Health, Food, Nutrition & Hibiscus Tea News Archive

'Health Highlights: March 19, 2007 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:

'Here's food for thought on nutrition (Miami Herald)

They can decide March is National Nutrition Month (and they have), but what does it mean? Nutrition, according to my dictionary, is the process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth. Notice it says food, not a fistful of supplements. After that, though, all bets are off. There are so many theories about nutrition, so many experts, so many books -- it's dizzying.

'Nutrition program aims to empower girls (The Record)

For a group of teenage girls in New Jersey, lessons about their long-term health began in the meat section of the supermarket.

'Pet food taken from stocks here after recall (Sheboygan Press)

Bobbi Blacklock is worried about the health of her 8-year-old Siamese cat, Zoe, after she found out that her cat food has been recalled.

'Get tested to protect sports nutrition category, says Ultimate (Nutraingredients.com)

3/19/2007 - Ultimate Nutrition, one of the sports nutrition manufacturers whose products were tested under the Natural Products Association's TruLabel program, has thrown down the gauntlet to the rest of the industry to have products tested to prove they are contaminant-free.

'Health Highlights: March 18, 2007 (MedicineNet.com)

Title: Health Highlights: March 18, 2007 Category: Health News Created: 3/19/2007 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 3/19/2007

'Teaching Your Children to Eat Healthy (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

HARRISBURG, Pa.----Parents want the best for their children, especially when it comes to their health. They know how important good nutrition is for optimal growth and development, but from the Food Guide Pyramid to the latest food fad, it can be confusing.

'Many school cafeterias don't get health checks (Contra Costa Times)

Millions of children eat in school cafeterias that don't get the twice-yearly health inspections required by Congress to help prevent food poisoning. Schools are supposed to get two visits from health inspectors every year. But one in 10 schools didn't get inspected at all last year, according to Agriculture Department data obtained by the Associated Press. Thirty percent were visited only once.

'Investigators still probing pet deaths (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

U.S. health officials said on Monday they were still trying to find a reason for the deaths of a number of pets, two days after a company based in Ontario, Canada, pulled millions of tons of pet food off store shelves.

'Stock in Menu Foods falls 30% more after major recall of dog and cat food (Canadian Business)

TORONTO (CP) - Stock in Menu Foods Income Fund (TSX:MEW.UN) fell an additional 30 per cent Monday after millions of containers of dog and cat food sold at major retailers across North America were recalled over health concerns.