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30 Foods You Should Stop Buying Forever

  • Robert
  • April 7, 2020

Based on information gleaned from our website, along with shrewd money saving suggestions via The Healthy, we’ve listed 30 Foods You Should Stop Buying Forever in order to improve your health and save money. [caption id="attachment_422225" align="alignnone" width="700"] Instead of Parmig... Read More »

Resistant Killer Bugs: An Epic Medical Catastrophe Looms

  • Spence Cooper
  • July 22, 2017

We at FriendsEat, along with scores of online publications, public health experts, and consumer advocacy groups, have discussed for years the imminent danger associated with the continued abusive use of antibiotics in industrial farming. Healthy cattle and poultry are routinely injected with antibi... Read More »

Oceans Of Garbage (Infographic)

  • FriendsEAT
  • July 21, 2017

I do believe in Karma: everything we do comes back to us. Pollution is one of the major problems that we are facing. Today's infographic will show you shocking statistics on water pollution. In here you'll be able to understand why karma is really true. People are eating their trash! This is in fac... Read More »

Top 8 Food Items You Thought Were Good But Are Bad

  • Spence Cooper
  • July 19, 2017

The power and influence of marketing in setting trends and influencing consumer buying habits is reflected in the eight food items we've chosen to illustrate how consumers are duped. Because ultimately, many of the things you buy that you believe to be good are sometimes really bad. 8) Fish Oil S... Read More »

List of GMO-Free Foods

  • Spence Cooper
  • July 6, 2017

Despite mandatory GMO labeling in more than 60 countries around the world, last year, a California ballot measure that would have required labeling of genetically modified/engineered food was narrowly defeated. [caption id="attachment_146322" align="aligncenter" width="700"] The battle for labeling... Read More »

85 Medications Affected by Eating Grapefruit – Half Can Be Fatal

  • Spence Cooper
  • July 5, 2017

According to a report in the Southern Medical Journal, grapefruit juice is a well-documented inhibitor of a specific enzyme (CYP3A4 isoenzyme) involved in the metabolism of over 50% of commonly prescribed drugs. Americans consume grapefruit juice in large quantities, with 14% of the population dr... Read More »

NYC Fish Fraud (Infographic)

  • FriendsEAT
  • July 4, 2017

Do you like seafoods? Specially fish? You must take a look at our infographic today. Seafood was sampled from 81 retail outlets in NYC, the DNA of seafood was tested, where at least one mislabeled item was found 39% of the time. SOurce: Oceana... Read More »

In Vitro Meat From Celebrity Tissue – Who Would You Eat?

  • Spence Cooper
  • June 30, 2017

If any of this is true, celebrity worship has now reached a bizarre level of cannibalism. A company called BiteLabs claims they plan to grow meat from celebrity tissue samples and use it to make artisanal salami. [see video] [caption id="attachment_149908" align="aligncenter" width="700"] A startup... Read More »

14 Restaurant Workers Reveal the One Item You Should Never Order

  • Spence Cooper
  • December 12, 2015

In a previous article we featured warnings from restaurant employees on what items on the menu to absolutely avoid gleaned from Reddit. (source) After a recent similar question was posed on Reddit -- "Fast food workers of Reddit, what should we NOT order at your restaurant? Why not?"-- Foodbeast s... Read More »

Why These Great Cheeses Are Unavailable in America

  • Spence Cooper
  • November 29, 2015

According to most cheese experts, there are roughly 1000 types of cheese, classified by type of milk, moisture, mold content, methods of processing, and added flavorings. [caption id="attachment_147048" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Check out the four amazing cheeses we're missing here in Americ... Read More »

10 Reasons NOT To Consume Energy Drinks

  • Spence Cooper
  • November 27, 2015

The family of a Brooklyn father, 33-year-old Cory Terry, has filed an $85 million wrongful death lawsuit against Red Bull. (Source) Terry died of a heart attack during a basketball game after drinking a can of the energy drink. The New York Daily News reports it's the first wrongful death suit fil... Read More »

Is Double-Dipping Risky?

  • Spence Cooper
  • October 30, 2015

We've all done it at one time or another. Some call it double-dipping" scooping a huge corn chip in party dip or salsa, taking a bite and then placing the chip back into the bowl again for another scoop.  (Source) Most people frown on the act of double-dipping because they assume it spreads unwan... Read More »

6 Stunning CDC Revelations About Restaurant Food

  • Spence Cooper
  • October 12, 2015

Forty-eight million people become ill and 3,000 die each year in the United States because of foodborne disease outbreaks. [caption id="attachment_145523" align="aligncenter" width="700"] 10-year CDC Surveillance Report reveals 6 Disturbing Facts about Restaurant Food[/caption] According to a 10-y... Read More »

8 Tips on Staying Gluten-Free When Dining Out

  • Spence Cooper
  • September 27, 2015

A gluten-free diet is a diet that excludes the protein gluten, which is found in grains such as wheat, barley, rye and triticale -- a cross between wheat and rye. Gluten causes inflammation in the small intestines of people with celiac disease, which interferes with the absorption of nutrients. Mai... Read More »

The Skim Milk Scam

  • Spence Cooper
  • September 25, 2015

In 1980, the USDA's first dietary guidelines suggested: "If you prefer whole milk to skim milk you can reduce your intake of fat from foods other than milk." [caption id="attachment_144884" align="aligncenter" width="700"] The Truth with Skim Milk[/caption] Then in 1985, the USDA recommended a swi... Read More »

9 Steps We Can All Take To Achieve a Sustainable Future

  • Spence Cooper
  • September 21, 2015

GRACE Communications Foundation consists of a group of activists dedicated to increasing public awareness of the relationships between food, water and energy systems. [caption id="attachment_147563" align="aligncenter" width="700"] GRACE Communications Foundation shows the nexus of food, water, and... Read More »

An Unsuspecting Source of Salmonella May Be Hiding In Your Kitchen

  • Spence Cooper
  • September 7, 2015

Salmonella is one of the most common causes of food-borne illness, and affects over one million Americans annually. More than 23,000 are hospitalized and 450 die. Death results if an infection spreads from the intestines to vital organs by way of the bloodstream. Symptoms include diarrhea, fever an... Read More »

Can Hair In Food Make You Sick?

  • Spence Cooper
  • September 6, 2015

The horror and revolting disgust of having to pull a strand -- or strands -- of hair from a mouthful of food is enough to make some of us discard the remaining meal left on our plate. I shudder just thinking about it. But inadvertently eating a few strands of hair is not a health threat, explains P... Read More »

In-Depth Look at Honey’s Eternal Shelf Life and Medicinal Properties

  • Spence Cooper
  • August 24, 2015

Not many raw foods have an indefinite shelf life, but there are a few: salt, sugar, dried rice, and above all honey. The testament to the eternal shelf-life of honey is that archaeologists have found pots of honey thousands of years old in ancient Egyptian tombs, yet the honey is still unspoiled a... Read More »

5 Unbelievably Vegan Foods

  • Antonio Evans
  • August 17, 2015

Living off a strict vegetarian diet is no rocket science to most vegans. But for those who have no 24/7 access to organic produce, they find refuge in processed food. And that's one cause of dilemma for most vegans. Understanding food labels on processed goods is similar to detective work, especiall... Read More »

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