…do you ever wonder how much of the so-called “scientific research” we treat as gospel has been bought and paid for by Big Ag, Big Food, Big Chemical and Big Government? The other day we posted an article about how the association of nutritionists was essentially a propaganda arm for the likes of Kellogg and Pepsi. Naturally, no one is more active is corrupting what used to be called “research” that our good buddies at Monsanto. Just the other day we read how soon we’ll be eating what is labeled as salmon, but in reality is a genetically-engineered combination of two types of salmon and…..eel! You see, this wonder salmon grows…
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Are nutritionists in the tank….
….for Big Food? You probably aren’t surprised to learn that the answer is “yes”. Again and again, though, I am stunned by the details of the unholy alliance of industry, bought-and-paid-for experts, and government that have so thoroughly corrupted our food system and devastated the health of our country. Chris Kresser, a blogger on health matters who specializes in covering holistic health issues was interviewed recently on the sell-out by the professionals we believe are protecting our well-being…and he discussed a press release on the subject: Chris Kresser: So, the press release was “Public health attorney and author Michele Simon asks: Are America’s nutrition professionals in the pocket of Big…
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What’s in a name (continued)….
The European horse meat scandal has now spread to the United States, but with a twist. In Europe, they’ve discovered that some brands of prepared beef dishes actually have been using horse meat. Actually, there is some history of the use of horse meat there; sauerbraten, for instance, technically should be made using it and our aversion to its use is based in culture, not really nutrition. Still, in the United States, it’s illegal to serve horse meat but in California, a local tv station has discovered horse meat is being exported. http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/02/12/undercover-investigation-reveals-little-oversight-at-california-horse-auctions/ What the story doesn’t point out, is that it would be easy….and profitable….for a foreign supplier to…