Food sensitivities have reached epidemic proportions in recent years. And experts are quick to blame gluten, a protein found in wheat. I’ll admit wheat products have even started to bother me in [...]
Category: Pesticides
Your “gluten intolerance” could really be pesticide poisoning
Gluten is a protein that has been present in wheat since it was first cultivated for human consumption about 10,000 years ago. But cultivated grains represent a mere “drop in the bucket” when it [...]
Food sensitivities linked to common herbicide
Back in the 1970s, agro-business giant Monsanto created the toxic, chemical herbicide glyphosate, now commonly known as “Roundup.” Unlike other herbicides used in farming at the time, glyphosate [...]
How the federal GMO labeling law undercuts YOUR rights
Vermont had a perfectly good new law that required food manufacturers to label products that contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The Vermont law even prompted some major companies to [...]
More damning evidence about pesticides
Some of the most damning evidence I’ve seen lately about the dangers of pesticide chemicals comes from Iran. Of course, Iran has been in the news for other reasons this year as the Obama [...]