Health, Food, Nutrition & Hibiscus Tea News Archive

'Optometrists to learn supplements for eye health (Nutraingredients.com)

8/2/2006 - The message that good nutrition and supplement intake can support eye health will now be part of professional development for optometrists through American Optometric Association (AOA) instruction forums.

'Nutrition marrs an otherwise great year for ADM (Nutraingredients.com)

8/2/2006 - ADM?s food and feed ingredients were a blip on the face of an otherwise rosy full year 2006, due to a slip in operating profits partly attributed natural health and nutrition operations.

'Tavis Smiley takes healthy attitude on road (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

TV and radio talk show host Tavis Smiley's Road to Health traveling expo is scheduled to kick off Aug. 4 in the Georgia International Convention Center in College Park with a discussion of organic food, self-massage techniques and hip-hop dancing.

'Schools to end sale of fried food, soda (Gainesville Sun)

School cafeterias will forgo their kitchen fryers, school vending machines will no longer offer sodas and teachers will be asked to reward their students with something other than snacks in a nutrition policy expected to go into effect in Alachua County Public Schools this fall.

'$10,000 ?Jump, Girl Jump' Program to Address Youth Health, Exercise Issues (Du Quoin Evening Call)

Illinois recently announced more than $1 million in Women's Health Initiative Grants for non-profit organizations, health departments, and service agencies in downstate Illinois to institute educational programs about menopause, cardiovascular disease, and osteoporosis.

'Get kids full of food before school (Muskogee Phoenix)

For decades nutrition experts have emphasized the importance of children eating breakfast.

'Owner Of Dole Foods Invests $1B In Health Ventures (Medical News Today)

The Wall Street Journal on Friday profiled Dole Food owner David Murdock, who is "spending more than $1 billion of his personal fortune on ventures that combine his commercial interests with his zeal to spread the gospel of good health." Murdock, 83, made billions of dollars throughout his career by investing in real estate and in private and public companies, among other ventures. [click link

'Local Producers Should Tap Global Convenience Food Market (Bernama)

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 (Bernama) -- Local manufacturers are encouraged to tap the lucrative convenience food industry using locally available herbs to meet the global market demand.

'Eyeing healthy food (Channel NewsAsia)

Good nutrition - alongside good eye care habits - plays a major role in promoting healthy vision. So, besides reminding children to take regular vision breaks, parents can also encourage their kids to eat food containing the nutrients necessary for bright, healthy eyes.

'Ladies' Home Journal Announces Winners of First-Annual Health Breakthrough Awards (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Ladies' Home Journal today announced the winners of its first-annual Health Breakthrough Awards, which recognize leading medical professionals who are making life-saving and life-enhancing discoveries in research, diagnostics and treatment -- with results that have significantly helped women and families.