Nov 19, 2009 | Chemicals In Food, Healthy Eating, Medications/Vitamins, Pregnancy |
Folic acid supplements could increase the risk of cancer, particularly lung cancer, researchers have found. However, folic acid has proven benefits for pregnant women, as it cuts the risk of babies being born with major deformities of the brain and spine. The doses of...
Nov 12, 2009 | Chemicals In Food, Healthy Eating |
Tests show Bisphenol A in a range of US canned food products. Nearly 19 brands of canned foods have tested positive for containing measurable levels of the chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) in their containers, according to US-based magazine Consumer Reports’ latest...
Nov 12, 2009 | Chemicals In Food, Food Labelling, Healthy Eating |
“Smart Choices” food label is marketing fraud; Tufts University involvement questioned (opinion) (NaturalNews) The big food companies have dreamed up yet another clever con to sell processed junk foods to parents and children: A “Smart Choices”...
Nov 11, 2009 | Healthy Eating |
More supermarket chains are needed to increase competition against Australia’s two big food retailers, Coles and Woolworths, to reduce food prices, federal Competition Minister Craig Emerson says. Speaking after the publication of new figures showing that...
Nov 6, 2009 | Chemicals In Food, Children's Health, Pregnancy |
Women taking folic acid supplements throughout pregnancy may increase the risk of asthma in their child by 26 per cent, research has suggested. The researchers from the Univerity of Adelaide in Australia said the findings may help explain why there has been an...
