NEWS: Healthy Eating, Not For The Price-Conscious

Save money on low-calorie food: Buy and cut your own romaine instead of pre-cut salad mixes.   This will come as no surprise to those who strive to cook healthy meals, but researchers at the University of Washington have found that junk food not only costs less than fruits and vegetables, but it is also…
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REVIEW: Terra Medi Greek Oils, Olives, Bruschetta & Tapenade

Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil, EVOO, and EV Sesame Oil.   Olive lovers have a friend in Terra Medi. The company imports top-quality olive oils, bruschettas, tapenades, olive mixes, vinegars and a sesame oil from Greece. The bruschettas and tapenades are versatile ingredients for entertaining or for sprucing up everyday meals. They have found permanent…
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NEWS: Blueberry Juice Product Shows Health Benefits

Blueberry Punch: prostate cancer cure?   While it has only been tested in lab mice, a commercially available blueberry and grape fruit punch has had a significant effect on prostate cancer, reducing the growth of tumors by 25% in just two weeks. The mice were given a human version of the disease; scientists consider the…
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NEWS: Babies Learn To Like Foods In Utero

Love of broccoli and Brussels sprouts starts here. Photo by Denise Thuler | SXC.   Want your children to like fruits and vegetables? Start them young—in utero. According to scientists at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, a lifelong taste for fruit and vegetables can be instilled in babies before they are born: The…
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NEWS: Better Test For Antioxidants

The Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry reports a better test for measuring the antioxidant value of foods. The CAA (cellular antioxidant activity) assay is a more biologically relevant method than the popular chemistry antioxidant activity assays because it accounts for some aspects of uptake, metabolism and location of antioxidant compounds within cells, according to…
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