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01/24/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

Going gluten-free: More fat, sugar and arsenic, less protein and fiber – all for 160% more money

Grocery stores are full of products proclaiming their gluten-free status, and this has prompted many people to believe that this is somehow a desirable quality from a health standpoint. While that’s certainly the case if you have a true allergy to gluten in the form of Celiac disease, it’s important that you don’t get caught […]

12/16/2015 / By Vicki Batts

Would you like some arsenic with your chicken?

Four years ago, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a report condemning the use of arsenic drugs in conventionally farmed chickens and pigs. Yes, you read that right. Drugs, made from arsenic, in food. The drug is called 3-Nitro©, or roxarsone, and it’s a known carcinogen to humans. It’s used to treat chicken […]

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