Food Safety in America – Salmonella Beware!
Finally, the U.S. government is getting serious about food safety. In the past few years, we have had so many outbreaks of infections from food contamination that our government has finally been shaken to act. Our government health organizations have done a good job in establishing food and beverage connections to these disease outbreaks. Although this is is a critical public health function, preventing illness is more important than identifying lapses in the system. Most of us would rather avoid salmonella entirely than have a government agency or epidemiologist figure out how and where we got sick.
The newly announced food safety rules are an important step forward. Obama’s new rules focus on egg safety, but the administration will be issuing new regulations on fruits and vegetables, beef and chicken in the coming months and years. The F.D.A. will be given additional resources and authority to reduce the risks of food industry contamination.
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Lutein is in food and in the back of the eye in an area called the retina. When foods containing lutein are consumed, the antioxidant is found circulating in the bloodstream.
After several weeks of supplementation, the concentration in the retina increases. This is the most important thing that we know about the nutrient, to date.
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Benefits of Eating Raw & Fermented Foods
This has happened to me more than once. I’ll be talking to someone about their diet — the typical diet of the typical American.
When I mention that 60-80% of the diet of traditional people groups isn’t cooked, they reply “I bet I don’t cook 60% of the food I eat.”
