New Proposed Labeling to Make Identifying Healthy Food and Beverages Easier

Study Calls for Simplified Food and Beverage Labeling

The Institute of Medicine called for a simplified label to go on the front of food and beverage packages that would show the number of calories per serving and contain zero to three stars or checkmarks to indicate how healthy a food or beverage was. (more…)
Pharmaceuticals and Other Chemicals Pose Potential Threat to Healthy Drinking Water

Concern Grows Over Drugs and Chemicals in Drinking Water

New analytical techniques have now made it possible to accurately measure small amounts of chemicals in drinking water. These compounds, which include pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) along with endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs), have long been known to have adverse effects on the environment. According to an article in Water Quality Products Magazine, now that these compounds can be measured in the water supply, concern is growing on the effect they may have on human health.
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Teen Boys, Sugar and Healthy Beverages

Teen Boys Consume Large Amounts of Sugary Drinks

A recent national survey has found that the amount of sugar that teen boys consume from sodas, energy drinks, sweetened fruit juices and other sugary soft drinks on a daily basis exceeds the government recommendation for all daily sugar consumption by more than 200%.
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Make Sure Your Water and Beverages Are Healthy

Fukushima Radiation in Drinking Water?

According to Food Processing Magazine, elevated levels of radiation have been found in drinking water from Los Angeles to Philadelphia, likely due to the fallout of the nuclear reactor crisis in Fukushima, Japan. Concern is growing among people who are worried about how to make sure that their drinking water and other beverages are healthy and safe. (more…)
Is Apple Juice Always a Healthy Beverage?

Concern Over Chemicals in Apple Juice

A study by the Empire State Consumer Project, a partner to the Food and Water Watch Organization, has shown an alarming high level of arsenic and heavy metals in apple juice, especially apple juice imported from China. The tests commissioned by the project revealed levels of arsenic contamination in one sample that was five times higher than what the Environmental Protection Agency allows in drinking water.
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