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October 8, 2010 - Issue 1549


Eliminate Fructose and Watch How This Lowers Your Blood Pressure

Lowering Blood Pressure

October 8, 2010

New research shows that consuming too much of this common food is associated with a 77% greater risk of high blood pressure. Making this simple change in what you eat each day not only promises to help bring down high blood pressure, but you're likely to feel better in other ways, too.

Why Did Officials Approve this Bt-toxin Corn Chip that Creates a 'Pesticide Factory' in Your Gut?

Why Did Officials Approve this Bt-toxin Corn Chip that Creates a 'Pesticide Factory' in Your Gut?

October 8, 2010

Some of your favorite foods contain built-in pesticides that ‘resist pests’ – a euphemism for ‘contains its own pesticide’. When bugs take a bite of the plant, the toxin splits their stomach open and kills them. So what does it do to you when you eat foods made with those crops? And how long does the effect persist in your stomach?