Healthy Eating

6 Secrets to Packing a Better School Lunch

By MEGHAN RABBITT SEPTEMBER 2, 2015 PHOTO BY PHILIPPE DESNERCK/GETTY IMAGES               As you finish up clothes shopping and mourn the end of another great summer ...

The 12 Most Offensive New Pumpkin Spice Creations

              'Tis the season…for pumpkin spice lattes, that is. I know, a tad premature, right? We still have 20 days left of summer and ...

Complete List of Non-GMO Food Brands

Click here to find a list of products that have been verified as compliant with the Non-GMO Project Standard. Due to production schedules and inventory back stock there may be ...

An Apple A Day, Too Much Pesticide Spray

For the fifth year in a row, EWG ’s Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in ProduceTM ranks apples at the top of the Dirty Dozen PlusTMlist of non-organic fruits and veggies with high levels of pesticide ...

Are Mycotoxins The New Gluten?

Goodbye gluten, hello mycotoxin. The mold byproduct hiding in everything from dog food to coffee is poised to become the next health buzzword. Hot on the heels of a lawsuit ...

This drug, banned in Europe, Russia and China, may be in your lunch

f you eat meat in any country in the European Union, or even in China or Russia, you don’t have to worry about getting a dash of ractopamine with your ...

Foods You Should Eat Instead of Taking Vitamins

If you're eating a healthy diet, you shouldn't need all those bottles of vitamins The supplement chain GNC announced on Monday that it plans to overhaul its quality control systems ...

Costco working to end use of human antibiotics in chicken

Costco Wholesale Corp is working toward eliminating the sale of chicken and meat from other animals raised with antibiotics that are vital to fighting human infections, senior executives at the ...

McDonald’s to Curb Purchases of Chicken Raised With Antibiotics in U.S.

Move follows decisions by others to curtail antibiotics use McDonald’s Corp. said its U.S. restaurants will stop selling chicken raised with antibiotics that are important to human health, one of ...

Study Finds Common Food Additive Promotes Inflammatory Bowel Disease And Obesity

Humans have a habit of playing with their food, which is evident from the steady increase in food additives in packaged produce we have witnessed in the past half-century. Food ...

5 Things That Happen When You Quit Eating Sugar

First, let’s set the record straight by saying that sugar in and of itself isn’t evil, per se. It occurs naturally in plenty of foods, including fruits and milk. With ...

STUDY: SUGAR HIDDEN IN JUNK FOOD EIGHT TIMES MORE ADDICTIVE THAN COCAINE

A junk food addiction is a lot more like a drug addiction than researchers previously thought. They now claim sugar is eight times more addictive than cocaine. Dr. Nicole Avena ...