Pantry Moths in Your Lunch? A Super-Gross Reason to Avoid Processed Supermarket Food If you’ve opened the pantry door or a bag of rice and had a moth fly in your face, you may have wondered: How did the bug get in there? Sarah Bryce asked herself that question when she found a pantry moth larva burrowed into a banana she had picked up to eat, before discovering dozens more inside packages of dry food in the cupboard of her Boston apartment. “We were so disgusted,” Bryce remembers. After throwing away all her dry food except for a few items—“probably $100 worth”—Bryce bleached the cupboard and hoped she’d solved the problem. What she found would be perhaps the most disgusting revelation of all: that she’d most likely purchased the affected products from the supermarket with the pests and their eggs already living there. But moths show up in food even before the supermarket, says Phil LaQuaglia, owner of Greenhouse Pest Management, an organic exterminating company in Acworth, Georgia. What can consumers do to prevent pantry moths?
The Washington Post is Wrong About Farmed Salmon The Washington Post is Wrong About Farmed Salmon Posted Wed, Sep 25, 2013 by Justine Hausheer to atlantic salmon, chilean salmon aquaculture, farmed salmon, Save the Ocean: Feed the World, washington post Parasitic sea lice from farmed salmon can spread to wild fish nearby. (Photo: Pure Salmon Campaign ) Today the Washington Post ran an article in their Food section lauding advances in the salmon farming industry. We’re here to set the record straight: farmed salmon are not a sustainable seafood choice, and they’re not good for the oceans. When you eat farmed salmon, you’re really eating another fish called the jack mackerel, or any number of other wild fish being fed to salmon. Even if the ratio of wild fish to farmed fish it 1 to 1, you are still eating a pound of jack mackerel or another wild species—which are likely in trouble—when you eat your farmed salmon. It’s fair to say that salmon farming is better than it used to be, but it used to be horrendous.
9 Food Lies People Are Telling You, From Casual Myths To Straight Up Betrayal Sometimes, someone will tell you something about food that just doesn't sound right. You'll think, "That doesn't totally jive with me, but maybe they're right." We're here to break the news to you: people are telling you food lies, and some of them are your family and friends. Sorry to be the ones to break it to you. These common food lies run the gamut from harmless myth to outright betrayal, and we're here to expose them once and for all. Some of these might be painful, but we promise it's for the best. LIE: Spaghetti Squash Is A Great Substitute For Spaghetti Listen, just because something looks like something else doesn't mean it's the same. WikiMedia Yes we will.
Craze Sports Supplement Reportedly Contains Meth-Like Compound Researchers say a cousin of methamphetamine was found in the sports supplement Craze. According to ABC’s David Kerley: Researchers, including one from Harvard, and a testing group that works for the supplement industry, looked at three samples: two purchased online – one from a store. They say they found a chemical in craze that is a cousin to methamphetamine.[...]In the short study, just published, the researchers go as far as to call the compound a potentially dangerous designer drug. But they admit, it’s not been tested. According to ABC News, an attorney for the company that makes Craze says that the researchers are incorrect, adding that their own testing found no trace of any chemical resembling methamphetamine in its product. However, the researcher from Harvard is urging the government to step in and do something about Craze and, along with his research colleagues, is warning consumers about their findings.
Why Does My Dog . . . Eat His Food Away from His Bowl? | Pets By Colleen Oakley ThinkstockIt can be a peculiar sight: After you put food in your dog's bowl, he takes a mouthful, walks across the room, drops it onto your carpet and then munches away. And he repeats this curious ritual until his chow is all gone. It doesn't seem like an efficient way to eat - not to mention that he's getting crumbs on your rug. So what gives? Possible Reasons Behind the Curious Mealtime Behavior The answer to this propensity lies in two words: pack mentality. When dogs in the wild make a kill, the outranked animals drag pieces of food away so they don't have to fight the leader or a more dominant canine for it, says Dr. "Fighting is obviously very risky, so most animals, especially subordinate ones, will go to great lengths to avoid an altercation," says Dr. See Also: Why Does My Dog... Although the competition in your house may not even be real - particularly if you only have one dog - it's his evolutionary instinct taking over. More on Vetstreet.com:
How Coconut Water Effects Farmers Coconut water can seem almost too good to be true. Offering less sugar (and a heftier price tag) than soda, ultra-hydrating electrolytes, and a whole array of other health promises, this relatively new beverage manages to come across as an intelligent choice that is also just a little self-indulgent. Coconut water’s image is best summed up by a recent scene from the popular television show Parks and Recreation, in which the character Anne Perkins (played by Rashida Jones) reveals she’s more into the amenities in her current boyfriend’s deluxe apartment than she is into him. The apartment, described as “Girl Heaven,” has “fresh flowers and gossip magazines on every table,” is heated to a consistent 80 degrees, and includes an “an entire shelf in the fridge just for coconut water.” Indeed, this tropical beverage has been labeled the “next big thing” in the industry for several years running, and it appears to be living up to its name.
