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The 10 Weirdest, Grossest Ingredients in Processed FoodWebEcoistWhich of your favorite dessert snacks contains beef fat? How about beaver anal glands? Find out below. Read more »
Pelosi Unveils a Ground-Breaking Health Care Plan -- Will Senate Dems Follow Her Lead? By Adele Stan, AlterNet Majority Leader Harry Reid has said the Senate bill will have a public option, but now it's time to walk the walk. more »
Could a High-Fat Diet Make You Healthy and Prevent Cavities? By Tara Lohan, AlterNet A controversial organization promoting foods high in animal fats has some ecstatic. Others think they're whack jobs. more »
Is Joe Lieberman Bluffing, or Would He Really Torpedo Health-Care Reform? By Joshua Holland, AlterNet That's the question people are discussing today. more »
What's So Scary About Michael Pollan? Why Corporate Agriculture Tried to Censor His University Speech By Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet Agribusiness is trying to combat Pollan's message of sustainable, healthy eating. more »
There Is a Way to Help Avoid Heart Disease and Diabetes: You Are What You Eat! By Kathy Freston, AlterNet A plant-based diet is both preventative and healing, whereas a diet high in animal protein is destructive to our health. more »
Centrist Democrats = Corporate Sellouts By Ari Berman, The Nation These holdouts are not centrist Democrats; they are corporate Democrats, which should be an oxymoron. more »
The Battle Over Raw Milk: Let's Ditch the Hysterics and Give People a Choice By Jill Richardson, AlterNet Few foods provoke such strong reactions (for and against it) as raw milk. Find out why. more »
Right-Wingers in Congress Love Their Own Govt.-Run Health Care, But They Hate Sharing It By Jim Hightower, Creators Syndicate Members of Congress and their families are blessed with their very own gold-plated, taxpayer-financed, Washington-run health care system. more »
Green Supermarkets? Janitors Push the Next Wave of Healthy Workplaces By Ngoc Nguyen, New America Media One of the country's largest unions is broadening its idea of a safe and healthy workplace. more »
The Obstacles to Real Health-Care Reform By Mark Schmitt, The American Prospect How a series of roadblocks and compromises shaped the health-care debate -- and why the battle doesn't end when Obama signs a bill. more »
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