Link Between Nitrate Levels and Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Diabetes

Researchers have found a substantial link between increased levels of nitrates in our environment and food with increased deaths from diseases, including Alzheimer’s, diabetes mellitus and Parkinson’s.
Led by Suzanne de la Monte, the researchers studied the trends in mortality rates due to diseases that are associated with aging, such as diabetes, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and cerebrovascular [...]

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Organic Center Response to the FSA Study

An advance copy of a study appeared today that will be published in the September edition of the “American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.” The published paper, “Nutritional quality of organic foods: a systematic review,” was written by a team led by Alan Dangour, at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and funded by [...]

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Getting Real About the High Price of Cheap Food

By Bryan Walsh

Somewhere in Iowa, a pig is being raised in a confined pen, packed in so tightly with other swine that their curly tails have been chopped off so they won’t bite one another. To prevent him from getting sick in such close quarters, he is dosed with antibiotics. The waste produced [...]

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Uncle Matt’s Sponsors Local Senior Citizen Basketball Team, Winner of the 2009 Summer National Senior Games

Clermont, FL (August 26, 2009) Uncle Matt’s Organic is pleased to announce that one of its sponsored organizations has put Clermont on the map … at least in the active senior world of sports! Local area Magic Seniors basketball team went all the way to first place in the 2009 Summer National Senior Games held [...]

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Choose Organic! It’s worth it.

When you choose organic, you do more than help yourself. You’re making a difference for your family, the home in which you live and the environment around us. You’re also investing in your future. It’s worth it.
Find out more: http://www.organicitsworthit.com/

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Organic and All-Natural Kids Snacks and Baby Foods: Seven Case Studies

Health-conscious parents seem committed to continuing to buy healthy food for their children despite the recession, even as they economise in other areas.
Sales of the leading organic kids’ brands have surprised most commentators by continuing to grow:
- In the US, the $100 million (€71.9 million) Annie’s brand has recorded sales growth of 25% since September [...]

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US: Pesticides in your peaches: Tribune and USDA studies find pesticides, some in excess of EPA rules, in the fragrant fruit

As we munch into the fragrant core of peach season, shoppers face an array of choices for the same fuzzy fruit but little guidance on which type to pick. Expensive organic? Pricey farmers market? Cheap peaches from the grocery store?
Cost is certainly important. But there are essential numbers that go beyond the price tag of [...]

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