FDA considers additional food labels
Monday, September 10, 2007
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials on Monday considered whether adding symbols with nutrition information to food labels, like a traffic light system used in Britain, might help shoppers make healthier food choices.
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Home microwave popcorn cited in illness
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Consumers, not just factory workers, may be in danger from fumes from buttery flavoring in microwave popcorn, according to a warning letter to federal regulators from a doctor at a leading lung research hospital.
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Mo. wineries expect tiny harvest
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
ST. JAMES, Mo. (AP) — A combination of the Easter freeze and hungry birds has left Missouri's wineries predicting a tiny harvest this year and big economic losses.
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Grapes shown to protect against diabetes
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
New study shows that grapes may slow the progression of Type I Autoimmune Diabetes in lab mice
A new study appearing in the current issue of the peer-reviewed Journal of Nutrition(1) shows that consuming grapes protected against the destruction of insulin-producing cells (known as beta cells) in the pancreas, significantly reducing the incidence of diabetes in lab rodents.
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Truffles–elegance you can afford
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Last November, a Hong Kong real estate tycoon paid over $160,000 for a white truffle weighing about three pounds, which may be the world’s most expensive ever.
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