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Just take those sugary characters off the shelf

April 30, 2011 by Jessica 2 Comments

Long before I’d even come close to letting my son watch a Clifford video, his eyes lit up at the big red dog on the Cascadian Farms cereal box. Come to think of it, that was probably even before I ever let him eat any cereal. (Any cereal always been gluten-free and character-free, and I’ve…

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Filed Under: Activism & Politics, D.C. Metro, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, The Arts, Uncategorized Tagged With: characters, children, FDA, Federal Trade Commission, food, Fun Food Friday, junk food, marketing, processed food, real food, sugar, USDA, whole food

Food dyes: FDA misses the opportunity to help children

April 6, 2011 by Jessica Leave a Comment

I was so excited to hear that the FDA was taking on the issue of food dyes and considering banning them or requiring a warning label. People deserve to be protected from foods that cause such havoc in young brains. Unfortunately, the FDA voted 8 to 6 last week not to ban artificial food dyes…

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Filed Under: Activism & Politics, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Uncategorized Tagged With: ADHD, artificial colors, artificial flavors, behavior, FDA, food, food dyes, processed food, real food

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