Be thankful if you have the choice to eat non-GMO foods – if that is your preference. My choice is to embrace the science that is helping feed the worlds hungry with healthy food – and keep your food bill down. =========== St. Louis Before you can finish typing ” Monsanto MON -0.88% employees” into Google, GOOGL +0.02% the search... Read more
Archive for the ‘Health’ Category
Gluten-Free Craze: Is It Healthy?
June 24 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, HealthI’m inclined to discount the gluten-free ‘push’, but let the article speak. ================ A decade ago, few Americans had heard of gluten. Today, one survey says, almost a third are trying to avoid the element found in grain. In growing numbers, the world’s biggest food makers and restaurant chains are retooling recipes and labels to tap into the concern, creating a multibillion-dollar... Read more
Rethinking Fat
May 5 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Health, Science“Everything in moderation.” Herbert Rossol ============ “Saturated fat does not cause heart disease”—or so concluded a big study published in March in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine. How could this be? The very cornerstone of dietary advice for generations has been that the saturated fats in butter, cheese and red meat should be avoided because they clog our arteries. For many... Read more
Hoby Darling, CEO, does CrossFit
December 31 | Posted by mrossol | HealthFor my son. ====
What to Do When ObamaCare Unravels
December 25 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Health, ObamaCareShort on details – maybe not the author’s objective. But worth the read. ============= By John H. Cochrane Dec. 25, 2013 3:51 p.m. ET The unraveling of the Affordable Care Act presents a historic opportunity for change. Its proponents call it “settled law,” but as Prohibition taught us, not even a constitutional amendment is settled law—if it is dysfunctional enough, and if... Read more
U.S. says insurers must cover birth control
August 1 | Posted by mrossol | Health, ObamaCareHey, raise the debt ceiling, start spending. ========= By William SpainCHICAGO MarketWatch — The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services said Monday that insurance plans will soon be required to cover approved female contraception methods without any co-pays or deductibles. The new rules, to take effect next year, also require insurers to pay for for “well-woman visits,” screening for gestational diabetes and... Read more


