This year, state and federal legislators took a much-needed deeper look at food safety. For consumers, this wave of newly proposed legislation signals a major cultural and regulatory shift: food safety is no longer just about bacteria or contamination — it’s about the chemicals and colors hidden in everyday products. While businesses may face reformulation costs, the consumer payoff is…
Synthetic food dyes — many of them petroleum-based — have long been linked to health concerns ranging from behavioral issues in children to cancer risks. Yet they remain available to be legally included in the U.S. food supply. That’s why the introduction of Rep. Grace Meng’s Ban Harmful Food Dyes Act takes a bold step toward cleaner, safer food. This…
If you care deeply about what goes into the bodies of our children, the newly proposed Safe Baby Formula Act, S. 2371, deserves your full attention. Introduced by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) and supported by a growing list of advocates in Congress, the Safe Baby Formula Act aims to ensure the safety of infant formula by regulating toxic metals. It…
In 2019, then top-tier ad agency Leo Burnett produced a Cheez-It commercial for its client Kellogg’s called “Taste Test,” revealing much more about the product than intended. The 15-second spot shows a group of hysterical tasters who, once they bite into the Cheez-It crackers, can’t stop and continue to compulsively eat them. “What have we done,” asks the crazed-looking scientist in the…
Open your mind to new possibilities and maybe change the way you approach health treatments – both natural and conventional. That’s the main request of Benton Bramwell, ND and Ridgecrest Herbals’ CEO, W. Matthew Warnock, JD in their new book, Rethinking Medicine: Harmonizing Science and Herbal Tradition. From the Beginning The book begins with personal stories of the authors’ winding…
Last month I wrote about some scary new changes that the poultry industry is fighting hard to bring about. Industry is hoping to ditch a long-standing USDA regulation that mandates any chickens with lesions discovered during processing must be “condemned” and not sent forth into the food supply. Those lesions, or tumors, which can appear internally or on the skin…
Fake Foods – Five ways to make eating a safer proposition in 2020 by Linda and Bill Bonvie With all the mock meat, fake eggs and even bogus proteins making a big splash in 2019, it very well could be remembered as the year of ersatz edibles. But despite all the glowing advertising and discussion of how such plant products…
Consumers have a wide variety of choice when it comes to purchasing dietary supplements—choice that exists in selecting product categories and specific products as well as choosing the company or source that sells them. Some choices are smarter than others, and consumers would be wise to do their homework. Supplement labels are changing in 2020. Time to get #LabelWise!
Here’s the best New Year’s resolution you can make BY LINDA BONVIE If you made a New Year’s resolution, probably by now the enthusiasm in following this self-improvement ritual has slowly faded into the humdrum of daily life. But I’m here to help revitalize things. It’s not too late to make one of the best New Year’s resolutions of all….
The Labeling Trick Only the FDA Could Pull Off By LINDA and BILL BONVIE Ready or not, Halloween is coming around again. For many, it’s a fun holiday that opens the magic portal to the holiday season. But for others, not so much! In the UK a recent poll found that 45 percent of Brits consider trick-or-treating an “unwelcome American…