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China probe finds Coke yogurt poisoning likely
• Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • Dec 06 11
Chinese police believe a child who died after drinking a Coca Cola-made yogurt drink was probably the victim of deliberate poisoning, official media said…
Chocolate helps you grow? EU sifts the evidence
• Food & Nutrition • Dec 06 11
A European Union committee approved more than 200 health claims Monday for use on food products, which could offer a competitive advantage to companies…
Low Carb Foods
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Dec 02 11
Low carb foods are foods with relatively low sugar content. One of the most common diets, the low carb diet, is largely discussed in…
Food served in children’s hospitals rated largely unhealthy
• Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • Dec 01 11
Given the obesity epidemic among the nation’s young, one would hope that children’s hospitals would serve as a role model for healthy eating. But…
The Benefits Of Green Tea
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Nov 27 11
The green tea benefits were discovered 4,000 years ago and since then has been considered a wonder drink!
Green tea acts as an antiviral…
No surprise here: teens eat too little fruit, vegetables
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Nov 23 11
A third of high school students do not eat vegetables each day and more than a fourth do not always have a daily serving…
House protects pizza as a vegetable
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Nov 18 11
The House of Representatives dealt a blow to childhood obesity warriors on Thursday by passing a bill that abandons proposals that threatened to end…
Garlic oil component may form treatment to protect heart
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Heart • Nov 16 11
A component of garlic oil may help release protective compounds to the heart after heart attack, during cardiac surgery, or as a treatment for…
New review questions benefit of cutting down on salt
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Nov 10 11
Reducing salt in the diets of the general population may not have an overall positive health impact, according to a review of more than…
Chocolate lovers have fewer strokes, study finds
• Food & Nutrition • • Stroke • Oct 11 11
A sweet tooth isn’t necessarily bad for your health- at least not when it comes to chocolate, hints a new study.
Researchers studying more…
When Too Much Coffee Can Negatively Affect Your Health?
• Food & Nutrition • Oct 02 11
It goes without saying that coffee is a popular beverage. It is at the heart of a multi-billion dollar industry and at the lips…
More U.S. Tax Dollars Spent on Junk Food than Fruit
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Oct 02 11
The Iowa Public Interest Research Group has just taken a look at how U.S. government food subsidies are being allocated. They made a pretty…
Listeria outbreak from cantaloupes kills 15, infects 84: CDC
• Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • Oct 01 11
A listeria outbreak caused by tainted cantaloupes has killed 15 people in the United States and infected 84, U.S. health officials said on Friday.
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Potatoes are the largest and most affordable source of potassium of any vegetable or fruit
• Food & Nutrition • Sep 27 11
A frequently expressed concern in the ongoing public health debate is that fresh fruits and vegetables, particularly those that are nutrient dense, are not…
Can eating fish lower the risk of strokes?
• Food & Nutrition • • Stroke • Sep 26 11
People who eat fish a few times each week are slightly less likely to suffer a stroke than those who only eat a little…
An Apple a Day May Just Keep Strokes Away
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Stroke • Sep 25 11
According to lead study author Linda M. Oude Griep, M.Sc., a postdoctoral fellow in human nutrition at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, “To prevent…
Food for thought: can fish lower your stroke risk?
• Food & Nutrition • • Stroke • Sep 23 11
People who eat fish a few times each week are slightly less likely to suffer a stroke than those who only eat a little…
Deadly Link Between High Salt Intake And Obesity May Be Explained
• Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Sep 21 11
Deadly Link Between High Salt Intake And Obesity May Be Explained By Abnormal Activation Of A Protein
Dietary salt intake and obesity are…
Abnormal activation of a protein may explain deadly link between high salt intake and obesity
• Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Sep 20 11
Dietary salt intake and obesity are two important risk factors in the development of high blood pressure. Each packs its own punch, but when…
Milk-drinking teens reap health benefits through adulthood
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Sep 14 11
Developing healthy habits like drinking milk as a teen could have a long-term effect on a woman’s risk for type 2 diabetes, according to…
New translator app makes sense of foreign-language food menus
• Food & Nutrition • Sep 08 11
Researchers have created an application that enables cell phones and other portable devices to translate foreign-language food menus for English speakers and could be…
McDonald’s New Menu Includes Calorie Information, UK
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Sep 06 11
The Department of Health announced today that starting this Wednesday, McDonald’s will be introducing calorie information to all of its menus in all of…
A pinch of doubt over salt
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Sep 02 11
In Britain it started with Sid, the “giant slug with a message”, who slicked his way onto television screens back in 2004 as part…
Half of Americans sip sugary drinks daily
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Sep 01 11
When it was first invented, soda pop was a treat most people had once in a while for special occasions.
Now it’s a daily…
It’s official—chocolate linked to heart health
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Heart • Aug 29 11
High levels of chocolate consumption might be associated with a one third reduction in the risk of developing heart disease, finds a study published…