Pink Slime – Good Enough For School Meals, Not McDonald’s

School meals containing ammonium hydroxide, also known as treated ground beef or “pink slime”, are OK, says the Department of Agriculture, despite growing opposition from parents and various groups. Even, McDonald’s, a company not exactly known for healthy, wholesome foods, stopped adding ammonium-treated meat into its hamburgers since August 2011…

McDonald’s New Menu Includes Calorie Information, UK

The Department of Health announced today that starting this Wednesday, McDonald’s will be introducing calorie information to all of its menus in all of its 1,200 UK restaurants, to allow consumers to see calorie information of every article on their menu at a glance…

Ground Turkey Cause Of Salmonellosis Resulting In One Death And 76 Illnesses In 26 States, USA

Ground turkey tainted with salmonella has caused 76 illnesses and one death since March, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and USDA (US Department of Agriculture) announced today. According to PulseNet, the country’s foodborne illness detection system, the genetic fingerprint of salmonella Heidelberg has been detected in frozen or fresh ground turkey…

Statistical Press Notice: National Diet And Nutrition Survey: Headline Results From Years 1 And 2 Combined (2008/09 – 2009/10)

Today, the Department of Health published the combined results from the first two years of the National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) rolling programme (2008/09 -2009/10). The NDNS is a continuous cross-sectional survey, designed to assess the diet, nutrient intake and nutritional status of the general population aged 18 months upwards living in private households in the UK…

USDA Serves A Dinner Plate For Healthy Eating

America is about to ditch the food pyramid. In its place, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) will serve a plate-shaped symbol sliced into basic food groups.

SNA Submits Comments On Proposed School Meal Standards

The School Nutrition Association (SNA) has submitted comments to the US Department of Agriculture in response to the department’s proposed rule outlining new nutrition standards for school meals…

More Information On Fat Digestibility In Pigs Needed

Producers and feed companies add fat to swine diets to increase energy, but recent research from the University of Illinois suggests that measurements currently used for fat digestibility need to be updated. “It’s critical that we gain a better understanding of the energy value of fat,” said Hans H. Stein, U of I professor in the Department of Animal Sciences…

Planning And Visualization Lead To Better Food Habits

If you want to improve the way you eat, the best way to do so is to both make an action plan and visualize yourself carrying it out, according to McGill researchers. “Telling people to just change the way they eat doesn’t work; we’ve known that for a while,” says Bärbel Knäuper of McGill’s Department of Psychology…

Diets High In Fish Oil Have A Beneficial Effect In Patients At Risk Of Alzheimer’s

Scientists today agree that there are five molecules that are known to affect or cause Alzheimer’s disease, which plagues an estimated five million Americans. The potency of these molecules is linked to environmental factors such as diet and lifestyle. Prof.

Diets High In Fish Oil Have A Beneficial Effect In Patients At Risk Of Alzheimer’s

Scientists today agree that there are five molecules that are known to affect or cause Alzheimer’s disease, which plagues an estimated five million Americans. The potency of these molecules is linked to environmental factors such as diet and lifestyle.

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