As an advocate for the mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods, it is concerning to me that so many people are still in the dark about…
Author: Michele Jacobson, CN
Second only to maize in worldwide production (and this mainly for the purpose of animal feed), rice is the most widely eaten grain in the world. Indeed, it…
For the past eight years the honeybee population has mysteriously been dying off in what is referred to as CCD, or Colony Collapse Disorder. Over 30%…
That’s with a Ph, as in Pharmaceuticals. This biotech process uses genetic engineering to insert genes of pharmaceuticals into host animals or plants that would not…
Proposition 37, the Mandatory Labeling of Genetically Engineered Food Initiative, was on the ballot November 6th in the state of California. It allowed citizens to vote directly…
If I truly had the answer for this one, I’d patent and bottle it! That said, there are a few things you can do to hedge…
Shortly after my book was published, I was excited to discover that it became the quotable source on nutrition stats for deep-fried turkey, as per turkeyfrying.net and The Peanut Institute. Here’s the copy from their press release:”Some may associate deep-fried foods with being highly unhealthy, but in the new book “Just Because You’re an American Doesn’t Mean You Have To Eat Like One!” author Michele Jacobson takes a closer look at this deep-frying technique. A deep-fried turkey fried in peanut oil is similar nutritionally when compared to a traditional roasted turkey in fat and calorie count. This is because the moisture in the turkey repels the oil rather than absorbing it during the deep-frying process. Due to its high temperature, the oil cannot go against the direction of the water vapor as it pushes the bubbles toward the surface so the hot oil steams the bird from the inside out.
My husband sat by my bed in the stroke unit of the hospital, reading the literature the nurse had given him. Truly, we were both in…
They’re popping up everywhere these days: in the suburbs, in the city, you can even find food trucks touting their frozen soft-serve wares. No more ice cream parlors, these days it’s the yogurt shoppe. But don’t be fooled: as Americans are flocking through their doors, lured by healthful sounding flavors such as green tea and acai berry, they are self-serving themselves “small” cups which are actually tipping the scales.
Indeed, statistics show that the average consumer takes 8-10 ounces of yogurt, and then 4-6 ounces of toppings. When all is weighed at the cash register, there may be buyers’ remorse, but this being America, most folks will eat what they paid for.
but don’t fool yourself that when it’s served up like this,
it constitutes a healthy choice!
Until recently, “GMOs” was an unfamiliar acronym to most Americans. Genetically modified and genetically engineered were scientific terms that seemed to belong in a laboratory, not…