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Is My Food Safe?: Artificial Sugars

June 15, 2022 By Julie Lanford MPH, RD, CSO, LDN

Welcome to post #8 and the FINAL post in the "Is my food safe?" series! If you missed any of the others, you can find links and the webinar recording on this page. I hope you all have learned a lot from this series and feel more comfortable about the food supply. Today we will be looking at artificial sugars and comparing them to regular sugar. Lets get started with finding out what artificial sugars even are! What is the difference between artificial and natural … [Read more...]

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Is my Food Safe? Heavy Metals in Fish

May 31, 2022 By Julie Lanford MPH, RD, CSO, LDN

Welcome to post #7 in my “Is my food safe?” series! If you missed any of the others, you can find links and the webinar recording on this page. Today, we will look into the heavy metals that can be found in fish! What are Heavy Metals? Heavy metals are elements with high density that are toxic in low amounts such as... MercuryArsenicIronLeadZinc These metals in high amounts can have a negative impact on an individuals health and in large enough amounts can cause … [Read more...]

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Is my Food Safe? Genetically Modified Food

May 19, 2022 By Julie Lanford MPH, RD, CSO, LDN

Welcome to post #6 in my "Is my food safe?" series! If you missed any of the others, you can find links and the webinar recording on this page. I know you all have heard about genetically modified foods or GMOs. They might seem scary, but I'm here to tell you why you don't need to worry about them! Lets start by understanding the genetic engineering process... What does Genetically Modified Mean? Genetically modified organism (GMO) is a plant that had a tweak in … [Read more...]

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Is my Food Safe? Antibiotics in Food

May 12, 2022 By Julie Lanford MPH, RD, CSO, LDN

Welcome to post #5 in my "Is my food safe?" series! If you missed any of the others, you can find links and the webinar recording on this page. Today we are discussing antibiotics. Why are they used in our animal products and how does that effect us?? Why Antibiotics are used? Antibiotics are used in farming to prevent livestock from getting sick and dying. Without antibiotics animals could get sick and die and their meat, milk or eggs would never be part of the food … [Read more...]

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Is my Food Safe? Hormones in Food

May 6, 2022 By Julie Lanford MPH, RD, CSO, LDN

Welcome to post #4 in the "Is my food safe?" series! If you missed any of the others, you can find links and the webinar recording on this page. In this post I will be going over what hormones are and why they're in our food! There is debate (and I'm sure you have heard someone say this before!) that this is linked to cancer risk. But, the BOTTOM LINE is that this is false! There is no research that backs this statement up and far more evidence that cancer is impacted by … [Read more...]

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