Salmonella Tainted Cilantro – Over 6,000 Cartons Recalled, USA

The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) informs that 6,141 cartons of Cilantro are being recalled after some samples tested positive for Salmonella at distributor level. Pacific International Marketing has issued the recall and the FDA says they and Pacific are liaising closely. Pacific says the potentially contaminated cartons come in 60, 30 bunches and 20-3 bunched sleeves…

Coffee Consumption Associated With Decreased Risk For Basal Cell Carcinoma

Caffeine could be related to an inverse association between basal cell carcinoma risk and consumption of coffee, a study found. The prospective study, presented at the 10th AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research, held Oct…

Potential Link Between Body Weight, Diet And Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Body weight in young adulthood and diet appeared to be associated with the risk for non-Hodgkin lymphoma, according to results presented at the 10th AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research, being held Oct. 22-25, 2011…

Malnutrition As A Secondary Symptom

Failure to thrive in childhood is often the result of an underlying organic disease. In the current edition of Deutsches Ãrzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2011; 108[38]: 642-9), Walter Nützenadel provides an overview of diagnoses and treatment options…

Pollinators Make Critical Contribution To Healthy Diets

Fruits and vegetables that provide the highest levels of vitamins and minerals to the human diet globally depend heavily on bees and other pollinating animals, according to a new study published in the international online journal PLoS ONE…

Experts Recommend Low Calorie Sweeteners As An Effective And Safe Way To Help Manage Weight

The desire to eat sweet things does not need to be suppressed, just managed, according to health and nutrition experts meeting at the International Sweeteners Association’s conference in Brussels today…

Gene Variant Linked With Development Of COPD In Men

Researchers have linked a variant in the vitamin D receptor gene (VDR) with the onset of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Caucasian men. The study population consisted of participants in the Veterans Administration Normative Aging Study, a multidisciplinary study of aging that began in 1963.

Reduce Calories By Eating More Fruits & Veggies

According to a new study from the International Food Information Council (IFIC), 50 percent of respondents consider themselves overweight, yet only nine percent keep track of how many calories they eat in a day. Moreover, IFIC’s study says that only nine percent of us can even accurately estimate the number of calories we should eat in a day…

Arguments In Favor Of Folic Acid For Everybody

Neural tube defects in neonates are common in Germany compared with the rest of Europe.

How Gut Bacteria Affects Our Health

As partners in the international research consortium named MetaHit, scientists from the University of Copenhagen have contributed to show that an individual’s intestinal bacteria flora, regardless of nationality, gender and age, organises itself in certain clusters…

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