Nutrición

Enero 17, 2011

Biofortificación con hierro aumenta popularidad de la papa en comunidades pobres

La deficiencia de hierro es el trastorno nutricional más común del mundo: afecta al 50 por ciento de las mujeres embarazadas y al 40 por ciento de los niños en edad preescolar en los países en desarrollo, según la Organización Mundial de la Salud. Debi...

Enero 17, 2011

Pumping up Potatoes to provide the nutrient iron to the poor

Enero 13, 2011

20 potatoes a day followed up with Potato Recipies

His mono-food 20 Potatoes a Day Diet successfully behind him, Chris Voigt, executive director of the Washington State Potato Commission, is turning to potato recipes he wished he could have eaten during his two-month regimen.

Enero 12, 2011

Helft Europeanen vóór extra belasting op ongezond voedsel

De helft van de Europeanen is van mening dat extra belasting zou moeten worden geheven op ongezond voedsel.

Enero 12, 2011

Seabrook Crisps launches 'Goodbye Salt, Hello Flavour' range with 90 per cent less salt

Seabrook Crisps Ltd has invested £1.5m in developing four new flavours of crisp, each with 90 per cent less salt. The new product, called Goodbye salt, Hello flavour, will be available in Jacket potato with Mediterranean tomato &herbs;Jacket potat...

Enero 09, 2011

Chris Voigt (20-potatoes-a-day) recognized as Potato Man of the Year by The Packer

Voigt, the executive director of the Washington Potato Commission, Moses Lake, is The Potato Man of the Year award recipient. Voigt received the annual award, from The Packer and its sister publication The Grower magazine, in conjunction with the Nati...

Diciembre 29, 2010

Pepsi Ventures Into Science Of Nutrition

A small group of scientists in white lab coats — some bearing the Pepsi logo — wander through their laboratory, describing the state-of-the-art equipment.

Diciembre 28, 2010

McCain Foods Joins Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation

McCain Foods has joined the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation (HWCF) in its pledge to reduce obesity, especially among children aged 6 to 11, by 2015.

Diciembre 23, 2010

Jan. 1, 2011: 2nd phase of California trans fat ban to take effect

California restaurants must end trans fat use by Jan. 1.

Diciembre 16, 2010

Interview with Chris Voigt of 20 Potatoes a Day

Chris Voigt is the executive director of the Washington State Potato Commission, which supports and promotes the Washington state potato industry (1). On October 1st, Mr. Voigt began a two month, potato-only diet to raise awareness about the health properties of potatoes.

2010 dietary guidelines alliance consumer research

Diciembre 13, 2010

Parents Skeptical About Role of Calories in the Diet

When it comes to calories, parents lack a basic understanding of their impact on weight and may even be skeptical that calories are just the latest food and nutrition fad.

Diciembre 09, 2010

DEFRA: Changing labels costs 'substantially' more than we thought

New research reveals that the costs of labelling changes for the food and drink industry are “substantially greater” than European and UK legislators have previously estimated.

Chris Voigt completes a diet of 60 days exclusively on potatoes

Noviembre 30, 2010

Chris Voigt ends his 20 potato-a-day diet more than 20 pounds lighter

The head of the Washington State Potato Commission ended a self-imposed diet of potatoes-only that he said allowed him to shed more than 20 pounds in two months.

Noviembre 29, 2010

Chris Voigt's Potato diet almost over

The Potato Man proudly lined up a bunch of them on a counter in his family's kitchen: a really nice assortment of russets that, in the next days, would end up in his belly.

Noviembre 13, 2010

Mininimum price per calorie suggested for food

Just as MSPs were this week throwing out the idea of people paying a minimum price for alcohol, a Scottish doctor was raising a new idea – a minimum price per calorie for food.