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Over time, regulations and guidelines change, ongoing research produces new results, and manufactures and retailers implement new practices. Unlike many publications, A Voice for Choice Advocacy is committed to keeping our articles up-to-date, so even if an article was written months or years ago, it includes the most current information available.  

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When Health Becomes Data: Benefits and Blind Spots

When Health Becomes Data: Benefits and Blind Spots

By Kirsten Steinman EDITOR’S SUMMARY: Wearable technology offers a powerful idea: that your body can be measured, optimized and improved through constant feedback. But more information doesn’t always translate into better health. As self-tracking becomes more precise,...

Paper Receipts: What That Slip in Your Hand Isn’t Telling You

Paper Receipts: What That Slip in Your Hand Isn’t Telling You

By Sarah Campise Hallier EDITOR’S SUMMARY: Thermal paper receipts contain bisphenol compounds used in heat-activated coatings that allow receipts to print without ink. These chemicals, including BPA and BPS, can transfer to skin during routine handling, raising...

EPG and the Reinvention of Fat in Processed Foods

EPG and the Reinvention of Fat in Processed Foods

Written by Laura RoseEdited by Nicki Steinberger, Ph.D. EDITOR’S SUMMARY: Esterified Propoxylated Glycerol (EPG) is an engineered fat substitute designed to lower calories while preserving the taste and texture of traditional fats. Its growing use reflects a trend...

Vaccines, Nutrition, and Baseline Health

Vaccines, Nutrition, and Baseline Health

By Christina Hildebrand and Nicki Steinberger, Ph.D. EDITOR’S SUMMARY: Recent changes to childhood vaccination guidance have reopened questions about how public health decisions are made and what factors shape health outcomes over time. This examination places vaccine...

Sacred Resin, Modern Medicine: The Healing Power of Frankincense

Sacred Resin, Modern Medicine: The Healing Power of Frankincense

By Jennifer Wolff-Gillispie HWP, LC EDITOR’S SUMMARY: From ancient ritual to modern research, frankincense has long been valued for its medicinal and spiritual significance. An exploration of the resin’s complex chemistry, its effects on inflammation and tissue...

From Candy to ‘Superfood’: How Chocolate Got a Health Halo

From Candy to ‘Superfood’: How Chocolate Got a Health Halo

By Sarah Campise Hallier EDITOR’S SUMMARY: Chocolate has moved from simple indulgence to a wellness symbol. It is now framed in scientific shorthand and health-leaning language that often outpaces the evidence. This lens follows how cacao becomes chocolate, why...

The Language of Phytonutrients: How Plants Communicate With the Body

The Language of Phytonutrients: How Plants Communicate With the Body

By Jennifer Wolff-Gillispie HWP, LC EDITOR’S SUMMARY: Plant compounds aren’t decorative extras on your plate. They’re survival chemistry. The same molecules plants produce to defend against sun, environmental pressures and disease interact with human biology in...

How Mother and Baby Stay Linked Long After Birth

How Mother and Baby Stay Linked Long After Birth

By Tracy Reilly EDITOR’S SUMMARY: Your body doesn’t stop responding to your baby once pregnancy ends. Subtle exchanges continue through touch, closeness, feeding, sleep and emotional cues. Science is beginning to describe what many mothers recognize through...

The Chemistry of Modern Nail Care: What’s in the Bottle

The Chemistry of Modern Nail Care: What’s in the Bottle

By Sarah Campise Hallier EDITOR’S SUMMARY: An examination of the substances and processes behind modern nail care, tracing how common products expose users, salon workers and the environment to solvents, plasticizers and hormone-disrupting compounds. It questions the...

Rice, Arsenic, and What Safety Really Depends On

Rice, Arsenic, and What Safety Really Depends On

By Kirsten Steinman EDITOR’S SUMMARY: Rice feeds nearly half the world, but its role in human health is more complex than calories alone. Environmental contamination, biological vulnerability and differences in arsenic metabolism shape risk across populations....

Vitamin K: Nutrient, Intervention, and the Shadow of Toxicity

Vitamin K: Nutrient, Intervention, and the Shadow of Toxicity

By Kirsten Steinman EDITOR’S SUMMARY: Quiet but powerful, vitamin K shapes the body’s most essential systems—from the first days of life to the final decades. How it’s understood, delivered, and nourished over time can influence not only immediate health but the...

SIDS and Shaken Baby Syndrome: When Loss Becomes Prosecution

SIDS and Shaken Baby Syndrome: When Loss Becomes Prosecution

By Verity Bell EDITOR’S SUMMARY: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) has long been framed as a mystery tied to unsafe sleep practices—but decades of research tell a more complicated story. From vaccine timing and aluminum exposure to vitamin C depletion, preterm...