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Do You Know Where to Find Sugar?

Posted on December 15, 2011 by

        There’s been a lot of press recently about how sugary our breakfast cereals really are. Breakfast cereals are one aisle in the supermarket, and so we were prompted to dive into the GoodGuide database to see … Continue reading →

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How To Find Safer, Greener Products

Posted on November 29, 2011 by

Have you tried the new Purchase Analyzer yet? If you want to find better products at the best prices, this new feature is for you. Simply sync up online stores you frequently shop at, personalize the shopping filter with issues … Continue reading →

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Healthy Snacking, To Go

Posted on November 10, 2011 by

Ever wonder what food you can bring through airport security? Or what snacks won’t spoil in an 8 hour trek to grandmother’s house? GoodGuide teamed up with Revolution Foods, Plum Organics and dietitian Elisa Zied to answer these questions (and … Continue reading →

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A Good Guide To Reducing Household Toxins

Posted on October 26, 2011 by

Toxins are so widespread that they are in our personal care products, our cleaning supplies and even our plastics. Is this the future we want for our families? The Trash Cancer movement is determined to put an end to this … Continue reading →

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Fair Trade Coffee: Why It Matters (And How It Tastes)

Posted on October 17, 2011 by

To continue our celebration of Fair Trade month, GoodGuide founder Dara O’Rourke set out to investigate how Fair Trade Coffee measures up against the conventional grocery store brands. In the video below he explains why we should support Fair Trade … Continue reading →

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A case against snacking for 100 calories

Posted on October 3, 2011 by

A snack that’s one hundred calories? Many of us would react by saying, yes, give it to me! Food companies are well aware of this reaction, and have done a great job providing us with products that meet this strict … Continue reading →

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Toddler foods packing too much sodium

Posted on August 10, 2011 by

We’ve been hearing a lot lately about getting too much salt from our diets. Evidence has been building to support the hypothesis that excess sodium intake contributes to increased rates of high blood pressure and heart disease. Health officials have … Continue reading →

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Carbohydrate loading, the GoodGuide way

Posted on July 27, 2011 by

The San Francisco Marathon is this weekend, which means a good number of people in this fine city will be carbohydrate loading on Saturday night to build up their glucose stores. In honor of this pre-race ritual, we’ve put together a … Continue reading →

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Does your food have ORAC?

Posted on May 18, 2011 by

While food manufacturers are regulated in some aspects of food labeling, there are several pieces of information put on food packaging to get shoppers to buy a particular product. Recently, I saw one product that proudly highlighted the Oxygen Radical … Continue reading →

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What’s in Baby Shampoo with Dr. GoodGuide, Dara O’Rourke

Posted on March 30, 2011 by

When it comes to baby shampoo, most important for your kids is what’s in the product, not what a company claims on the packaging has been taken out. GoodGuide’s founder, Dara O’Rourke, tells you what to look for and what … Continue reading →

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