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Yakima School District Increasing Food Budget by $100K

In order to keep up with rising food prices, the Yakima School District is planning to spend around $100,000 more than it did last year for school lunches. (original story)

The 80/20 rule of Fasting

Do you every have someone totally surprise you by saying something completely unexpected?Well this happened to me the other day.I needed a break from a project I was working on. But since I was under some very tight time constraints, the best I could to was go for a quick change of scenery and take ... (original story)

TV Attack Ad Links Hot Dogs To Cancer

Pro-Vegetarian Group Calls Ad 'Dramatization' POSTED: 8:15 pm EDT August 26, 2008 A new attack ad on TV doesn't target a political candidate, but something else considered quintessentially American: hot dogs. (original story)

Nano-Sized 'Trojan Horse' To Aid Nutrition

Researchers from Monash University have designed a nano-sized "trojan horse" particle to ensure healing antioxidants can be better absorbed by the human body. Dr Ken Ng and Dr Ian Larson from the University's Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences have designed a nanoparticle, one thousa... (original story)

Java Gives Caffeine-naive A Boost, Too

Females who don't drink coffee can get just as much of a caffeine boost as those who sip it regularly, according to a study in the latest edition of Nutrition Research. (original story)

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There's a popular belief that white foods have no nutritional value and just add calories to your diet. (original story)

Vacci-Test Demonstrates The First Same-Shift Test For E.coli O157:H7

With food safety top of mind for consumers and the food industry, Vacci-Test Corporation ("Vacci-Test") is pleased to announce that its first food safety test, FoodChek(TM)-E.coli, has successfully completed a field trial at a major meat packaging facility and has shown that it can ... (original story)

Vitamin And Mineral Supplements - Friend Or Foe?

Registered dietitians know that vitamin and mineral supplements can be both harmful and helpful. Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide recommends that, in addition to healthy food choices, women who could become pregnant and those who are pregnant or breastfeeding need a multivitamin supplement conta... (original story)

New attack ad on TV, but this one targets hot dogs

A new TV commercial shows kids eating hot dogs in a school cafeteria and one little boy's haunting lament: "I was dumbfounded when the doctor told me I have late-stage colon cancer." It's a startling revelation ... (original story)

Study: Two Eggs a Day May Cut Cholesterol, Weight

Researchers from Surrey University in England have found that eating two eggs a day could help you lose weight and lower your cholesterol levels, London's Daily Mail reported Tuesday. (original story)

Packs For Lazy?

It's 3 p.m., and your lunch is long gone. Dinner is hours off, but your stomach is telling you it just can't wait. (original story)

New FDA Produce Irradiation Rule

The Food and Drug Administration's new (Aug. 22) regulation that will allow irradiation pasteurization to be used on fresh spinach and iceberg lettuce to kill illness-causing bacteria is a step that two Iowa State University professors have long advocated. Dennis Olson is a professor of animal sc... (original story)

Greek monastic food gets cookbook treatment

Greek Orthodox monk Father Epifanios sits in his kitchen with his book of recipes at the chapel of Mylopotamos on Mount Athos. (original story)

Professional Athletes And Celebreties Asked To Reject Offers To Promote Processed Junk Food

As the saturation of Americans who are overweight is projected to reach nearly 100 percent by 2040, and with 30 to 40 percent of today's children projected to develop diet-related diabetes in their lifetimes, leading child obesity advocates denounce (original story)

Prevention Needed To Trim The Fat, Australian Medical Association

Australian Medical Association President, Dr Rosanna Capolingua, said that findings in a new report show the obesity epidemic is costing the nation $58 billion a year and confirms that many Australians are suffering significant health problems due to obesity. "This reflects the dollar cost to Au... (original story)




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