That means a $100 meal would have cost about $83 last June and now costs about $106.
Deteriorating Competitiveness The cost of a quick lunch in a Sydney restaurant is now $27. 10,
a dozen eggs is $5. 60, against $3. 65 in Manhattan; and a tube of toothpaste is $5 vs. $3. 72 in Manhattan, according to ECA International.
Tokyo Quick lunch: $20. 80 Beer at a bar: $10. 56 Kilogram of rice: $9. 80 Dozen eggs:
$4. 50 Movie theater ticket: $23. 80 Although the consumer price index in the Tokyo area has been falling since 2009, according to data from Japans statistics bureau,
Oslo Quick lunch: $45. 20 Beer at a bar: $13. 18 Kilogram of rice: $6. 10 Dozen eggs:
$8. 50 Movie theater ticket: $18. 80 Norways capital is a major hub for trade, shipping, and finance and is home to the Oslo Stock exchange.
which is not surprising when a quick lunch costs about $45 and a dozen eggs, $8. 50.
Nagoya, Japan Quick lunch: $19 Beer at a bar: $11. 37 Kilogram of rice: $8. 50 Dozen eggs:
$3. 60 Movie theater ticket: $21. 80 Nagoya is one of Japans premier industrial and technological centers
Stavanger, Norway Quick lunch: $32. 30 Beer at a bar: $12. 83 Kilogram of rice:
$5. 70 Dozen eggs: $6. 80 Movie theater ticket: $17. 30 Stavanger was mainly a fishing community until oil was found in the North sea in the 1960s,
Yokohama, Japan Quick lunch: $16. 90 Beer at a bar: $6. 59 Kilogram of rice:
$4. 20 Dozen eggs: $2. 50 Movie theater ticket: $21. 70 Japans second-largest city after Tokyo, Yokohama is reached easily from Tokyo by train.
Zurich Quick lunch: $32. 90 Beer at a bar: $10. 54 Kilogram of rice: $3. 70 Dozen eggs:
$7. 90 Movie theater ticket: $19. 60 The financial sector is an important part of Zurichs economy
Luanda, Angola Quick lunch: $52. 40 Beer at a bar: $6. 62 Kilogram of rice:
$4. 60 Dozen eggs: $5. 20 Movie theater ticket: $13. 90 Luanda was the most expensive city in the world in ECA Internationals 2009 ranking.
Geneva Quick lunch: $33. 70 Beer at a bar: $9. 12 Kilogram of rice: $4. 70 Dozen eggs:
$8. 60 Movie theater ticket: $19. 20 Truly a global city, Geneva is home to such international organizations as the United nations
Kobe, Japan Quick lunch: $15. 60 Beer at a bar: $8. 69 Kilogram of rice:
$9. 30 Dozen eggs: $3. 10 Movie theater ticket: $20. 80 Kobe is one of Japans busiest ports and a manufacturing center for appliances, food,
though its known best for high grade and pricey Kobe beef. No. 10: Bern, Switzerland Quick lunch:
$28. 80 Beer at a bar: $7. 46 Kilogram of rice: $4. 70 Dozen eggs:
$8. 40 Movie theater ticket: $19. 10 Switzerlands capital, Bern is the center of Swiss government, the engineering industry,
#Random USDA Testing Finds 34 Unapproved Pesticides on Cilantro Cilantro tastes so good but may have a plethora of pesticides on it.
and make sure that your cilantro is Organic food safety came front and center this week when random USDA testing found 34 different varieties of pesticide residue atop a batch of conventional cilantro#The Chicago tribune reports that
when the USDA randomly tested a batch of cilantro for the first time in its 20 year program,
it found 34 unapproved pesticides. According to the story: Azoxystrobin and captan are legal for use on potatoes
#I dont consider cilantro a minor food at all. Its used in tons of recipes, especially in the summer time.
and years and years to develop these chickens to grow these feathers. And now, instead of ending up on a fly, its going into womens hair,
The study at the University of Naples, Italy, compared the effect of donkey milk compared to cows milk in diet and health.
