Additives

The Aspartame Story

With Easter coming up, you are all probably thinking up topics for Easter dinner. How ’bout this one? Aspartame — The true history of an artificial sweetener.

Despite it being written in comic form, this story is unfortunately completely true. See the whole comic here

http://www.pixton.com/ca/comic/83ls94kv

http://www.pixton.com/ca/comic/83ls94kv

The ‘Sugar of Intelligence’

The ‘Sugar of Intelligence’

I was just given this lovely cookbook: French Farmhouse Cookbook by Susan Loomis in exchange for a cranio session. In a rather synchronistic manner when I opened it I immediately came to this page with a little blurb about what is called in France "le sucre d'intelligence" which is the result of ...

The Latest Food Safety “Solution” – Pasteurize Everything

The Latest Food Safety “Solution” – Pasteurize Everything

My mother has been on a diet of microwaved food for the past 15 years or so. It isn't that the food is bad food to begin with. She has lovely meals made up for her with food bought from her local farmers markets. But when she comes home at night she use to heat it up in the microwave for dinner- ...

The War on Health: The FDA’s Cult of Tyranny

The War on Health: The FDA’s Cult of Tyranny

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Experts Denounce High-Soy Diet of Illinois Prisoners

Experts Denounce High-Soy Diet of Illinois Prisoners

Source: Weston A. Price Foundation Experts Denounce High-Soy Diet of Illinois Prisoners Too Much Soy Causes Serious Health Problems, Plaintiffs Claim WASHINGTON, June 26, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Plaintiffs in the lawsuit Harris et al. v. Brown, et al., Case No. 3:07-cv-03225 have submitt ...

Fish Sauce, Ketchup and the Rewilding of Our Food

Fish Sauce, Ketchup and the Rewilding of Our Food

I am a big fan of fish sauce. I guess it comes from spending plenty of time in S.E.Asia. This article reminded me of my early days in culinary school as I used to spend heaps of time in the amazing library at the Culinary Institute of America, and remember being so surprised when I found out the ...

Father of Radiation Safety Says There is No Safe Level

Father of Radiation Safety Says There is No Safe Level

How Dr. Morgan got mis-quoted after he said there is absolutely no safe level of radiation. Radiation builds up. If you get hit once or twice you may be ok but if you get hit three times, boom, that may be the end. All of us have plutonium in our lungs from the weapons tests from the 50s and 60s ...

Raw almonds must be treated, federal judge rules

Raw almonds must be treated, federal judge rules

All the good stuff is under attack. Being on the GAPS diet we eat a lot of almonds, in fact I just finished making almond-cashew and honey cookies tonight. If anyone has a good source of almonds please let me know! Raw almonds must be treated, federal judge rules By Michael Doyle WASHIN ...

Sugar High: The Dark History and Nasty Methods Used to Feed Our Sweet Tooth

Sugar High: The Dark History and Nasty Methods Used to Feed Our Sweet Tooth

One of my favorite things about the GAPS / SCD diets are that you are also boycotting refined sugar when on them. I have long hated sugar, it is a drug more insidious and harder to kick than tobacco. I have kicked both the tobacco and the sugar habit so I can say this with experience. I love the ...

Is the Skin a Solar-Powered Battery for the Heart?

Is the Skin a Solar-Powered Battery for the Heart?

The last Wise Traditions Journal from the Weston A Price foundation contained cutting edge information on sulfur which is a nutrient we never hear much about and which has been getting more attention lately. I was telling some people about how sulfur interacts with the skin to create a solar powered ...