Want to live longer? Eat spicy food
Many people enjoy spicy foods for a variety of reasons: the flavor, the heat, the rush. But if you’ve got a penchant for hot peppers and all things spicy, it seems that you could be r [...]
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Researchers: 9% of the world’s food supply is thrown away or left to spoil
Unemployment and rising food costs have resulted in about a billion people around the world going to bed hungry every day – that’s nearly one in seven people who is officially starving. Thi [...]
Frat in hot water over hazing pledge with severe peanut allergies
A 19-year old Central Michigan University (CMU) student with a severe peanut allergy was the target of a dangerous hazing incident in which members of a fraternity rubbed peanut butter on t [...]
EPA and FDA give go ahead for 3 types of GMO potatoes… planting begins this year
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have given permission to Idaho-based agribusiness giant J.R. Simplot Co. to begin the spring planting a [...]
Burger King buys animal feed from soybean plantations that burn rainforests to the ground
Tropical rain forests are being deliberately burned to the ground and cleared away by hundreds of thousands of acres to make way for soybean plantations. Brazil and Bolivia have been hit th [...]
Mom’s Organic Market rolls out crickets and mealworms in latest craze
Mom’s Organic Market, an East coast, family-owned retail chain, is about to make insect eating a little less taboo in the United States. When Mom’s vice president of Grocery Lisa de Lima an [...]
DNA tests say Subway’s Oven-Roasted Chicken is actually 50% soy product
A food science story is rapidly going viral, claiming that Subway’s Oven-Roasted Chicken is only 50% chicken, with the rest being soy (that’s almost certainly GMO soy). Covered [...]
Floating farm of the future to produce 20 tons of vegetables a day
There is a massive problem threatening mankind’s future: The Earth’s population continues to grow at an unprecedented rate, and our food supply is simply not keeping pace. The total number [...]
Stop overlooking this powerful medicinal melon in your grocery store
You may never have heard of Momordica charantia, also known as bitter melon, bitter gourd, bitter squash or balmspear, but it has been a medicinal staple in India and China for hundreds of [...]
Six immune-building foods and herbs you need to consume to stay healthy
Usually, your immune system does an excellent job of protecting your body against disease-causing microbes. However, sometimes bacteria or viruses can slip past your body’s defense line and [...]
