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07/09/2018 / By Vicki Batts

Food.news offers a wealth of information on healing foods and harmful ingredients

Getting the latest scoop on healthy eating can be a chore — especially given how deep industry influences seem to run. Whether it’s covering up toxins hiding in food, or denying the dangers of common ingredients like high fructose corn syrup, the mainstream media has suppressed the truth about food (and what’s actually in it) […]

04/26/2018 / By Tracey Watson

Eating out is expensive for your health as well as your pocketbook: It increases your exposure to dangerous chemicals

There really is no doubt about it: Sometimes eating out just feels like a necessary indulgence. With the hectic pace of modern life, at times the idea of cooking dinner can feel like an insurmountable obstacle. Stopping at the drive thru on the way home or taking the family out to dinner might seem like […]

02/08/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

Processed food is fueling the obesity epidemic, putting people at increased risk of heart disease and stroke, research suggests

Eating too many processed foods will make you fat; this in turn makes you more susceptible to a plethora of diseases. We know that to be the case here in the U.S. But this seems to be happening in the U.K. as well. According to a team of researchers from the University of São Paulo, […]

06/08/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

America’s first all-organic fast food restaurant, The Organic Coup, is expanding rapidly by avoiding GMOs, pesticides and antibiotics

When Erica Welton and Dennis Hoover founded the first certified organic fast food restaurant in the country, they were so intent on taking the fast food industry by storm that they decided to name it The Organic Coup. The takeover is now in full swing as their two locations grew into nine in just a […]

04/18/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

National pizza chain offering organic toppings in 35-city pilot program

The demand for organic produce extends far beyond the health food crowd, with news stories constantly emerging of big brands making the switch. Now, national pizza chain Papa John’s is offering freshly sliced organic vegetable toppings in 35 of its Lexington-area locations as part of a pilot program that they eventually intend to launch throughout […]

04/03/2017 / By Amy Goodrich

Chipotle has officially eliminated all artificial ingredients from its menu

After the food-safety scandals in 2015 that affected at least 491 people and the steady market decline that came with that, Chipotle Mexican Grill is getting a fresh start with a clean menu makeover in the hope to revive sales. In an attempt to save the brand’s reputation, Chipotle’s founder and CEO Steve Ells announced […]

03/01/2017 / By Mike Adams

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 in CBC News out of Canada, the story cites researcher Matt Harnden at Trent University’s Wildlife Forensic DNA Laboratory. The lab says it test “meat” from five […]

02/12/2017 / By Vicki Batts

Antibiotic-raised meat sources being dropped by many fast-food eateries

“Clean food” and “fast-food” are two terms that most of us never dreamed would one day be related. But as the clean food movement continues to take the nation by storm, it seems that many popular fast food chains are catching on. For example, In-N-Out Burger — a popular chain rooted in California — announced […]

02/07/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Fast food packaging is making unhealthy food even more dangerous due to fluorinated compounds

Though it is true that more and more people are becoming aware of the negative impact that eating junk food can have on their health, there is a danger associated with eating these foods that most people are blissfully unaware of: The packaging around that junk food is potentially even more dangerous than what it’s […]

01/30/2017 / By Daniel Barker

McDonald’s sales dipping more in the U.S. than in any other country

It seems that no matter what McDonald’s does to hang on to its American market share, customers are staying away in droves. McDonald’s Corporation shares were down 0.5 percent after the company’s 2016 fourth-quarter report was released on January 23. Sales were down at U.S. McDonald’s franchises – despite their efforts to boost business with […]

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