Weight of the World: Global Approaches To Tackle Obesity By Mark Hyman, MD • Originally published on DrHyman.com There are now 2.1 billion people who are overweight in the world. China... Ocean Robbins · September 28, 2014 · 3 min read
Drinking Diet Soda and Not Losing Weight? Blame Your Gut Bacteria By Jason Best • Originally published on September 18, 2014 on TakePart For a while now, scientists have been gathering... Ocean Robbins · September 25, 2014 · < 1 min read
Changing Labels Won’t Increase Food Prices As a lobbyist for the food industry, I spent five years fighting proposals that would have raised food prices --... Ocean Robbins · September 6, 2014 · 3 min read
Huge news for the birds and the bees Albert Einstein once said that "if the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, man would have only four... Ocean Robbins · August 21, 2014 · 2 min read
Will Coca-Cola support mandatory GMO labeling? The global food revolution is now affecting the bottom line of Coca-Cola. The company recently announced their second-quarter profits for... Ocean Robbins · August 10, 2014 · 3 min read
Confused by the Oregonian’s GMO Confusion That didn’t take long. In the past few months, New York Times and Consumers Union polls both found over 90%... Ocean Robbins · July 19, 2014 · 3 min read
Whitewashed: How Industry and Government Promote Dairy Junk Foods The United States is in the midst of a public health epidemic due to poor diet. While much of the... Ocean Robbins · June 24, 2014 · 3 min read
VIDEO: The Secrets of Food Marketing Think you aren't being fooled by advertising tricks? Take a look at this so-called expert revealing food marketing's secret weapon. The... Ocean Robbins · June 15, 2014 · < 1 min read
Every State Counts: Support GMO Labeling in Oregon and Colorado The East Coast has been getting most of the attention lately on the state by state effort to label genetically-engineered... Ocean Robbins · June 13, 2014 · 3 min read
One Multinational Grocery Retailer Just Made a Moral Decision to Put Health Before Profits Something revolutionary happened last week and you probably didn't hear about it. Tesco, a multinational grocery retailer -- the second... Ocean Robbins · June 3, 2014 · 3 min read
Look Who’s Spent $100,000,000 To Keep Americans Eating In The Dark The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) sounds friendly enough. The word “grocer” brings to mind wholesome mom-and-pop shops out to feed... Ocean Robbins · May 16, 2014 · 4 min read
Don’t let McDonald’s and Coca-Cola control your menu or your country Let’s face it, we have a toxic food culture. Big companies are trying to contaminate your food with pesticides, hormones,... Ocean Robbins · April 8, 2014 · 3 min read