Pepsi Next cuts sugar by 60 percent but still lists high fructose corn syrup as its second ingredient and adds aspartame, acesulfame potassium and sucralose. Mercola argues those three sweeteners are worse than the sugar they replace and that diet sodas can stimulate appetite.
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Food Safety
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Chemical
Eating too much high fructose corn syrup may lead to copper deficiency, fatty liver
Rats given 30 percent fructose water developed impaired copper status and iron overload, and those already on a marginally copper-deficient diet showed liver injury and fat accumulation, University of Louisville researchers report in the Journal of Hepatology.
GMO
The Dramatic New Rule Change for Genetically Engineered Foods
New USDA rules will roughly halve the review time for genetically engineered crops, to about 13 months for new versions of existing technologies and 16 months for new ones, partly by opening public comment earlier. A pilot also lets biotech firms run their own environmental assessments.
GMO
Why is this Organic Food Stuffed With Toxic Solvents?
Dr. Mercola reports that Martek's DHA and ARA additives, now in infant formulas including some carrying the USDA Organic seal, are extracted from algae and fungus using hexane and made with recombinant DNA techniques — processes normally barred from organic products.
GMO
Thanks to you . . . Monsanto knows.
A thank-you letter from Organic Consumers Association director Ronnie Cummins to donors who funded the California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act ballot campaign, with a further appeal for money before the November 6 vote.
GMO
Eating This Common Food Could Damage Your Kidneys
Mercola reports that corn rootworm has evolved resistance to a gene in engineered corn, that 22 corn-pest experts have asked the EPA to act, and that a study found low doses of Bt CryA1b and Roundup killed human kidney cells, with glyphosate at 57.2 ppm killing half.
GMO
The buzz about genetically engineered foods is getting stronger
A fundraising letter from the Environmental Working Group thanking the 100,000 people who signed its petition for labeling of genetically engineered foods, promising to add GE information to its Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce, and asking for $65,000 by March 31.
Chemical
Is This FDA-Approved Sweetener Causing Brain Damage?
Dr. Mercola cites a new Drug and Chemical Toxicology study in which rats given high doses of aspartame long-term showed oxidative stress and lowered glutathione in the brain. He argues the sweetener attacks brain cells and points to stevia as a safer alternative.
Biological
Americans Still Uninformed About “Pink Slime” and Food Processing in General, Says FDA Consultant
FDA consultant Benjamin England argues the outcry over pink slime rests on gross-out internet images rather than food safety findings, noting the processing methods have been in use for over 20 years, which he says does not by itself make them safe.
GMO
Label genetically engineered foods!
EWG urges readers to sign the Just Label It petition to the FDA before its March 27 deadline, noting more than 84,000 supporters have signed, that 92 percent of Americans want genetically engineered foods labeled, and that over 40 countries already require it.
Chemical
BPA Could Affect Reproductive Capabilities, Cause Infection of the Uterus
University of Cincinnati researchers fed mice a range of dietary doses of bisphenol A or a synthetic estrogen and report in Reproductive Toxicology that BPA can alter the structure of the uterus in ways that can progress to pyometra, a potentially fatal infection.
Chemical
Dietary intake of cadmium linked to high risk for breast cancer - study
A Swedish study followed nearly 56,000 women for more than 12 years, estimating dietary cadmium from food questionnaires. Those with the highest intakes were 21% more likely to develop breast cancer; bread, cereals, potatoes and vegetables are main dietary sources.
GMO
Booted Out of Germany - the Ignorance that Could Destroy Your Health
German resistance to genetically engineered crops, which one report puts at 75 percent of the public, pushed BASF to move its plant science headquarters to Raleigh, North Carolina. Mercola reads it as proof that public opinion works and presses for GE labelling in the US.
GMO
The Worst of Both Worlds -- Genetically Engineered Goats to Produce New Vaccine
Texas A&M researchers are engineering goats to carry a malaria vaccine in their milk, aiming to vaccinate children who drink it. Mercola warns such animals could reach the food supply and argues nutrition, clean water and sanitation deserve the attention instead.
Chemical
New Hampshire House Passes Infant Warning Bill
The New Hampshire House voted 253-23 for HB-1416, which would require infant fluoride warnings on water bills in fluoridated communities. It now goes to the Senate, where dental groups and the American Water Works Association are expected to fight it.
Chemical
Dietary cadmium may be linked with breast cancer risk (PR)
Following 55,987 Swedish women for over 12 years, researchers linked the highest dietary cadmium exposure to a 21 percent rise in breast cancer, 27 percent among lean and normal weight women. Bread, cereals, potatoes, root crops and vegetables are the main dietary sources.
Chemical
Trans fat linked to greater aggression
A PLoS ONE study of 945 adults found that greater trans fatty acid intake was significantly associated with more aggression and irritability, and predicted them more consistently than the other risk factors measured. Labels reading zero trans fat can still mean up to 0.5 grams per serving.
GMO
No More GMOs! Please Donate Today
A fundraising appeal from the Organic Consumers Fund seeking $150,000 to help gather 830,000 signatures by April 22 and put the California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act, which would require labeling of GE foods, on the November ballot.
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