Ionically bonded crystals can form upon solidification of salts, either from a molten fluid or when it condenses from a solution.
But that wasnt thanks to the Royal Mint or the Bank of england. Courtesy of Barclaycard, Orange and Samsung, consumers across the UK can now pay for goods and services with nothing more than a mobile phone.
and snatched lunchtime sandwiches, but when Oranges head of mobile payments, Jason Rees, calls it the beginning of a new order#,hes not wrong.
and the other planets#This particular grain is known affectionately as Cracked Egg#for its distinctive appearance.
Cracked Egg refractory inclusion was sent to Dr. Chi Ma at California Institute of technology (Caltech) for very detailed nano-mineralogy investigation.
Studies of the unique Cracked Egg refractory inclusion are continuing, in an effort to learn more about the conditions under which it formed
the Cracked Egg contains at least eight other minerals, including one other mineral new to science. The American Mineralogist paper is authored by Chi Ma (Caltech), Anthony R. Kampf (NHM), Harold C. Connolly Jr.
#Sugar Sues High Fructose Corn syrup Sugar and High Fructose Corn syrup The Same Thing? No? Its about the lesser of two evils, isnt it?
how different is sugar from high fructose corn syrup (HFCS)? The Western Sugar Cooperative is claiming that the two are in fact very different.
It recently filed suit against sugar refiners for misleading consumers in calling HFCS corn sugar, according to the Des moines Register and as discussed on Food Politics.
The lawsuit names as defendants Archer daniels midland Co.,Cargill Inc, . and other major corn syrup processors as well as the Corn Refiners Association.#
#So, is it fair to call HFCS sugar? Not according to the Western Sugar Cooperative#This suit is about false advertising,
pure and simple,#said Inder Mathur, president and CEO of Western Sugar Cooperative, the grower group that filed the lawsuit in Los angeles federal court
along with the Michigan Sugar Co. and C&h Sugar Co. Inc. If consumers are concerned about your product,
then you should improve it or explain its benefits, not try to deceive people about its name
or distort scientific facts.##Corn Refiners Petition to Be called Corn sugar I wrote in March that the Corn Refiners Association had asked the FDA to change the name HFCS to corn sugar.
instead, have replaced it with sugar. The sky rocketing price of corn, which has shot up nearly 50 percent in the past couple of months,
The Corn Refiners have petitioned just the FDA to be allowed to use the name corn sugar#to apply to both glucose/dextrose and high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS.
But how different are HFCS and sugar? Lets be clear: sugar and HFCS share the same biochemistry.
Marion Nestle defines: Sucrose: a double sugar of 50%glucose and 50%fructose linked together HFCS:
a syrup of about 45%glucose and 55%fructose, separated However, HFCS goes through highly unnatural processing.
The process starts off with corn kernels. The corn is spun at a high velocity and combined with three other enzymes:
so that it forms a thick syrup thats way sweeter than sugar. But in the end its all about market share.
Each group wants a bigger piece of the economic pie and as public perception of these ingredients evolves,
Neither did the chicken...Tragically hilarious...The other side of the fence is always greener,
#and you thought walnuts came from trees...Best friends forever...Life is full of challenges, but we have no clue
Its whats for dinner...When Carrot Top and a guitar-maker go on a bender, its never pretty...
But as this study shows, the kids made up for the lost calories elsewhere in their diet.
which have less cholesterol but the same amount of nutrients, mainly calcium and Vitamin d. The only thing given up is saturated fat,
The result of Wall streets venture into grain and feed and livestock has been a shock to the global food production and delivery system.
The Federal trade commission has proposed sweeping new guidelines that could push the food industry to overhaul how it advertises cereal, soda pop, snacks, restaurant meals and other foods to children.
regulators are taking aim at a range of tactics used to market foods high in sugar,
online games that act as camouflaged advertisements, social media, product placements in movies, the use of movie characters in cross-promotions and fast-food childrens meals.
