FDA Food Labeling Makes An Impact
Posted by Staff (02/10/2012 @ 5:30 pm)
FDA food labeling has a real impact on American’s health.
In a good way!
The research shows just how effective these strategies can be when attempting to change behaviors.
By labeling and banning trans fats a significant, positive change has occurred.
Blood levels of trans fat declined 58 percent from 2000 to 2008. FDA began requiring trans-fat labeling in 2003. During the same period several parts of the country — New York most famously — passed laws limiting trans fats in restaurant food and cooking. The makers of processed food also voluntarily replaced trans fats with less harmful oils.
The decline, unusually big and abrupt, strongly suggests government regulation was effective in altering a risk factor for heart disease for a broad swath of the population.
Posted in: Quality Control, Research, Wellness
Tags: bad cholesterol, Banning trans fats, FDA, FDA food labels, food labeling, good cholesterol, HDL, high cholesterol, LDL, Trans Fat, Trans Fats
10 Food Additives to Avoid for Better Health!
Posted by Staff (06/22/2011 @ 2:06 am)
Food additives are now a main ingredient of the American diet.
Additives, which were developed to help preserve food freshness, have become a health hazard to millions.
Read on for more details.
These top ten are particularly harmful.
Artificial Sweeteners
High Fructose Corn Syrup
Monosodium Glutamate
Trans Fat
Common Food Dyes
Sodium Sulfate
Sodium Nitrate/Sodium Nitrate
BHA and BHT
Sulphur Dioxide
Potassium Bromate
A typical American household spends about 90 percent of their food budget on processed foods, and are in doing so exposed to a plethora of artificial food additives, many of which can cause dire consequences to your health.
Posted in: Nutrition, Quality Control
Tags: Artificial Sweeteners, asthma, BHA and BHT, Common Food Dyes, diabetes, diet, food additives, heat disease, High fructose corn syrup, Monosodium Glutamate, obesity, Potassium Bromate, Sodium Nitrate/Sodium Nitrate, Sodium Sulfate, Sulphur Dioxide, Trans Fat