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F.D.A. to Reconsider Plastic Bottle Risk
By JULIE SCELFO

Published: December 23, 2008

WEEKS after its own advisory board accused the Food and Drug Administration of failing to adequately consider research about the dangers of bisphenol-A, found in many plastic baby bottles, plastic food containers and metal can linings, the agency has agreed to reconsider the issue.

Did you know that Austin Water Utility routinely injects an unrefined industrial-grade toxic waste chemical into our everyday water supply?

Casa de Luz Baker Barbara Martin brought this important video short to our attention and write that "it will break your heart, or have you standing up shouting."  Its focus is on the fracture between current agricultural practices and food for eaters.  

www.wearewhatweeatthemovie.com

Here is a scientific explanation behind Casa de Luz's ongoing elimination processed grains from Casa de Luz.  Dr. Andrew Geil explains why whole grains have a low glycemic index whereas processed carbohydrates--including those made with flour or puffed grains--have a high GI (the "Glycemic Index" is a ranking of carbohydrate foods on the basis of how they affect glucose, i.e., blood sugar). 

Gluten allergy - or coeliac disease - used to be considered a rare condition, but new research suggests that 1 in 100 may be affected. Symptoms vary from digestive complaints and fatigue to headaches and anaemia, although a gluten allergy can underpin any type of unexplained ill health. Historically, diagnosis has been time-consuming and intrusive.

Until now that is.

Re-Inventing Our Children's Lunches: Ann Cooper's Strong Message is to Stop "Feeding our Children to Death"

Ann Cooper is a powerful voice behind the movement to improve the standard of nutrition in our school cafeterias and her message is loud and clear: We are teaching our children to eat unhealthy food.  In her crucial speech on TED she draws attention to the prevalence of chemically-laden processed foods in school lunches and draws a link to the increased rates of early-onset diabetes in America's children.