New Patents Awarded to TraceGains According to TAG44 Food and Beverage News
According to Thomas R. Cutler, manufacturing journalist, in the current issue of Tag44's Food and Beverage News, TraceGains was recently awarded two new patents relating to its core technology, connecting "upstream activities" to "downstream outcomes" across different companies in any supply chain allowing companies to understand suppliers' true impact. These new patents increase to fourteen the TraceGains' patent portfolio for its cross-enterprise solutions and technology ...› Continue reading
What You Should Know About Genetically Modified Food
Americans are either the bravest or the most stupid people in the world - they have no scruples against being human guinea-pigs to the genetically modified food industry which promotes GM foods with very few credible studies on safety. Aided by government support, up to 60% of the processed food in this country contains genetic modified ingredients, which European and South American and many Asian countries have banned from human consumption. And since GM foods are labeled as such in this ...› Continue reading
ADHD and Food Allergies
ADHD and Food Allergies by Anthony Kane, MD Introduction There are a number of controversial areas in medicine when it comes to ADHD. Food allergy is certainly one of them. The classic allergic reaction, which is classified as the type-1 hypersensitivity reaction, can be elicited by food, but this is fairly uncommon. When we discuss food sensitivities in ADHD we are discussing a different, not well-defined, mechanism. One of the main progenitors of the food allergy/ADHD connection is Dr. ...› Continue reading
Food Sources That Boost Glutathione Naturally
Copyright © 2004 Priya Shah Glutathione, the body's master antioxidant and detoxifier, is one of the 14 "Superfoods" listed in SuperFoods Rx : Fourteen Foods That Will Change Your Life, co-authored by Dr Steven Pratt. Glutathione levels cannot be increased to a clinically beneficial extent by orally ingesting a single dose of glutathione. (1) This is because glutathione is manufactured inside the cell, from its precursor amino acids, glycine, glutamate and cystine. Hence food sources or ...› Continue reading
Some food allergies and how to avoid them
Some food allergies and how to avoid them: Almonds to Coconut: Thomas Leo Ogren In the following list I'll outline some of the more common food allergies. Just because some food isn't in this list doesn't mean that it couldn't cause an allergy. Remember, almost any food that you eat too often and too much of over an extended period of time can trigger a food allergy. It is always smart to eat a wide variety of food and not to rely on eating the same kind of food over and over again. Almonds: ...› Continue reading
How much food is really enough?
Ok, so you think you're doing all the right things, eating low fat foods, exercising regularly, thinking slim, but at the end of the day, you're still not breaking through those barriers and shedding weight like you'd like to. Well don't fret people, stand in the queue with all the others who, like you, are struggling to come to grips with this one. Thankfully, there are some very simple steps we can take that will really help you to start making some gains in this area. Did you know for ...› Continue reading
Good Food / Bad Food - What's Left to Eat?
We've entered the Twilight Zone when it comes to the multitude of diets being promoted today. Starting with the Atkins Diet followed by the South Beach Diet, both higher in protein, lower in carbs, but the distinction should be on quality of carbs, not singling out one nutrient as "bad." If you are on the Atkins Diet or South Beach Diet simply adjust from eating low quality carbs like refined flour and highly refined sugar products (comes in a box, or ready-to-eat) to eating more whole ...› Continue reading