Global Food Prices Continue Upward Trend, But Relatively Stable Cereal Prices Could Prevent Riots, FAO Economist Says
“Global food prices rose in October” and the U.N.
November 4, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: agriculture, fao, food-prices, level-since, nutrition, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, reuters, said-on-tuesday, tuesday
Global Food Prices Continue Upward Trend, But Relatively Stable Cereal Prices Could Prevent Riots, FAO Economist Says
“Global food prices rose in October” and the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Food Price Index increased “for the fifth month in a row,” the FAO said on Tuesday, Reuters reports. The index is at its highest level since July 2008…
November 4, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: agriculture, fao, its-highest, level-since, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, price, reuters, said-on-tuesday, tuesday
Let’s Get Sugary Drinks Off Food Stamps List, Say Mayor Bloomberg And Governor Paterson
As sugar-sweetened drinks are a major contributor towards America’s obesity epidemic, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Governor David Paterson have proposed to the Department of Agriculture that they be excluded from the list of products that can be purchased with food stamps, known as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)…
October 8, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: agriculture, america, department, food-stamps, from-the-list, governor, list, mayor-michael, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, paterson, supplemental, the-list
Lab Animal Study Indicates That Blueberries May Help Fight Artery Hardening
Blueberries may help fight atherosclerosis, also known as hardening of the arteries, according to results of a preliminary U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)-funded study with laboratory mice
October 1, 2010 · by admin · in Nutritional News · Tags: agriculture, arteries, direct-evidence, fight-atherosclerosis, from-increasing, known-as-hardening, oncalldiets, plaques-or-lesions, provides-the-first, research-provides, the-arteries, the-first, usda
