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Health, Food, Nutrition & Hibiscus Tea News Archive04-Oct-2006
- 'Trans fat mars fast food (Orlando Sentinel)
Now that food labels must list trans fat content, it's easier to spot these unhealthful fats, at least at the grocery store. The new labels are also spurring food companies to find more healthful replacements for these mostly man-made fats. A similar push is happening much more slowly in restaurants, which aren't required to provide nutrition information.
- 'Food labels leave many confused (South Bend Tribune)
Confused by the nutrition labels on the back of food packages? You're not alone. A new study suggests that people misinterpret them almost a third of the time.
- 'Food Contamination Incidents Will Increase Says Expert (Newswise)
Food safety expert Sanford Miller, senior fellow at the University of Maryland Center for Food, Nutrition, and Agriculture Policy, says the recent spinach contamination won't be the last. Miller talks about produce contamination, what we can expect in the future and how food safety policy can be improved.
- 'Health District Offers Nutrition and Weight Management Classes (WestportNow)
The Westport-Weston Health District is offering its Weigh to Go class for the second year in a row starting Tuesday, Oct. 10 at 6 p.m. The course includes six sessions, and Health District Director Sue Jacozzi said it was popular last year when it was first offered.
- 'Let them eat cake! Students scoff at school?s healthy food choices (Boston Herald)
Ahealthy-minded school chef who tried to cook up creative culinary change has reluctantly put the fries, burgers and canned fruits back on the menu as nutrition does battle with budgetary needs.
- 'Quiz tests what you know about nutrition guidelines (Tacoma News Tribune)
Reading and understanding nutrition labels is complicated, especially with all the acronyms tossed about in nutrition science.
- 'Herbalife Expands Nutrition Advisory Board with Doctors in Europe and Argentina (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
LOS ANGELES----Herbalife Ltd. , a global nutrition direct selling company, announced the addition of six doctors to its Nutrition Advisory Board .
- 'The best medicine? This isn't your mother's hospital food (Deseret Morning News)
Say the words "hospital food cook-off" and most people expect Jell-O cubes and bland mashed potatoes.
- 'Salt content in Canadian food staggering compared with other nations (Canada.com)
Canadians are binging on salt, eating processed foods from breakfast cereal to cheeseburgers that contain far more of the food additive than identical brands sold in other countries.
- 'E.U. NUTRITION LABELING RESEARCH RELEASED (Meat News)
SPAIN/DENMARK: The European Food Information Council (EUFIC), has announced the results of a review of consumer research on nutrition labeling?and consumers want it ?kept simple.?
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