Sara Novak
Sara Novak specializes in food policy and health writing and is devoted to living mindfully in all of her daily pursuits. She’s a health and wellness expert for Discovery Health and recently launched her own food and wellness Web site Serene Kitchen. Her work has also been featured on HowStuffWorks.com, TLC Cooking, and Animal Planet.
After graduating from the Grady School of Journalism at the University of Georgia, Sara headed the communication efforts for a national scholarship program in Washington, D.C. Sara has also handled copy writing and public relations for a global environmental consulting firm.
Today, Sara lives on Sullivan’s Island, a tiny island community just outside of Charleston, with her husband and two lovable cocker spaniels, Madison and Bella.
Latest Stories from Sara Novak - Page 8
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The Plight of North America's Tiniest Turtle
It's called the bog turtle and it's North America's tiniest turtle. It reaches a maximum length of 4.5 inches. The bog turtle's federal status is threatened but in states like New York, the turtle is endangered. Under federal
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CDC Confirms Lemon Eucalyptus Oil as Effective as DEET
It's easy to say you'll never use DEET, that is until you come down to South Carolina. My home state boasts mosquitoes that rival your house pet in size and stature. But even still, many fear the toxicity of DEET and try to avoid it
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FDA Issues First Rules Under New Food Safety Bill
It was a game changer and a surprising one at that. Folks on Capitol Hill pronounced the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act dead, but in an end of year surprise, it unanimously passed the Senate. The bill gave the FDA power to
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Sugar Sues High Fructose Corn Syrup
It's about the lesser of two evils, isn't it? But when push comes to shove, how different is sugar from high fructose corn syrup (HFCS)?
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Thanks To Jamie Oliver Los Angeles Schools May Actually Ban Flavored Milk
Chocolate milk has become a real point of contention in schools across the nation. Schools in the District of Columbia and Los Angeles County have become the center of controversy over none other than flavored milk. And Jamie Oliver
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Callous New Law to Close Award-Winning Urban Farming High School For Pregnant Teens
If there's ever a story that hit me hard, it was this one. I wrote about Catherine Ferguson Academy last year. It was the subject of the groundbreaking documentary Grown in Detroit. The school is one of only a few left in the country for
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USDA Outsources Biotech Crop Evaluation to the GMO Industry
The U.S. is already cultivating 165 million acres of genetically modified crops, up 7 million acres from just two years ago. Modified seeds and large monocultures in general, are monopolizing our nation's agriculture system like
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Local Food Freedom Laws Enacted in Maine
Blue Hill, Maine will be one of several towns in Maine to recently enact food freedom laws declaring that the federal government doesn't have the right to intervene in local food matters, according to a story on Natural News. The bill
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Less Sharks Mean an Ocean Jam-Packed With Sardines
Sardines have made a serious comeback in terms of sustainable food trends. Sardines are on the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch green list. There's also an over population of sardines as a result of a lack of predators, namely
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Mike Tyson Loves Being Vegan: It's Changed His Life
It was undoubtedly a big surprise when Mike Tyson announced he was going vegan. I mean when I was younger I watched on TV as he bit his opponent's ear off. But it seems
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High Food Prices Trigger Changes to Fair Trade Coffee
Food prices are no doubt sky rocketing and the impact is being felt around the globe. And foods like coffee, more specifically Fair Trade certified, are feeling the pains as well, according to Food Navigator. Read on to see how
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FDA Brings Clarity to Food Recalls: But Are We Any Safer?
Food recalls have become a part of our lives. It seems every other day a recall makes us stop in our tracks and see if we happened to purchase the current contaminated food item. But according to Food Politics, the FDA
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International Seed Day Reminds Us To Choose Patent-Free Seeds
Food activists from around the globe will be celebrating International Seed Day this April 26. The Institute for Near Eastern Studies (INEAS) wants to remind people to celebrate the holiday by enjoying the benefits of
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Cover Your Nose: The Stink Bug Outbreak Has Now Spread to 33 States
Where I grew up in the middle of the woods in Charlottesville, Va., we welcomed bugs. Ants, crickets, whatever, it was their home first. But stink bugs, well, they're a different matter entirely. This rancid invasive species attacked
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Drug Resistant Superbugs Hit U.S. Hospitals and Nursing Homes
A deadly drug-resistant bacteria is spreading to elderly patients in nursing and long-term care facilities in Los Angeles County, according to CBS Local Los Angeles. Today 350 cases have been counted, most found in the elderly
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Is a Massive Child Nutrition Study Really Just An Attempt to Increase Dairy Consumption in Asia?
In much of Southeast Asia dairy consumption is dramatically less than here in the United States. We claim that dairy prevents osteoporosis yet the United States has one of the highest rates of osteoporosis in the world, about 44
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Cancer on the Rise Globally As Developing Nations Adopt High Impact Habits
We know that a Western diet is spreading obesity far and wide. But as bad Western habits make their way across the globe it seems the risk of cancer is on the rise as well, according to a report released by the American Cancer Society
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60 Year Old Albatross Has 35th Baby
We were saddened by the news that thousands of nesting albatross had been swept away by the tsunami. But there is some good news to come out of the albatross world this week. A momma albatross, judged by her ankle band to be born in
