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08/21/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Mainstream media food propaganda claims CHIPS are better for you than an avocado

If there’s one nutrient that we need to consume on a daily basis, it’s protein. Not only does protein help us maintain and build up muscle mass, it curbs hunger and makes us less likely to snack in-between meals. Obtaining protein is commonly associated with meat consumption, but eating too much meat can have ill-effects […]

08/10/2017 / By Russel Davis

Academics are trying to “normalize” eating insects by baking biscuits out of ground insect powder

A team of researchers at the Abertay University in Dundee, U.K. have created a cookie recipe made of cricket flour in hopes of attaining a more sustainable food source for the the world’s estimated population of nine billion people by 2050. In making the cookies, the research team used house crickets from Thailand that were finely-ground into flour. According to the […]

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