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Mott's Will Help You Water Down Your Juice If You Like
Here’s a perfect example of why you should always approach “healthy” labeling on food products with a skeptical eye. Summer did a quick side-by-side comparison of regular Mott’s apple juice with new...
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If This Juice Is Made From Strawberries, Where's The Naturally Occurring...
John read our post yesterday about Naked Juice‘s decision to remove vitamins and herbal stuff from some of their product line, and forwarded us a response he got from the company a month ago. His...
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Whole Foods CEO Spurs Boycott With Health Care Views
Memo to Whole Foods CEO John Mackey: when much of your customer base consists of reusable-bag-using, wheatgrass-munching “progressive” types, it’s probably not such a good idea to publish an op-ed in...
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Whole Grain Wheat Thins Are No Healthier Than Regular Ones
Here’s a perfect example of why you should ignore what’s on the front of a product package and go straight to the nutritional info instead. Kraft’s Wheat Thins now come in a “100% Whole Grain” variety,...
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How To Eat Cheaply And Healthily
It’s easy enough to spend as little money as possible on food. A diet consisting of ramen and dollar menu items will accomplish that feat. Higher-quality food that’s actually good for you tends to cost...
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Foods That May Help Keep You Cancer-Free
Everything you put into your body has some effect on your health and well-being. Some foods are believed to lower the risk of cancer. While there’s nothing you can eat that will insure you don’t get...
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Olive Oil 'For Kids' Is Apparently A Thing
Marketing material for Zoe brand organic extra virgin olive oil targeted at kids brags that it is “at the forefront of the burgeoning children’s health food market.” While the news that there is food...
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Soda At Walmart Is Wholesome, Healthy, Delicious, Or One Out Of Three
Meals? Reader Kathy sent along this photo that she took at Walmart. She found this display kind of puzzling, and for good reason. “Seriously? So suddenly soda is ‘wholesome and healthy’?” she writes....
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Mystery Solved: Why Walmart Thinks A Bottle Of Sprite Is A ‘Meal’
(Mindy) On Monday, we shared a reader-submitted photo of a shelf of two-liter soda bottles with some baffling signs. Coke, Sprite, and their diet varieties were declared “Wholesome, Healthy, and...
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My Health Insurer’s Idea Of ‘Healthy’ Food Is Mayonnaise And Ice Cream
(Heather L. Shannon) Should our health insurers try to nudge us toward the healthiest habits possible, like eating fresh, healthy food and exercising regularly? Or should they just give up, accept...
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Nestle Makes Deal To Buy Brain And Liver Cells For Nutrition Research
(Paxton Holley)Yesterday, the news broke that Nestle, the Swiss food superconglomerate, made a deal to obtain lab-grown human brain and liver cells from Cellular Dynamics International. What’s this all...
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Chia Pet Makers Now Selling Jars Of Ch-Ch-Ch-Chia Seeds
Chia seeds are a hot food item now, but Joseph Enterprises was ahead of its time. They put chia seeds in millions of American homes starting three decades ago. Of course, there’s one key difference: we...
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There’s Another Possible Payment Data Breach At Natural Grocers
(northernplateguy)Apparently, natural foods stores are ready to compete with the big grocery chains. No, not on price–Natural Grocers, a small chain of about 93 stores in 15 states that’s based in...
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FDA To Health Food Companies: The Word ‘Healthy’ Has An Actual Meaning
(Mike Mozart)Kind bars are quite tasty, but are they healthy? Sure, they’re made from ostensibly healthy ingredients like nuts and dried fruit, but some bars also have ingredients like chocolate and...
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Every Regular Grocery Store Is Already A Downmarket Whole Foods
(Frankieleon)The idea of a lower-priced version of Whole Foods aimed at younger consumers is intriguing, but there’s already a hugely popular downmarket alternative to Whole Foods for people seeking...
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Whole Foods Cutting 1,500 Jobs In Order To Offer Customers Lower Prices
Your next shopping trip to Whole Foods may come with a bit less interaction with employees, as the health food chain said Monday that it would be eliminating approximately 1,500 jobs in order to offer...
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