Health, Food, Nutrition & Hibiscus Tea News Archive

'New Food Pyramid Offers Building Blocks to Good Nutrition (iVillage Total Health)

The new and improved U.S. Department of Agriculture's food guide pyramid -- called MyPyramid -- is helping Americans, young and old, to better understand how to eat healthfully, dietitians say.

'The good and the bad among nutrition bars (Seattle Times)

If you've ever walked down the health-food aisle at the grocery store in search of a nutrition bar, chances are you came away overwhelmed...

'Community Benefits When Regence Members Take Charge of Health $11,000 Donation to American Red Cross Represents ... (RedNova)

PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Aiming to transform health care one person at a time, Regence pledged to donate $1 for each member who registered for the Regence Engine (myregence.com), a simple first step toward health that also helped the larger community.

'Health board calls for nutritious food allowance for poor (Etobicoke Guardian)

Individuals living on social assistance or working for minimum wage cannot afford to meet their basic nutritional needs, according to the board of health, which is calling on the province to implement a nutrition allowance to help people buy healthy foods.

'Study Finds Fruit Content In Foods Lacking (WCCO Minneapolis/St. Paul)

Buying health food for your children may be trickier than you think. A team of nutrition advocates recently studied popular children's products advertising fruit content on the labels and found half of the products contained no fruit at all. Video: Lisa Kiava Reports More Health News

'Food Bank hosts taste demonstration (The Daily Dispatch)

A free taste demonstration on the use of several traditional pre-Columbian crops will take place on Tuesday, January 30th, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., at the Douglas Area Food Bank located at 660 G Ave. on the corner of 7th St. Collaborating in this presentation are BASA (Baja Arizona Sustainable Agriculture) and the Food Bank's Nutrition Education Program, both of which are partially funded by the ...

'New Food Pyramid Offers Building Blocks to Good Nutrition (MedicineNet.com)

Title: New Food Pyramid Offers Building Blocks to Good Nutrition Category: Health News Created: 1/29/2007 2:06:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 1/29/2007

'The Lubbock Health Department Works to Fight Trans Fat (KCBD-TV Lubbock)

It helps make your food finger lickin' good, but health experts say it's really bad for the body. We're talking about trans fat. NewChannel 11's Holly Kennedy found out how the Lubbock Health Department is making it easier for you to avoid trans fats when you choose to dine out.

'Giving Nitroglycerin To Women In Premature Labour Improves Their Babies' Health, Study Finds (Science Daily)

A Queen's University-led study shows that giving nitroglycerin to women who enter labour early results in significant improvement to their babies' health. The improvement is most marked in babies who are born very prematurely (at 24 to 28 weeks). Until now, no drug to stop pre-term labour has demonstrated an improved outcome from a baby's point of view.

'Program blends nutrition with a dose of dance (Battle Creek Enquirer)

As kids bopped around to dance beats and munched on fun-shaped snacks on Tuesday's Family Food Fair, it looked more like a field day than a health fair.