food safety Archives

Do GMOs Count as “Real Food”?

by Office | Sep 26, 2018 | Diet & Nutrition

Good nutrition is essential for both your oral and general health. Your best source of nutrients? Real food. By “real food,” we mean fresh, whole foods, as close as possible to the form in which they were grown and preferably organic. It’s the opposite of the...

Don’t Let E. coli Steal Your Leafy Greens

by Office | Jun 13, 2018 | Diet & Nutrition

It’s no surprise that consumer confidence in leafy greens has plummeted since E. coli traced to romaine lettuce sickened hundreds of individuals, put 89 in the hospital, and killed five. What’s unfortunate is that it may be scaring folks away from any kind of leafy...

Food Politics Can Divide – or Unite

by Office | Aug 10, 2016 | Diet & Nutrition

No doubt, this year’s presidential campaign is tough to ignore. And one thing has come clear: More attention provides more fodder for disagreement. Not only does this discord speak to the ideological distance between citizens who identify as conservative and those who...