We have too many food deserts in #SouthCarolina and the elimination of funding to address it, I believe, will cause a humanitarian crisis in our state.

#FoodDeserts #hunger #processedfood #nutrition #agriculture #USDA #farmers

https://youtube.com/shorts/aYQBW0yFvVE?feature=share

HHS Secretary RFK Jr. told food industry leaders (like Kellogg's, Smucker's and General Mills) that he wants them to remove (all) artificial color additives from their products by the end of his time in office.

(that happened last Monday)

#USA #USGov #health #food #USPol #FoodIndustry #ProcessedFood

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rfk-jr-tells-food-leaders-artificial-dyes-removed/story?id=119683107

Chef Boyardee Statue in Omaha, Nebraska

A life-size bronze statue of Ettore Boiardi, the man behind the can.#processedfood #statues #chefs #section-Atlas #section-GastroPlace
Chef Boyardee Statue

Yikes! Toxic chemicals used in food preparation leach into human bodies, study finds - Just more bad news about how the processed factory food industry is slowly killing us all. #Food #ProcessedFood #PublicHealth #chemicals https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/16/health/food-packaging-chemical-toxins-study-wellness/index.html

Ultra-processed US foods are ultra-bad for you. Here’s what to know

"A growing number of grocery-store foods, from fruit-flavored yogurts to packaged bread, are being tied to health concerns"

#health #diet #processedfood

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/20/processed-foods-health-what-to-know

#ProcessedFood #BrainHealth

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/04/well/eat/ultraprocessed-food-mental-health.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

I became vegetarian 53 years ago, it mostly meant I had to learn to cook, one of the best things in my life as it turned out.
It’s brilliant that so many people are switching to a vegan diet but this drive seems to involve seeking out plant based processed food rather than acquiring cookery skills.
It’s increasingly understood that processed food doesn’t support a healthy microbiome. #Vegan #micrbiome #cookeryskills #vegetarian #processedfood