#said Michelle K. Rusk, a lawyer with the trade commission. The goal is to encourage children to eat more healthy foods
Scott Faber, a vice president of the Grocery Manufacturers Association, a group that represents food makers,
He said companies had changed also many recipes to reduce salt, sugar and fat and add healthful ingredients like whole grains.
The rate of reformulation is going to increase, not as a result of the principles that were announced today but because consumers are demanding changes in the marketplace,
And they could not contain unhealthful amounts of sugar, saturated fat, trans fat and salt.
The sugar requirement would limit cereals to eight grams of added sugar a serving, far less than many popular cereals have today.
while main dishes and meals, including both restaurant food and packaged food, could have no more than 450 milligrams.
Today, a 15-ounce can of Chef Boyardee beef ravioli has two servings, with 750 milligrams of sodium per serving.
and Ms. Rusk said the agencies would consider those arguments. Margo Wootan, director of nutrition policy for the Center for Science in the Public interest, an advocacy group, predicted that the guidelines would force many companies to accept great restrictions
I totally guessed that paladins smelled like vanilla and evil#smelled of Smouldering opium tar, tobacco absolute, green tea, black plum, kush, ambergris accord, ambrette seed,
Porridge, kukui nuts, and pastry crumbs. ORC: Field grey courgette musk, roughly cured leather, and vetiver.
CLERIC: Rose amber, frankincense, myrrh, champaca flower, Peru balsam, cistus, palisander, cananga, hyssop, and narcissus absolute.
FIGHTER: Leather, musk, blood, and steel. MAGE: All mystique and thrumming power: gurjum balsam, Sumatran dragons blood resin, olibanum, galangal, oleo gum resin, and frankincense.
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#iphone Secretly Tracks Everywhere You Go The map shows location data collected from an iphone that had been used in England.
Prices for fruits and vegetables, dairy products, chicken and beef all increased. Coffee costs rose 3. 5 percent.
in addition to their normal diets. Blood samples were taken at the start of the study and at three, six and 12 months.
tea and dark chocolate#stimulate the breakdown of fats in the blood and reduce inflammation of vessel walls,
what they thought were conventionally and organically produced chocolate sandwich cookies, plain yogurt, and potato crisps.
what pasta is made from #and is also a major grower of other crops including barley, pinto beans, and flaxseed.
Crops such as sweet corn, apples, pears, grapes, berries, peaches, tomatoes and peppers appear to be the most vulnerable.
might be able to nip the stink bug explosion in the bud by preying on brown marmorated stink bug eggs, the only type of eggs that species of wasps eats.
#Food Dyeâ##s May be linked to Hyperactivity in Children Artificial dyes in food are limited not just to candy.
and its not limited to candy. The list of foods made pretty by chemicals now includes pickles,
bagels and port wine cheese balls. Americans are really turned on by a bright-red strawberry juice,
and they think its natural, #said Kantha Shelke, co-president of the food research firm Corvus Blue.
Or cheese#cheese is naturally a pale color but most young kids will not eat cheese unless its a bright, almost fluorescent orange.#
#Foodmakers have used dyes since ancient times to make food more appealing to the eye. But the practice has invaded
but when you consider other important factors that could be responsible for the results, such as gender, maternal education level, pretrial diet and other factors,
it becomes impossible to affirm that the change in behavior was said due to food colors Keith Ayoob, director of the nutrition clinic at the Rose F. Kennedy Childrens Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
and have determined that there is no demonstrable link between artificial food colors and hyperactivity among children,##said statement from the Grocery Manufacturers Association,
which represents foodmakers, packagers and retailers. Still, some U s. companies are beginning to make the switch away from artificial dyes,
But the company said it has no plans to mess with the chemically enhanced orange of its Doritos or Cheetos,
In a signal of where the food coloring industry is headed, one major color supplier, Sensient Colors,
a chemical used to produce the butter-like taste. Over-exposure can cause lung damage.
