Always check the ingredients label of processed food for synthetic dyes and for high levels of added sugar. If a product contains either, you are better off not buying it, especially for your kids. About 19 percent of packaged foods and beverages contain synthetic food dyes, according to research evaluating... Read more →

Because my father, a farmer, died of non-Hodgkins lymphoma, which is linked to pesticide exposure, and because I had a lot of pesticide exposure as a child, I try to buy as much organic produce as possible. However, when organic product isn’t available, it’s good to know about the research... Read more →

The Dietary Guidelines, published every five years, have been consistent from one administration to the next, and generally recommend whole, nutrient-dense foods. In addition to representing the government’s basic nutrition advice to the public, the guidelines shape federal food programs such as the school meals program. Since the first adoption... Read more →

Cheese goes under the toppings when you’re making a pizza so the toppings will cook better. Since I switched to a vegan diet a couple of years ago, I’ve been making a lot of pizzas with an organic, whole wheat crust I order from Plantstrong. It’s whole pizza crust doesn’t... Read more →

Unfortunately, I was correct in my article that raised the question of whether the Trump administration would stand up to the food industry and actually carry through with banning artificial dyes in the American food supply. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Food and... Read more →

On the campaign trail and during his confirmation hearing, Robert Kennedy Jr. said he would propose removing artificial dyes from the American food supply. Kennedy, Health and Human Services secretary, and Marty Makary, M.D., administrator of the Food and Drug Administration, are expected to make an announcement on artificial dyes... Read more →

Photo: Library of Congress The already marginal U.S. health care system is being rocked by massive cuts in staff at the Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS. On Tuesday, HHS began to layoff thousands of employees across its departments, a downsizing that will reduce its workforce by about... Read more →

In response to a reduction in workforce at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a coalition of consumer, industry, and public health stakeholder groups issues the following statement: “Ensuring the safety of our nation’s food supply is a shared responsibility,” the coalition stated. “Food companies are committed to producing safe... Read more →

For winter reading, Dani Nierenberg, president of Food Tank, a think tank on food, offers another great reading list, this one on food books that answer the question why. Why bread, which cost a third of household expenditures in Europe 300 years ago, now costs less than 1 percent. Why... Read more →

It’s been quite a year, 2024, in many, many ways. Consumers have been pushed and pulled, then slammed to the ground with the election of a president who has a record of not acting in the interest of consumers. When he was president, Trump proposed doing away with the ability... Read more →