Studies Show That Diet Coke May Kill

The artificial sweeteners that are in most diet drinks, such as diet Coke will kill you, eventually. The National Cancer Institute identified a significant and impressive increase in brain cancer starting in...

Toxic Mercury Found in Most US Corn Syrup

Candy, snacks, sodas and more - high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) can be found in many mainstream products lining the shelves of grocery stores everywhere. Two recent reports, one in the current issue of Environmental...

Artificial Sweeteners Like Those In Diet Sodas Linked To Weight Gain

"All you diet soda drinkers out there, a warning--that can of coke may not be as "diet" as you think. A recent Purdue University study links artificial sweeteners like those find in diet sodas to weight gain, even if you have just one a day.  "

FDA Threatened Celestial Tea Company over Use of Natural Sweetener Stevia

I just discovered NaturalNews.com - http://www.naturalnews.com/I particularly liked the 'health' section – and the article Natural Tooth Cure for Curing Cavities and Preventing Root Canals, which shows that cavities can be healed through nutrition.And, under the heading of...

Fake Sugar, Real Cancer

Even in realistic "human-sized" doses (not a rat eating six tons of the stuff), aspartame has been proven carcinogenic. Aspartame is found in products ranging from soda pop to medicine tablets; this discovery raises important questions of trust in a profit-driven food...

High Fructose Corn Syrup - Is It Safe?

If you have ever read the ingredients label on food items such as candy bars, chips and snacks, soda, fruit juice cocktails, jams and jellies, ice cream, yogurt and even white and whole wheat breads, chances are you have wondered what high fructose corn syrup is. High...

New Mexico's ban on aspartame is still possible in spite of heavy resistance

Sen. Gerald Ortiz y Pino, D-Albuquerque, has sponsored a bill that would ban the sale of food containing aspartame, a popular sweetener that some claim is a toxin that poses serious health risks. Original source: http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/37758.html - Gerald Ortiz y...

Tim Hortons in the Biosciences Complex

"I like that not all Tim Hortons are the same. The one at Princess and Clergy is textbook Kingston - decked out in limestone. There is one in my town in the Okanagan that is applicably desert themed. The Tim Hortons smack dab in the BioSci complex means business - much like...

Recipe for Disaster

No other single food contributes more calories to the teenage diet than sodas.

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