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Market Fresh Fruit is taking part in January's National Health Month and recalls the old saying, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." A fresh fruit snack like an apple has the additional benefit of helping with weight loss. Seattle, Washington (PRWEB) January 18, 2013 In keeping with Healthy Weight Week (January 20–26) it’s a great time to remember that fresh fruit can be eaten at all times of the day. It works as a morning snack, afternoon pick-me-up and even as...
OTTAWA, Dec. 13, 2012 /CNW/ - Health Canada is reminding women who are pregnant of the importance of food safety. During pregnancy, both the expecting mother and the unborn child are at an increased risk for foodborne illness. This is because a woman's immune system is weakened during pregnancy, making it harder to fight off infections. The unborn baby's immune system is also not developed enough to fight off harmful foodborne bacteria. For both mother and baby, foodborne...
With the economic recovery under way, consumers will once again be able to afford fresh fruits and vegetables, which are staying fresher longer due to improvements in transportation and storage technologies. For these reasons, industry research firm IBISWorld has updated a report on the Canned Fruit and Vegetable Processing industry in its growing industry report collection. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) December 07, 2012 Consumer appetites for canned fruit and vegetable products shrunk over...
Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Researchers from Cornell University’s Food and Brand Lab recently released a study showing that including vegetables in a meal could positively change perceptions and expectations about both the dish and the person cooking. In particular, the scientists were interested in finding out about the psychological motivations for adding a vegetable to a plate. Interesting enough, only 23 percent of meals currently...
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Hurricane Sandy devastated urban farms in New York City and New Jersey and now those farms are facing immeasurable crop losses that may take years to recover. In addition to crop loss and apiary or bee farm destruction, farms also are dealing with pollutants that might have been washed in with the storm water. If pollutants exist, farmers will create remediation plans that could include inoculating the soil with fungi spores,...
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online It is a common fact that many kids cringe at the thought of eating veggies, such as broccoli and carrots. But what if these vegetables had exciting new names, like “Power Punch Broccoli” and “X-ray Vision Carrots?” Previous studies have revealed that people go for descriptive dishes over plain-old foods, but can children be influenced to eat their vegetables using this technique? To try and answer this question, four...
Likewise Skincare comments on an article published on http://www.inquirer.net discussing the various foods that can promote skin health, creating beauty from the inside out. Bohemia, NY (PRWEB) September 05, 2012 On September 5th, Likewise Skincare, a moisturizer manufacturer, responds to an article published for the Inquirer Business in regards to which foods can improve the health and look of skin. The article refers to a Telegraph study specifying that skin will appear healthier and...
IRWINDALE, Calif., Aug. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Mega-sized portions clearly have contributed to our nation's obesity problem, but it is not just the super-sized menu items that are a concern. Serving sizes at home have also crept up over recent decades, with plates and bowls much larger than the dishes used by our great-grandparents. Packaged foods that are available in portion packs might be an easy aid for reigning in portion sizes, but do they actually help us to eat...
More front of the line resources available from Learning ZoneXpress to promote nutrition in school foodservice Owatonna, MN (PRWEB) August 23, 2012 With new changes to the National School Lunch Program as part of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, Learning ZoneXpress has developed 1 Great Tray™ as a solution to reflect change as well as a means to improve school lunches. 1 Great Tray™ is a spin-off of the popular 1 Great Plate® offering visuals of fruits, vegetables,...
Already ranked by some as number one in nutrition among all vegetables, the traditional sweet potato can be nutritionally supercharged ― literally ― with a simple, inexpensive electric current treatment that increases its content of healthful polyphenols or antioxidants by 60 percent, scientists said here today. Their report on the first electrical enhancement of sweet potatoes, a dietary staple since prehistoric times, was part of the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the...
