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Nutrition Research
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| Ag fertilizers, processed foods causing risks to “nitrosamine generation” | New research links higher exposure to fertilizer and processed foods with increased deaths associated with insulin-resistant diseases. | Aug 28, 2009 |
| Organic nutritional benefits clear in detailed French report | Organic food showed distinctive advantages in a French report reflecting detailed, long-term review. | Aug 26, 2009 |
| Organic food still best choice, when all evidence weighed | Solid data that show distinctions between organic and non-organic food increasingly affirm organic health benefits, Rodale Institute CEO Tim LaSalle wrote in the Huffington Post | Jul 31, 2009 |
| Transparent research demanded on GM crop health impacts | A French professor of molecular biology, in the news in India due to a Supreme Court challenge to a new GM crop, says much greater transparency is needed to judge the safety of this technology. | Jul 29, 2009 |
| Study shows pesticide cocktail has adverse effect on male reproductive organs | Danish researchers found that chemical mixtures including consumer-item ingredients and pesticides can cause reproductive developmental abnormalities in mammals. | Jul 28, 2009 |
| Children under 7 more vulnerable to pesticides | A new study in Environmental Health Perspectives reveals that children are more vulnerable to the toxicity of pesticides than adults, and for a longer period of time than previously believed. | Jul 22, 2009 |
| Organic tomatoes show higher nutrient content | Organically grown tomatoes provide more micronutrients and increased flavonoid levels, a 10-year California study shows. | Jul 15, 2009 |
| For honest debate on organic nutrition, real data matters | Where hard data matters, organic advocates have more and more science on their side.
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| UK residents choose healthy diet over vitamins | A new report shows an increase in residents of the United Kindom who to get nutrients from their diets instead of vitamins and supplements. | Jun 25, 2009 |
| Medical group urges ending use of GM foods | A physicians group has concluded that genetically modified foods “pose a serious health risk” to humans and animals alike, based on animal feeding trials. | Jun 01, 2009 |
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