Its dinner and a movie not dinner at a movie.##Theater operators have a vested interest in fighting the proposed rules,
as they generate up to one-third of their revenue from selling popcorn, sodas and other snacks.
in so much as they would benefit more than getting the same nutrients from non-creepily-genetically-modified animal sources, escapes me entirely.
ever put them in salads raw. Cooking renders them harmless and gives you lots of good nutrition. 9. Cassava Rootwhen it comes to starch,
and has killed humans in the past. 8. Nutmeg Nutmeg contains myristicine, which is psychoactive. If that wasnt enough, too much of it will cause vomiting, sweating, dizziness, hallucinations and headache.
but lately there has been a fad by teens to get high on nutmeg#with very unhappy results. 7. Kidney beans Kidney beans contain the toxin phytohaemagglutinin,
so never just add them to a stew or chili without boiling them first. Better yet, use canned kidney beans.
A few more and there is no wishing about it. 6. Chocolate (cocoa beans) Chocolate is included here though while it is not poisonous to humans,
which is sweet, they seem to enjoy it so never leave it where they can scoot off with an Easter egg.
it is just too low a dose to bother most of us though some elderly chocolate lovers may find themselves unable to tolerate it. 5. Tomato The leaves
such as French mustard, roast beef, and pineapple#2 Cups Sugar 1 Tsp Baking soda 1/4 Cup Citric acid Crystals (Can be tricky to find.
If your local gourmet/country store doesnt have them try here. 1/3 Cup of Corn syrup Small amount of Water (Just enough to get sugar wet) 1/4-1 Tsp Flavoring (any extract will work.
Use what you like! When using stronger flavors such as cinnamon, mint, and cherry, you can use a small amount (about 1/4 teaspoon).
Subtler flavors such as lemon, strawberry, orange, and peach require more (1/2 to 1 teaspoon.)
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Barley, oats, sorghum, rye, and millet make up the remainder. We start by looking at rice because,
During later stages of Ophiocordyceps camponoti-rufipedis infection, the fungus rapidly consumes the nutrients inside a zombie ant
#Mcdonaldâ##s â Oatmealâ#Has 11 Weird Ingredients, More Sugar Than a Snickers An oatmeal dont.
Writing on the New york times blog, Mark Bittman reviews Mcdonalds nightmarish attempt at making oatmeal (a foodstuff with one ingredient:
Yet in typical Mcdonalds fashion, the company is doing everything it can to turn oatmeal into yet another bad choice.
Not only that, theyve made it more expensive than a double-cheeseburger: $2. 38 per serving in New york.
the least processed of the ingredients (even the oatmeal contains seven ingredients, including natural flavor#).
sugar dried fruit, cream and 11 weird ingredients you would never keep in your kitchen.####Incredibly, the Mcdonalds product contains more sugar than a Snickers bar and only 10 fewer calories than a Mcdonalds cheeseburger or Egg Mcmuffin.
Even without the brown sugar it has more calories than a Mcdonalds hamburger. How to Make Oatmeal...
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#London Ice cream Parlor Sells Breast Milk Ice cream Breast milk ice cream served in a martini glass.
When a well-stocked ice cream parlour says they sell every flavor, there are usually limits. But one restaurant in London is selling breast milk ice cream
which is being served to customers in a cocktail glass. Icecreamists, based in Covent garden, have named the £14 dish Baby Gaga.
Victoria Hiley, 35, from Leeds provided the first 30 fluid ounces of milk which was enough to make the first 50 servings.
But the company are looking for more women to provide breast milk #and are providing £15 for every ten ounces extracted using breast pumps.
The recipe blends breast milk with Madagascan vanilla pods and lemon zest which is churned then freshly into ice cream.
A costumed Baby Gaga waitress serves the ice cream in a martini glass filled with the breast milk ice cream mix.
A costumed Baby Gaga waitress serves the ice cream in a martini glass filled with the breast milk ice cream mix.
Liquid nitrogen is poured then into the glass through a syringe and it is served with a rusk.
It can be served with whisky or another cocktail on request. Mother-of-one Victoria said: I saw the advert offering to pay women to donate breast milk on a forum
and it made me laugh. There were so many comments and people were having a debate on
whether it could be genuine. So I thought Id find out. Another 13 women have volunteered to donate their breast milk.
