The Science is Clear: Dirty Farm Water is Making Us Sick

This is very scary. We thought we could trust U.S. produce because we could trust the water supply. Turn out we were wrong. So feedlot runoff puts E. coli bacteria into fields growing produce, and the FDA doesn't want to require water testing.

"But six months before people were sickened by the contaminated romaine, President Donald Trump’s FDA – responding to pressure from the farm industry and Trump’s order to eliminate regulations – shelved the water-testing rules for at least four years."

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Calories and macros and BMI don't count - here are the numbers that really matter

Calories and macros and BMI don't count - 
here are the numbers that really matter

from the Washington Post

One more number that matters, that's not on this list... 4,700. This is the number of milligrams of potassium that's the RDA for adults. Seriously, almost five GRAMS. https://www.webmd.com/.../potassium-sources-and-benefits...

Foods that fight inflammation - updated August 13, 2017

Harvard Women's Health Watch

Foods that fight inflammation

Doctors are learning that one of the best ways to quell inflammation lies not in the medicine cabinet, but in the refrigerator.