Carole Bartolotto: The new initiative, called SmartLabel™, is a voluntary program that would add scannable bar codes to foods consumers can scan using their smartphone camera to get information about a product.
Carole Bartolotto
Carole Bartolotto, MA, RD, is a registered dietitian with a master’s degree in exercise physiology. Carole has worked in the field of diet and health for over 20 years. She stays on top of the latest research and is able to translate it into actionable steps that can transform your health. She is available for consulting, speaking, and writing on diet and health.
4 Things You Should Know About the Paleo Diet
Carole Bartolotto: Unless you’re eating a varied, seasonal diet including tubers, sedges, fruits, animals, insects, worms, leaves, and bark, you’re not eating Paleo.
Could High-Speed Rail Make Us Sick?
Carole Bartolotto: What I don’t see people talking about is the potential for an increased risk of valley fever during construction of the rail line.
10 Things You Should Know About GMOs and GMO Labeling
Carole Bartolotto: Questioning GMOs does not mean you’re a fear mongerer, denier, or anti-science and has no relationship to climate change or vaccines. It just means you’re cautious about a technology we don’t need to survive.
GMOs Have NOT Been Proven Safe
Carole Bartolotto: The problem with concluding that GMOs are safe is that the argument for their safety rests solely on animal studies. These studies are offered as evidence that the debate over GMOs is over. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Creating New Year’s Resolutions That Stick
New Years Resolutions — The key is asking yourself some of the questions that focus on supporting your intrinsic motivation to change.
Why and How to Avoid GMOs — July 30
“Scientific Perspective on Why and How to Avoid GMOs” And also the Latest News On Why The Trade Agreements “TPP” and “TAFTA” Will Affect Our Food.
Is Movement to Label GMOs Anti-Science?
Carole Bartolotto: While I can’t speak for the entire movement, I can say that the lack of research in humans and troubling findings in some animal studies is enough to make me question the safety and necessity of GMOs.
Got Milk? No Thanks
Carole Bartolotto: The good news is that you can easily replace cow’s milk with almond, soy, rice, hemp or coconut milk instead. I love Trader Joe’s Vanilla Almond Milk.
Is Organic Food Healthier?
Organic Food – A Stanford University Study found that organic foods are not more nutritious than those that are conventionally grown.
The Truth About Proposition 37—Labeling Genetically Engineered Foods
Carole Bartolotto: I knew the battle over prop 37 would be heated, tough, and ugly. But I was not expecting biotech companies and food manufacturers to stoop as low as they have and spend a million dollars a day doing so.
Why Genetically Modified Foods Should Be Labeled
Carole Bartolotto: Do we really want to irreversibly change the face of plant life with unknown consequences for the monetary benefit of a few large corporations and their investors?
