Phil Lempert offers much needed information on foods, as well as nutrition facts, and new cutting edge product reviews on different supermarket items. Each week Phil provides food information you need to know before you bite. In this podcast Phil talks about the latest happenings in the world of news and health.

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A California biotech company has gotten early USDA approval to create rice that's been genetically-modified with the human genes that produce breast milk.

Which one is organic -- wild caught salmon that has spent its life swimming freely in pristine Alaskan waters or farm-raised salmon that has spent its life swimming in a net? The answer may surprise you — even if it doesn't make much sense.

The government keeps begging us to eat more whole grains-ideally, three servings a day, according to the United States Department of Agriculture's 2005 Food Guide. But if you're getting bored with ordering brown rice with your Chinese food, or fixing oatmeal for breakfast, there are plenty of alternatives.

I know organic is better. I just don’t know why. Though the U.S. Department of Agriculture created national standards for organic food over three years ago, the exact benefits of

Because he wanted to label his poultry “organic” when it wasn’t.

Congress voted last week to dilute the definition of organic, but it’s not the first time the standards have been relaxed.