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Organic Food Can Have High Concentrations Of Arsenic
Rice is known to have concentrations of arsenic that find their way into the population, especially among people who consume more rice than other staples. New research is suggesting that even organic brown rice can have high concentrations of arsenic, and with processing to produce syrups and other packaged foods, the poison can become more concentrated…
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No commentsHow Much Do Nutritional Interventions Help Malnourished Cancer Patients?
A study published February 15 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, reveals that oral nutritional interventions help malnourished cancer patients and individuals at nutritional risk improve some aspects of quality of life (QOL), as well as increase nutritional intake. However, the researchers found that these interventions did not affect mortality…
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No commentsMediterranean Diet Good For Brain
According to a study in the February issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, a Mediterranean-style diet (MeDi) may be healthier for the brain. Researchers have discovered that a MeDi diet is associated with reduced damage of small blood vessels in the brain…
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No commentsSnickers Coming Down In Size
Snickers, Twix and other chocolate products from Mars Inc are coming down in size as part of a drive by the company to stop selling chocolate products containing more than 250 calories by the end of 2013. This means the 540-calorie king-size Snickers bar will become a thing of the past…
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No commentsBest Time For A Coffee Break? There’s An App For That
Caffeinated drinks such as coffee and soda are the pick-me-ups of choice for many people, but too much caffeine can cause nervousness and sleep problems. Caffeine Zone software app developed by Penn State researchers, can help people determine when caffeine may give them a mental boost and when it could hurt their sleep patterns…
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No commentsNo Link Found Between Prolonged Fructose Intake And Increased Blood Pressure
Eating fructose over an extended period of time does not lead to an increase in blood pressure, according to researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital. A new study has found that despite previous research showing blood pressure rose in humans immediately after they consumed fructose, there is no evidence fructose increases blood pressure when it has been eaten for more than seven days…
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No commentsIn The Battle To Improve Food Marketing Influencing Children’s Diets, Mixed Progress Made By US Government And Schools
New research has found that the US government and schools have made mixed progress to comprehensively address food and beverage marketing practices that put young people’s health at risk…
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No commentsHalf A Billion Children At Risk From Malnutrition
Save the Children released a report today, claiming that childhood malnutrition over the next fifteen years, puts nearly five hundred million youngsters at risk of permanent health problems. Carolyn Miles, President & CEO of Save the Children said in a statement : “Malnutrition is a largely hidden crisis, but it afflicts one in four children around the world …
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No commentsFood Marketing Targeted At Kids Still Not Ideal
New research shows that the US government and schools have only achieved a mixed progress in its extensive quest to address food and beverage marketing practices that are harmful to young people’s health…
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No commentsExcessive Consumption Of Phosphate Is Harmful To Health
The current issue of Deutsches Arzteblatt International reports that excessive consumption of phosphate is harmful to health, recommending that foods containing phosphate additives should be labeled. After a thorough review on phosphate related literature, Eberhard Ritz and his team, found that excessive phosphate consumption leads to a higher mortality in patients with renal disease…
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