Health, Food, Nutrition & Hibiscus Tea News Archive

'Fresher Food for students in Northern Ireland (Food Standards Agency)

The Food Standards Agency Northern Ireland and the University of Ulster have joined forces to create and launch a comprehensive student survival booklet on diet and nutrition for first year students ? Fresher Food.

'Nutrition Expert Sees Growing Social Movement about Food (Progressive Grocer)

OCTOBER 09, 2006 -- BALTIMORE, Md. - A "social movement" around food is developing in the United States, as consumers who feel helpless about other issues see they can excess control over what they eat, said nutrition professor and author Marion Nestle during a keynote address last week at the Natural Products Expo East Show here.

'"Prepared, Pre-Ordered Meals Help Families Maintain Health and Nutrition" "Prepared Meals by DineWise Provide (PR Web via Yahoo! News)

Farmingdale, NY (PRWEB) October 11, 2006 -- With school and extracurricular activities in full swing, families have increasingly demanding schedules and as a result are prone to make poor meal choices, often selecting high-fat, high-calorie, low-nutrient fast food.

'Health Canada Approves Second Martek DHA For Food Uses (Medical News Today)

Martek Biosciences Corporation (Nasdaq: MATK) announced today that now all of its DHA omega-3 products have been approved by Health Canada for use as food ingredients in most foods. The approval allows for per serving levels of not less than 8 mg and not more than 100mg of Martek's DHA. [click link for full article]

'Buggy headed here on health, energy campaign (The Indianapolis Star)

A Fort Wayne health-food store owner is driving a horse and buggy to Indianapolis today to dramatize his plea for better health and less fuel consumption.

'Consumer Reports Rates Online Nutrition Advice (Hartford Courant)

Tens of millions of consumers seek nutrition advice online, regularly searching for information about dietary supplements, food allergies and how to lose weight.

'Nutrition Wise: Checking Food Labels or Using Them? (Kansas City InfoZine)

By Karen Collins, MS, RD, CDN - Is checking nutrition information on food labels like reading Japanese or Greek? Several surveys now show that most people claim to check nutrition labels when shopping, but may not use that information in making food purchases. Many shoppers don't know how to interpret the data on labels, or how to use it to create an overall healthy diet.

'Total Nutrition LAMB Is Launched (UKPets)

PET PRODUCT NEWS: Laughing Dog\'s OVEN BAKED FOOD Total Nutrition has expanded to 3 flavours making 4 varieties in total.. Wednesday 27 September 2006

'"Prepared, Pre-Ordered Meals Help Families Maintain Health and Nutrition" "Prepared Meals by DineWise Provide (PR Web)

With school and extracurricular activities in full swing, families have increasingly demanding schedules and as a result are prone to make poor meal choices, often selecting high-fat, high-calorie, low-nutrient fast food. As a solution to this problem, many families are turning to companies that specialize in meal preparation. (PRWeb Oct 11, 2006) Trackback URL:

'Is this good for me or not? What food labels really mean (Seattle Times)

This is the first of two parts on health claims on food labels. When you're walking through the supermarket, the claims on the food packaging...