Indonesian mystery illness may be food poisoning

Reviver submitted, created time 1 year 5 months (www.reutershealth.com)

The health minister said on Tuesday, Initial investigations into a mystery illness that killed 10 people in an Indonesian village have suggested that food poisoning was the cause rather than a contagious disease.

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China defends food exports, to shut small firms

Reviver submitted, created time 1 year 5 months (www.reutershealth.com)

China said it would shut small or unregulated food processors, reducing the number of firms by half, but defended the quality of its exports on Wednesday amid a spate of health scares over Chinese-made food and drugs.

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Health food maker promotes "China-Free" products

bianjie submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.sciam.com)

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It's bound to go down the wrong way in Beijing: A U.S. health food company will label its products "China-Free" to ease concerns about contamination.

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Five percent of U.S. adults report food allergy

DanyC submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.reutershealth.com)

According to a government study : more than 5 percent of U.S. adults may have food allergies, and many of them say food labels make it hard to protect themselves.

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C-section not linked to poorer infant health

captainclaw submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.reutershealth.com)

Despite some concerns to the contrary, babies delivered by cesarean may not make more visits to the doctor's office or hospital early in life, a study has found.

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Salmonella alert sparks sesame seeds recall

DanyC submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.canada.com)

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning the public in Alberta, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia not to consume sesame seeds packed by Les Aliments G. Dion that could be contaminated with salmonella.

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Report: Tainted Hogs Enter Food Supply

fiona submitted, created time 1 year 8 months (www.physorg.com)

"The government told the three states involved it would not allow meat from any of the hogs that ate the feed to enter the food supply. "

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Food Preparation May Play A Big Role In Chronic Disease

channel submitted, created time 1 year 8 months (www.sciencedaily.com)

How your food is cooked may be as important to your health as the food itself. Researchers now know more about a new class of toxins that might soon become as important a risk factor for heart disease and metabolic disorders as trans fats.

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FDA: No Evidence Aspartame Causes Cancer

julie submitted, created time 1 year 8 months (hosted.ap.org)

”A federal review of a 2005 Italian study found no data to support the conclusion the sugar substitute aspartame causes cancer, a health official said Friday.

The Food and Drug Administration has not seen scientific information that would support a change in its conclusions about the safety of aspartame, said Laura Tarantino, director of the agency's Office of Food Additive Safety. In 1981, the FDA determined that aspartame was safe for use in food.“

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Irregular breakfast eating and health status among adolescents in Taiwan

DanyC submitted, created time 1 year 8 months (www.biomedcentral.com)

"This study provides valuable information about irregular breakfast eating among adolescents, which is associated with being overweight and with a low frequency of health promoting behavior. School and family health promotion strategies should be used to encourage all adolescents to eat breakfast regularly."

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Herbal extract may help treat bladder infections

fiona submitted, created time 1 year 9 months (www.msnbc.msn.com)

"An herbal extract that is sold in health food stores and promoted as an allergy and fat loss aid may improve treatment of bladder infections when it is taken with antibiotics, research suggests."

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Digging in: Britain's green revolution on the home front

sciencebaby submitted, created time 1 year 9 months (environment.guardian.co.uk)

Today, a new British land army of gardeners appears to be doing the same to avoid eating industrially-produced foods. The reasons given for the shift to vegetable growing in the most urbanised country in Europe range from a political desire to not be beholden to large supermarkets, to a new awareness about healthy food and the environment, and deep dissatisfaction with industrially grown food. Go and find some place like a yard, patio, balcony or flat roof, and DIY!

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