The battle for our health includes sugar!

Watch this video to see the role that sugar plays in disease and obesity.

Dr. Robert Lustig’s video, in which he argues that the current obesity epidemic is due to the marked increase in people’s consumption of fructose over the last 30 years. He also points out that fructose is toxic in large quantities, because it is metabolized in the liver in the same way as alcohol, which drives fat storage and makes the brain think it is hungry.

How to feed the world ? from Denis van Waerebeke on Vimeo.

This great video by Denis van Waerebeke explains why some of the human population eats well and why the rest go hungry.

We are all responsible for each other and little changes in our daily routines can make huge differences world wide.

By consuming mindfully we can ensure our furture on planet Earth!

Here is a fantastic conversation about Eating Animals and the way Americans feed!

Check out this great video explaining food in a nutshell!

No conspiracy just common sense.

Why has this simple concept become so elusive?

Dr. Junger M.D. shares some of the best nutritional advice you’ll ever find.

His program offers detox and dietary programs to help you create optimal health and vitality.

Check out his new book, Clean

I’ve talked about the book now see Jonathan Safran Foer on the Colbert Report discuss his book, Eating Animals.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who eats!

The Principle of Substantial Equivalence is the operating factor allowing Monsanto to genetically engineer the world’s food supply and leave millions vulnerable to corporate greed and tyranny.

Michael Pollan explains the health industry/food industry connection with Jon Stewart on the Daily Show.

Most people are planning to make resolutions and big changes for the upcoming year.

Some of these changes will be borne out of neccessity because finances force us to spend our food dollars more efficiently.

While some resolutions will aim to improve our health and consume in ways that don’t harm the planet.

So, whether you simply want to look and feel better or need to remake your budget there is a way to do both.

Eating well is eating simply and Michael Pollan has made that easier with “Food Rules” that are short and sweet.

And if reading is too much trouble check out this video on foods that you should be eating to improve your health from the book, The 10 Things You Need to Eat starting with beets!

The iconic images of our time shown to us in a sweeping gesture put to music!

Great food moments in movie history as seen in this montage, Feast, by Matt Zoller Seitz