News on Health and Nutrition

June 19, 2008

Admite EU que tal vez nunca se detecte origen de salmonelosis

La Administración de Drogas y Alimentos (FDA) de Estados Unidos advirtió hoy que es posible que nunca se localice la fuente de la reciente epidemia de salmonelosis relacionada a ciertas variedades de tomate. El director de seguridad en alimentos de la...

June 18, 2008

Yum Brands tomatoes back on the menu

Yum is restocking its restaurants with tomatoes from areas that have been cleared of salmonella risk by federal health officials. Along with other restaurant operators, Yum stopped serving tomatoes earlier this month due to a multi-state salmonella out...

June 13, 2008

Helft Horeca frituurt in gezond vet

De groei van het aantal bedrijven dat 'gezond' frituurt, stagneert. De helft van de horecazaken gebruikte vorig jaar vloeibaar frituurvet. Dit aantal is gelijk aan een jaar eerder, blijkt uit een rapport van de Voedsel en Waren Autoriteit (VWA). KHN ...

June 12, 2008

ConAgra Foods products are getting new nutrition labels

Nutrition graphics featuring the Agriculture Department's widely recognized "MyPyramid"design are scheduled to appear on nearly 700 ConAgra Foods product labels beginning this summer.In February, Omaha-based ConAgra became the first company ...

June 12, 2008

EEUU dice brote salmonela afecta a 17 estados y continua

Los funcionarios de salud de Estados Unidos dijeron el miércoles que aún están recibiendo informes de personas que se enferman por comer tomates contaminados con salmonela y agregaron que por el momento tienen reportes de 167 casos, en 17 estados del p...

June 11, 2008

Undeclared Sulphites in certain white parisienne potatoes packed by Lanzbro Corp

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Lanzbro Corp are warning people with sensitivities to sulphites not to consume certain White Parisienne Potatoes packed by Lanzbro Corp, Mississauga, Ontario described below. The affected product does con...

June 11, 2008

FDA Expands Tomato Warning Nationwide

Restaurants, markets stop offering some products after 167 people in 17 states sickened by salmonella, CDC reports. U.S. health officials expanded their warning about salmonella-contaminated tomatoes nationwide Tuesday, as experts cautioned consumers ...

June 11, 2008

Exercise still combats obesity

Review by the National Health Service (NHS) of the publication "Physical activity energy expenditure has not declined since the 1980s and matches energy expenditures of wild mammals"in the International Journal of Obesity: The researchers c...

June 11, 2008

Popchips Wins Health Magazine's ''America's Healthiest Food Awards''

Popchips Inc., the pioneering all-natural popped chip company, is a proud recipient of Health magazine’s “America’s Healthiest Food Awards” for its original popped potato chips. With more than 30,000 different products at the typical grocery store, the...

June 10, 2008

McDonald's retira las rodajas de tomate en EEUU por un brote de salmonelosis

La Agencia de Alimentos y Medicinas de Estados Unidos (FDA, siglas en inglés) alertó el sábado a los estadounidenses de que no coman tomates crudos de varios tipos debido al brote, y a los restaurantes a no incluirlos en sus menús. El Centro de Contro...

June 09, 2008

Weak traffic, more side choices cut into US French-fry sales

Americans have been in love with French fries since fast food restaurants first made them popular in the 1950s. But while many nutrition-minded observers have called into question the healthfulness of French fries over the years, little has dulled con...

June 09, 2008

Tomatoes are pulled off menus and supermarket shelves over Salmonella fears

Fast-food chains and supermarkets in the United States have removed or stopped serving tomatoes tied to a salmonella outbreak that's sweeping the nation. Officials have preliminary linked raw red plum, red Roma and round red tomatoes as the possible ...

June 07, 2008

McDonald's Canada removes tomatoes from menu over Salmonella fears

McDonald's fast-food outlets in Canada have temporarily removed tomatoes from their menu options, after news south of the border that salmonella food poisoning first linked to uncooked tomatoes has spread to 16 U.S. states. McDonald's said in a lette...

June 07, 2008

Which contains more salt: a bag of potatochips or a muffin?

If you are out and about and are looking for a quick, healthy snack for your children, an orange and lemon wholegrain muffin may sound like a good option. If you are watching their salt intake, however, you would be better off giving them a bag of cri...

June 05, 2008

Trans fats harm may pass from mother to infant in breast milk

The potentially damaging effects of trans fats may also be passed from a mother to her child during breast feeding, suggests a new study that heaps more misery on the enfant terrible of the food industry. The offspring of lactating rats fed a diet co...

June 04, 2008

Sedentary Lifestyle Not To Blame For Obesity

Obesity researchers have discovered we burn the same calories on physical activities as we have done over the last 20 years. They found that there has been no reduction in the energy we expend on day to day activities, suggesting increased food intake...

June 04, 2008

Los Angeles implemented a voluntary program in which restaurants can be certified as 'trans fat free'

Los Angeles County has implemented a voluntary program in which restaurants can be certified as "trans fat free"and receive a decal to display that fact to customers.Both the city and county of Los Angeles considering banning the use of trans...

June 03, 2008

Tainted cooking oil kills 8 in Ethiopia

Authorities closed 16 cooking oil factories in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Tuesday after eight people were killed and scores sickened by food cooked with contaminated oil. In a statement, the Health Ministry said 94 people were in hospital wit...