What's on Your Table

The first part of my "What's on Your Table" series we talked to Hy-Vee Dietition Heather Illg.  She is more than willing to take anyone on a store tour to give more information, free of charge.  You can also schedule an appointment with her to talk more about an eating plan for a fee.
Here's her information:
Heather Illg, Hy-Vee Dietitian
8701 Douglas Ave.
Urbandale, IA
Phone: 515-270-2572
email: hillg@hy-vee.com

So more information that pertains to our series on "What's on Your Table." 

To eat clean and green here are some helpful websites:
www.eatingwell.com
www.cleaneatingmag.com
www.choosemyplate.gov
www.hy-vee.com

To eat sustainable seafood:
www.seafoodwatch.org

Here's some GMO information:
Eight GMO Crops:
1. Corn
2. Soybeans
3.Canola
4. Cottonseed
5. Sugar Beets
6. Hawaiian Papaya
7. Zuccini
8. Yellow Squash

This is information from Pioneer about GMO foods: 

 Dr. Ruth MacDonald at ISU is a great resource on this subject, and you can find lots of information on biotechnology at www.foodinsight.org/foodbioguide.aspx.

“Biotechnology is an important tool as we look at feeding the world, and DuPont Pioneer develops products utilizing biotechnology that are at least as safe as their conventionally produced counterparts for both human food and animal feed.

"The American Medical Association, the American Dietetic Association, and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences have all declared biotech foods safe for human and animal consumption. And since being introduced to U.S. markets in 1996 there has not been a single report of a food-borne illness related to a biotech trait."

Monsanto also has information: 

www.monsanto.com

For opposing views on GMO's and other research done: 
www.purezing.com/
www.eathealthyfoods.ca
www.saynotogmos.org
www.commondreams.org/views04/0220-09.htm

Rachel Pierce
rpierce@myabc5.com