Sriracha: Public Nuisance in L.A. Causing Irritation to Eyes and Throats As the cliché goes, there are four seasons in Los Angeles: Earthquake, fire, flood and drought. In Irwindale, which lies on the L.A. basin’s eastern edge, residents are learning of a new, less destructive if not uncomfortable seasonal affliction: Sriracha season. Earlier this year, Huy Fong, maker of the ubiquitous Rooster Sauce, moved its production facilities from nearby Rosemead to a 650,000 square-foot building in the suburban town of 1,422. With the proprietary hybrid jalapenos the chile sauce is made from ripening in Southern Californian fields owned by of Underwood Family Farms, this is harvest season. But production may be cut short due to a lawsuit filed by the city that says, in essence, the factory is turning the city's air into a crowd dispersant. Although its available year round, Sriracha is essentially a seasonal product. So they make a whole lot of it. But in Irwindale? Visitors don hairnets, shoe covers and safety goggles, as they might on any factory visit.
Naked Juice Class Action Lawsuit Settlement Details on how to file a claim for the Naked Juice class action lawsuit settlement are finally here! If you purchased an eligible Naked Juice product between September 27, 2007 and August 19, 2013, you can file a claim to receive up to $75 cash with proof of purchase or up to $45 cash without proof of purchase. The Naked Juice settlement will resolve several class action lawsuits filed in 2011 alleging that Naked Juice Co. engaged in deceptive advertising by labeling its products as “all natural” and “non-GMO.” Plaintiffs alleged they contained processed and synthetic ingredients, as well as ingredients from genetically modified crops. Naked Juice denies the allegations but has agreed to refund consumers as part of a $9 million class action lawsuit settlement to resolve the litigation. If you purchased eligible Naked Juice products during the Class Period, you can file a claim to receive a cash reimbursement from the class action settlement. Natalie Pappas v. Gilardi & Co., LLC P.O.
15 Foods that Kill Belly Fat Fast Take a look at these 15 foods that can actually help to reduce that stubborn belly fat: 1) Avocados: loaded with two nutrients that are KEY to killing belly fat: hunger-crushing fibre (11 - 17g per avocado) and monounsaturated fats, which studies have shown to actually "spot reduce" belly fat. 2) Peanut Butter: not just peanut butter, but mostly any seeds and nuts: postachios, walnuts, almonds,pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, and flax seeds. Why? They keep you full and satisfied for long periods of time and they are full of healthy fats and minerals. 3) Healthy Oils: extra virgin olive oil and coconut oil actually help burn fat by supplying healthy oils your body needs to burn stubborn body fat. 4) These veggies: cetain vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, kale and cabbage contain special phytonutrients (fight-o-nutrients), such as indole-3-carbinol (I3C), which help to fight against environmental estrogens that can add belly fat. 5) Omelets: Eggs arent bad!!! Related:
Darwin's Nightmare Some time in the 1960's, in the heart of Africa, a new animal was introduced into Lake Victoria as a little scientific experiment. The Nile Perch, a voracious predator, extinguished almost the entire stock of the native fish species. However, the new fish multiplied so fast, that its white fillets are today exported all around the world. Huge hulking ex-Soviet cargo planes come daily to collect the latest catch in exchange for their southbound cargo… Kalashnikovs and ammunitions for the uncounted wars in the dark center of the continent. This booming multinational industry of fish and weapons has created an ungodly globalized alliance on the shores of the world’s biggest tropical lake: an army of local fishermen, World bank agents, homeless children, African ministers, EU-commissioners, Tanzanian prostitutes and Russian pilots. Watch the full documentary now -
WalkFree.org | Take Action Florida’s tomato farms supply 50% of all U.S. fresh tomatoes but have also been called America’s ‘ground zero for slavery.’ Countless workers held against their will, threatened with violence and forced to haul hundreds of heavy tomato buckets a day for little to no pay. Thankfully, a new solution called the Fair Food Program has been proven successful. The Fair Food Program is working to enforce a policy of zero tolerance for slavery on tomato farms. But a major U.S. supermarket chain, Publix Super Markets, is refusing to support the Fair Food Program. Will Publix Super Markets, which prides itself on making Fortune’s ‘Best Companies to Work For’ list, continue to turn a blind eye and give excuses, or will it leverage its vast market influence and lead the way in cleaning up slavery in the tomato supply chain once and for all? Tell Publix to make the right decision to join the Fair Food Program and ensure our tomatoes meet the highest human rights standards in the food industry today.
7 Dodgy Food Practices Banned in Europe But Just Fine Here Last week, the European Commission voted to place a two-year moratorium on most uses of neonicotinoid pesticides, on the suspicion that they're contributing to the global crisis in honeybee health (a topic I've touched on here, here, here, and here). Since then, several people have asked me whether Europe's move might inspire the US Environmental Protection Agency to make a similar move—currently, neonics are widely used in several of our most prevalent crops, including corn, soy, cotton, and wheat. The answer is no. As I reported recently, an agency press officer told me the EU move will have no bearing on the EPA's own reviews of the pesticides, which aren't scheduled for release until 2016 at the earliest. All of which got me thinking about other food-related substances and practices that are banned in Europe but green-lighted here. Turns out there are lots. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. What Europe did: Banned them, effective this year.