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What foods are good and bad for you, and why. [PDF file] [via How to Save the World]

New York Times:
By Melanie Warner
WHEN Dr. Morando Soffritti, a cancer researcher in Bologna, Italy, saw the results of his team’s seven-year study on aspartame, he knew he was about to be injected into a bitter controversy over this sweetener, one of the most contentiously debated substances ever added to foods and beverages.
Aspartame is sold under [...]

Source: Grist Magazine
In a warmed world, even food won’t be as good for you
By Glenn Scherer
Humanity is on the threshold of a century of extraordinary bounty, courtesy of global climate change. That’s the opinion of Robert Balling, former scientific adviser to the Greening Earth Society, a lobbying arm of the power industry founded by the [...]

AlterNet:
A government-convened panel that was intended to discuss ways to limit marketing junk food to kids instead became an enormous PR opportunity for the junk food industry.
With rising rates of childhood obesity and diabetes, you might think that when the federal government convenes a meeting on how food companies market food to kids, talk of [...]

From NewsTarget.com:
It’s very easy to grow powerful medicines that can lower your cholesterol, protect your heart, reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease, enhance nervous system function, and protect you from diabetes and many other chronic diseases. Every plant is a pharmaceutical factory provided by nature. It’s like a multi-million dollar pharmaceutical laboratory that takes raw [...]

From Newstarget.com
by Dani Veracity
You may want to think twice before eating your next sandwich on white bread. Studies show that alloxan, the chemical that makes white flour look “clean” and “beautiful,” destroys the beta cells of the pancreas. That’s right; you may be devastating your pancreas and putting yourself at risk for diabetes, all for [...]

From MayoClinic.com:
When was the last time you ate chickpeas, navy beans or black-eyed peas? Has it been days, weeks or even months?
Legumes are among the most versatile and nutritious foods available. They’re good sources of protein and can be a healthy substitute for meat, which has more fat and cholesterol. Rediscover legumes and all the [...]

By Debra Lynn Dadd
Microwave ovens do have benefits. They are certainly convenient. They are more energy-efficient than other cooking methods. But are they safe? And do they produce food that contributes to the health of our bodies?
While there is not enough evidence to require warning labels on microwave ovens, or to remove them from the [...]

By Gary Gresham
The Chinese have known about the medicinal benefits of green tea for over 4,000 years. But recent studies are just starting to unlock these ancient secrets of green tea.
Today, a great deal of research is being carried out about green tea health benefits and the findings are very exciting.
Here are just a few [...]

By Stephen Ayers
It seems today that for every mood swing, inconvenient behavior, irritating symptom, unwanted pain, or side effect there is a distinctively colored pill to smooth the way for our hectic life styles. The advertisements are all over the TV, radio, and every form of print media telling us to ask our doctor about [...]