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‘If You Can’t Pronounce It, Don’t Eat It’: Meet the Food Blogger Influencing RFK Jr.
Dressed in a purple jumpsuit and wearing her signature bright pink lipstick, Vani Hari walks through a grocery store aisle filled with Easter candy. “Welcome to the holiday death aisle,” says the 46-year-old food activist and influencer, gesticulating dramatically. “It’s back, and it’s in Easter form.”
Hari, who blogs as “The Food Babe,” rattles off a list of ingredients, taking pains to emphasize how unpronounceable the chemical names in a pack of roll-up candy are: “poly meanite… what?”
Last month, the White House invited her to the first Make America Healthy Again Moms’ roundtable. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. moderated the closed-door meeting with some of the most influential women in the new Republican administration including members of the Cabinet.
Ultra-Processed Foods Now Leading Cause of Early Death, Warns BBC Doctor
A leading physician has raised alarms on the widely-listened-to Diary of a CEO podcast, suggesting that a certain ubiquitous food item might be more lethal than smoking. Dr. Chris van Tulleken, known for his BBC science programs and expertise in infectious diseases, alongside his medical twin brother Dr. Xand, a regular on BBC Morning Live, left listeners including host Steven Bartlett astounded with his claims.
In his recent work titled “Ultra-Processed People,” Dr. Chris addresses the persistent confusion about what constitutes a healthy diet: “For a very long time, we have been incredibly confused about what to eat.” He points out the common misunderstanding regarding unhealthy foods: “We’ve called the foods that harm us junk food and processed food — high fat, salt and sugar food.
“We’ve not had a way of labeling food even as a pandemic of disease taken over the world,” reports Birmingham Live. Dr. Chris also draws attention to the global reach of this problem, affecting impoverished nations and disadvantaged communities within the U.K. alike: “This is particularly true in low income countries and particularly true with low income people living in the UK.”
Nestlé Baby Food Found With Toxin Levels Above Limit
In an alarming revelation, young parents across France are being urged to take immediate action following a significant recall of certain Nestlé baby food products. This recall highlights ongoing concerns regarding food safety, particularly for children.
On Friday, France’s government website announced a recall involving various infant food products from the Nestlé brand, which have become staples in many households. The key issue? The detection of Ochratoxin A, a natural toxin produced by some molds, at quantities deemed unsafe for young children.
The affected products include beloved recipes such as Ham Green Lenses, Paella, Spaghetti Bolognese, Chicken Tags and Organic Bolognese Spaghetti, among others. Parents must act fast to ensure their children’s safety by checking product dates and responding to the recall notice.
Ochratoxin A, although naturally occurring, poses serious health risks, especially to young children whose immune systems are still developing. The potential for toxins in baby food raises a poignant question — how do we protect our most vulnerable consumers? The implications extend beyond a simple recall; they point towards systemic issues within food production safety protocols that could affect consumers in countries worldwide.
Lab-Grown Chicken Nuggets May Soon Hit Supermarkets
Scientists may have found a new way to make chicken nuggets — without need any animals.The development is a big step forward in the world of cultured meat — meat grown from animal cells instead of animals.
In the study, the team used chicken fibroblast cells, which come from connective tissue, and turned them into bite-sized pieces of whole-cut chicken with the help of tiny fiber tubes and robot-assisted assembly. Professor Derek Stewart, Director of the Advanced Plant Growth Centre and Co-Director of the National Alternative Protein Innovation Centre at The James Hutton Institute, called the research “an exciting advance in the alternative protein sector and specifically culture meat.”
He added, “The science on display here is solid and robust, with a significant level of supplementary material to support the conclusions. It addresses many of the challenges that were seen as stumbling blocks such as aligned cell growth to deliver the meat texture sensory experience as well as the fundamental issues of getting nutrients and oxygen to the growing solid meat tissue.”
Banned DDT Discovered in Canadian Trout 70 Years After Use, Research Finds
Residues of the insecticide DDT have been found to persist at “alarming rates” in trout even after 70 years, potentially posing a significant danger to humans and wildlife that eat the fish, research has found. Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, known as DDT, was used on forested land in New Brunswick, Canada, from 1952 to 1968. The researchers found traces of it remained in brook trout in some lakes, often at levels 10 times higher than the recommended safety threshold for wildlife.
“DDT is a probable carcinogen that we haven’t used in 70 years here [Canada], yet it’s abundant in fish and lake mud throughout much of the province at shockingly high levels,” said Josh Kurek, an associate professor in environmental change and aquatic biomonitoring at Mount Allison University in Canada and lead author of the research.
The research, published in the journal Plos One, discovered that DDT pollution covers about 50% of New Brunswick province. Brook trout is the most common wild fish caught in the region, and the research found DDT was present in its muscle tissue, in some cases 10 times above the recommended Canadian wildlife guidelines.
