Is Your Food Still Safe to Eat?

By Madeline Vann, MPH, Medically reviewed by Lindsey Marcellin, MD, MPH It's past the expiration date, but your food still smells fine. Does that mean it's okay to eat? Here are the food safety essentials that will help you avoid food-borne illnesses and digestive problems. If your food looks fine, it must be good enough to eat, ...

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Forks Over Knives: How a Plant-Based Diet Can Save America

Posted: 05/13/11 12:54 PM ET For more than 2,800 years, the concept of eating plants in their whole-food form has struggled to be heard and adopted as a way of life. However, recent evidence shows that more than ever a plant-based diet is not something to be ignored. In fact, eating a plant-based diet has become ...

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Cayenne pepper consumption could help curb appetite, study suggests

By Caroline Scott-Thomas, 28-Apr-2011 Hot cayenne pepper could help burn calories and curb appetite, particularly for people who do not regularly eat spicy food, suggests a new study from Purdue University. Although previous studies have suggested that capsaicin – the compound that makes most chilies taste hot – may reduce hunger and increase energy expenditure, the ...

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Mechanically Separated Meat

I thought you would be interested in this pink goop that goes into processed meats.  Many people eat this and give it to there children.  Hot dogs; McNugguts anyone!  Jane Fooducate writes: Folks, this is mechanically separated chicken, an invention of the late 20th century. Someone figured out in the 1960's that meat processors can eek ...

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Soy protein ingredient offers better whole muscle meat yields

You never know what’s in your food anymore.  Besides the brutal ways cattle are raised, feed, and slaughtered you now have a product that is injected into the muscle meat you buy and eat. Buyers beware, do you care what goes into your mouth and ultimately becomes part of you? Jane From FoodNavigator-USA.com 09-Dec-2010 Soy ingredients company Solae ...

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