Archive for the ‘Nutrition / Diet’ Category
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
As more than 2.2 million children with food allergies head back to school in coming weeks, the American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) encourages parents, in cooperation with school staff, to take measures to ensure safety. "Open and frequent communication between parents and school staff is a ...
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Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Low vitamin D levels are associated with a higher risk of death,according to a report released on August 11, 2008 in the Archivesof Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. VitaminD is a group of prohormones that play important roles in calciummetabolism, bone formation, parathyroid function, and the immunesystem. Presently, ...
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Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
For the 2.2 million school-age children who have food allergies and their parents, back to school means educating classmates and parents before the school year even begins. In the school setting, avoiding food ...
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
Low vitamin D levels may contribute to chronic pain among women, suggests research published ahead of print in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. The findings are based on the blood analyses and pain scores of almost 7000 45 year old men and women from across England, Scotland and Wales, ...
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
Health Canada is warning Canadians with milk allergies not to use several brands of unauthorized acidophilus-containing health products labelled as "non-dairy" because they contain trace amounts of milk protein from dairy ingredients used in the production process. The products are: - Truly Premium All Naturals Acidophilus with Bifidus (50 ...
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has begun lobbying House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders' staff in opposition to stricter track-and-trace rules in the wake of the recent salmonella outbreak, CongressDaily reports. Committee Chair John Dingell (D-Mich.) recently released a revised version of the drug portion of an FDA ...
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
Even when you try to eat healthy there are oftentimes hidden ingredients lurking. Did you know that low-fat often means high in sugar or sodium? Today the American Diabetes Association (ADA) launched an online nutrition tool -- MyFoodAdvisor™ -- that unlocks the mystery of what is in many of the ...
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
Eating oily fish once a week may reduce age-related macular degeneration (AMD) which is the major cause of blindness and poor vision in adults in western countries and the third cause of global blindness, according to a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. There are two ...
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Saturday, August 9th, 2008
A unique public-private partnership between 3 Research Councils and 15 food and drink companies has today (06 August 2008) launched ￡4M of research projects with the aim of improving scientific understanding of the key issues linking diet and health so that food companies can address obesity, heart disease, anaemia and ...
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Friday, August 8th, 2008
A major study exploring how science can enhance global food-crop production has been launched by the Royal Society (1), the UK's national academy of science, recently. In the light of growing concerns about the long-term sufficiency and sustainability of the world's food supplies, the Society has assembled a working group ...
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Friday, August 8th, 2008
A decision by the Federal Government to introduce a grocery unit-pricing scheme has been applauded by the nation's leading nutrition organisation. The Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) said uniform pricing information, such as cost per kilogram, would make it easier for shoppers to compare products at competing supermarkets, and to ...
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Friday, August 8th, 2008
Chocolate as health food? Not exactly, but eating a small amount of dark chocolate every day offers some health benefits.The benefits are thought to come from flavonoids in dark chocolate, according to the August issue of Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource. Flavonoids are a naturally occurring antioxidant that also are found ...
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Monday, August 4th, 2008
Despite efforts to stress the importance of eating fruits and vegetables, daily consumption of these foods among men remains low, particularly among black men, according to researchers at Columbia and Temple universities, the University of Pennsylvania and the National Cancer Institute. In a study of 490 American and foreign-born black ...
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Monday, August 4th, 2008
Inadequate training and resources, time constraints and the inconvenience of following procedures all stand in the way of restaurant employees' applying food safety practices in their workplace, according to researchers at Kansas State University. In focus groups totaling 125 restaurant employees, those barriers were most often identified as reasons why ...
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Monday, August 4th, 2008
Ed Beckman, president of the California Tomato Farmers cooperative, and Reggie Brown, executive vice president of the Florida Tomato Exchange testified in front of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing to express support for responsible nationwide food safety legislation modeled after the mandatory programs ...
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