Pink slime production has been cut way back since the public outcry against the ammonia-treated beef scraps began. Three of the four plants producing “lean, finely textured beef” stopped production on Monday.

Stopping into the grocery store to buy some food, I mindlessly picked up the “on sale” bread and headed home. Looking at the package I noticed 37 ingredients. Considering my favorite sourdough bread recipe has just 5 ingredients, this revelation was kind of shocking. I decided to do a little sleuthing to find out what these various items actually are, and whether they were healthy or not.

March 22nd is officially World Water Day 2012.

Most of us could probably say we don’t drink as much water as we should every day. But imagine the option were taken away and the availability of water were scarce and hard to come by. Mouth going a little dry?

Scientists at Australia’s CSIRO have developed a salt-tolerant variety of wheat by using genes from an ancient variety of wheat. The salt-tolerant variety yields 25% more grain on saline soils than other varieties. Soil salinity affects over 20% of the world’s prime wheat-growing regions.

Beans are the picture of convenience, readily available in canned or dried varieties, but I tend to lean to toward the dried variety, so that I can control the salt in my food and avoid the dreaded BPA in canned food.

I often talk about the health benefits of red wine.

A new study from the journal PLoS ONE claims trans fats might be linked to aggressive behaviors. And now a collective, “I knew it!”  

According to Wine Spectator approximately 8% of the world’s population is allergic to wine. The article points out that the common suspect for wine allergies has often been sulfites.