Health, Food, Nutrition & Hibiscus Tea News Archive

'NYC Considers Ban on Trans Fat in Restaurant Food (The NewStandard)

The New York City Board of Health has proposed requiring restaurants in the city to phrase out their use of trans fats, arguing that consuming the substance can lead to heart disease. The...

'New Edition of ARS Food & Nutrition Research Briefs Posted on the Web (Agricultural Research Magazine)

The quarterly publication features short, informative highlights of new scientific findings about nutrition and health, as well as food safety, new foods and related topics.

'Health, safety focus of EU-based International food conference in Chiang Mai (MCOT)

BANGKOK, Oct 29 (TNA) ? A five-day international conference on food safety and nutrition starts tomorrow in Thailand's northern capital of Chiang Mai.

'NYC Health Officials to Hold Hearing on Proposed Fat Ban (Fox News)

The Board of Health will hold its first public hearing today on a proposal to make New York the first U.S. city to ban restaurants from serving food containing artificial trans fats.

'Women's Health: Iron May Be the Answer for Some Infertile Women (US News & World Report)

Could infertility be reversed by taking a simple supplement? Maybe, in some cases. A study released today from the November issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology found that infertile women who consumed an average of 76 milligrams of iron per day through supplements and food sources had a 60 percent lower risk of failure to ovulate than those who ingested the lowest amounts of iron. Failure to

'Pressure Greets Plan To Ban Trans Fat in City (The New York Sun)

Five hours of largely laudatory testimony from doctors and nutrition advocates left little doubt that the Bloomberg administration's plan to ban trans fats in restaurants is headed for approval, but the city's top health official yesterday signaled that the administration might alter its proposal amid concerns from the food industry. The city's Board of Health heard from dozens of medical

'Food-borne bacteria evolving, becoming more dangerous (USA Today)

Health officials are now tracking another deadly outbreak in produce. This time, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention is tracking a salmonella outbreak, which has sickened at least 172 people in 18 states.

'Health info in a flash (CNN.com)

CNN's Judy Fortin delivers a quick dose of healthy information in her daily Health Minute, which airs Monday through Friday between 1 and 6 p.m. on CNN Headline News.

'USDA invests in food program research (Nutraingredients.com)

10/30/2006 - The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is to invest almost $2m in evaluating its food and nutrition assistance programs, in an effort to enhance these on the back of advice from external researchers.

'UC holds food, fish safety meeting (The Woodland Daily Democrat Online)

The University of California's food safety experts will update California agriculture, community health and nutrition professionals and educators on the recent E. coli outbreak in Spinach and many other pertinent food safety issues.