GMOs

Healthy Dining at Restaurants: A Guide to Eating Well When Dining Out

While you have the greatest control over the food you make at home, it can still be nice to eat out once in a while. Whether via curbside pickup, delivery, or old-fashioned pre-pandemic dining, eating out lets you experience different foods and take a break from cooking and cleaning. And if you travel, eating outside the home can be required. But do you have to throw away your healthy eating standards, or is it possible to eat well when dining out?

Ocean Robbins · February 26, 2021 · 13 min read

Soy Facts: Is Soy Healthy or Harmful?

Soy is celebrated as a superfood by some who claim it can fight heart disease, hormone-related cancers, and osteoporosis while providing a potent plant-based protein source. But others tell us that it’s a central driver of breast cancer, thyroid problems, dementia, and environmental problems like deforestation. So what’s the truth? Is soy good for you? And what are the health and environmental consequences of consuming it? Here’s what you need to know about soy.

Ocean Robbins · October 9, 2020 · 20 min read

John and Ocean Robbins: Our Message for This Election

At Food Revolution Network, our mission is healthy, ethical and sustainable food for all. As the US presidential election approaches, our President and CEO, John and Ocean Robbins, respectively, have joined together with other health and wellness leaders to take a prominent stand for policies that support our mission, and that contribute to healthy people and a healthy planet. Find out why these health leaders think this election is critical to the future of food and the health of the nation.

Ocean Robbins · October 2, 2020 · 6 min read

Top Health Benefits of Squash + How to Prepare and Eat It

Squash: it’s a racquet game, an unfortunate fate for a bug, and one of nature’s most varied, delicious, and generous foods. If you’ve ever successfully grown squash in your garden, you probably know the meaning of the word “abundance.” But even if you’re a squash lover, there are likely dozens of varieties you’ve never tried. Let’s take a closer look at the health benefits of this versatile, beautiful, and incredibly healthy food.

Ocean Robbins · September 2, 2020 · 11 min read

Is Lab-Grown Food the Future? — Pros and Cons to Consider

Beef burgers, veggie burgers, and now… lab-grown meat? You may have heard rumblings that cultured meat — made from animal stem cells — may become a mainstream consumer option soon. Is it true? And if so, is it a good thing? What is lab-grown meat? And should we be preparing for it to change the food system as we know it?

Ocean Robbins · August 21, 2020 · 12 min read

Apple Facts You Need To Know About: Benefits, Concerns, & the Best Ways to Enjoy Them

Apples are one of the most well-known and widely consumed fruits, found in kitchens and lunchboxes around the world. But how healthy are they? Do they come with any concerns? And what are some of the best ways to enjoy them? Here are the apple facts you need to know about.

Ocean Robbins · July 24, 2020 · 14 min read

Alcohol: Its Effects, Risks, Uses, & Potential Benefits

“Alcohol” describes thousands of varieties of some of the most widely consumed beverages in the world. Here’s what you need to know about alcohol and how consuming it impacts your health.

Ocean Robbins · February 28, 2020 · 12 min read

Impossible Foods, Impossible Claims

The Impossible Burger and its parent company, Impossible Foods, are taking the plant-based meat alternative world by storm. Their products are helping to cut down on factory-farmed meat consumption, which is good for fans of animal rights and of the planet. But is there a hidden dark side to the Impossible Burger’s environmental impact?

Anna Lappé · January 15, 2020 · 5 min read

Cargill’s GMO Eversweet Stevia Hoodwinks Consumers

Stevia is one of the most popular natural sweeteners around. But a new GMO version, from the food and agriculture conglomerate, Cargill, is invading the marketplace with claims of being “non-artificial” and “sustainable.” See why you should take note and protect yourself and your family from this unlabeled GMO food product.

Stacy Malkan · January 3, 2020 · 4 min read

Is Eating Fish Good For You? The Truth About the Health and Environmental Impacts of Eating Fish

Fish and seafood are often recommended as good sources of healthy nutrients like protein and essential fatty acids. Some research even suggests that fish may help you live longer, with a lower risk for disease. But how much truth is there to these claims? What about contamination with mercury and other heavy metals? And what about the ethical and sustainability concerns?

Ocean Robbins · November 15, 2019 · 12 min read

Gluten-Free: Is it for Everyone?

Is gluten toxic, a harmless indulgence, or part of a healthy diet? We know that people with medical conditions like celiac disease need to go gluten-free, but what about everyone else? How do you know if you’re gluten intolerant? Or gluten-sensitive? This article discusses what gluten is, why some people follow a gluten-free lifestyle, and whether there are benefits to going gluten-free even if you don’t have celiac disease.

Ocean Robbins · October 4, 2019 · 10 min read

Pesticides in Food: What You Should Know and Why it Matters

Pesticides are so widely used in our food system that it’s easy to assume that they must be safe. Unfortunately, that’s not always true. So what’s the truth about pesticides in food? Are any safe for you? Which ones are most dangerous to you and the environment? And what can you do to reduce your exposure?

Ocean Robbins · September 20, 2019 · 13 min read