To maintain the highest standards, health checks for the lactating women are exactly the same used by the NHS to screen blood donors.
free-range mothers milk in an ice cream? Victoria works with women who have problems breast feeding their babies.
You can kid yourself that its a healthy ice cream! said Victoria. But it is very nice it really melts in the mouth.
Founder Matt OCONNOR, 44, is confident his new ice cream will go down well with the paying public.
No ones done anything interesting with ice cream in the last hundred years, he said. Weve came up with a method of infusing ice-cream with breast milk.
We wanted to completely reinvent it. And by using breast milk weve definitely given it a one hundred percent makeover.
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Here are some of our favorites#Good Foods that Dont Make a Mess Many of you wrote in with some great food suggestions that wont make a mess
Wraps and Burritos, if youre skilled and dont let any sauces or dressings spill out the end.
Also, if you keep the foil or bag on the end, youll be less likely to spill.
Sandwiches tend to be more prone to crumbs than wraps, though if you put the end of it in plastic wrap or something similar,
you may be able to get by. Meats like steak, chicken breast, or ham. These are great because,
unless you put some sort of sauce on them, they dont have much to drip on your keyboard,
and they wont get anything messy on your hands. Fruits and vegetables tend to be pretty neat
Dried fruits and nuts are really good ideas too. th salad dressing. The great thing about salad is that,
while its easy to drop pieces of your salad all over the place, those pieces are usually big pieces of lettuce, cucumber,
or whatever that are easy to pick up off your keyboard without making a mess. Foods that act as glue#:
#A number of you noted that certain foods, like mashed potatoes and refried beans, are great not only for their lack of mess,
but because they can act as a kind of glue#that holds more difficult food like rice
takes away all the mess. Non-sugary drinks in travel mugs: Sugary drinks, like juice and pop, are going to be very sticky
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Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, a start-up company in Boston, tested its experimental diet drug on some of the Oregon monkeys.
The monkeys daily diet consists of dried chow pellets, with about one-third of the calories coming from fat, similar to a typical American diet,
though the diet also contains adequate protein and nutrients. They can eat as many pellets as they want.
and are treated sometimes to popcorn or peanuts. Gummy bears were abandoned because they stuck to the monkeys teeth.
Dr. Grove and researchers at some other centers say the high-fructose corn syrup appears to accelerate the development of obesity and diabetes.
when pregnant monkeys ate the high-fat diet, their offspring had metabolic problems. The babies were also more prone to anxiety
#But he said the study found the diet induced chemical changes in the brains of fetuses that might be responsible for the problems in the offspring.
The studies also found something else that could be important for people#that eating a healthy diet during pregnancy reduced troubles in the offspring.
that the diet of a pregnant woman matters more than whether she is obese. He also defended keeping the animals in some studies in individual cages.
#But Dr. Grove said he needed the animals separated at all times so they could snack between meals,
Our research model is a sedentary lifestyle with calorically dense diets, #he said. As pharmaceutical companies move some research to less expensive countries,
#Why Chocolate Is Bad For Dogs Chocolate and dogs do not mix. To most of us, chocolate is a delicious substance.
800 mg/oz Bakers chocolate (unsweetened: 450 mg/oz Dark chocolate: 150 mg/oz Milk chocolate:
50 mg/oz So, the general rules for the amount of chocolate that will be toxic for a dog:
Milk chocolate: one ounce per pound of body weight (so, without intervention, a 16 pound dog (7. 2 kg) would likely die from eating one pound of milk chocolate) Dark chocolate:
1/3 of an ounce per pound of body weight (around 5 ounces of dark chocolate for that same 16 pound dog) Bakers chocolate:
1/9 of an ounce per pound of body weight (around 1. 8 ounces of bakers chocolate for a 16 pound dog) Cocoa powder:
1/16 of an ounce per pound of dog (around 1 ounce of cocoa powder to kill a 16 pound dog) On the other extreme end,
it would take about 200 pounds of white chocolate consumed within a 17 hour period to reach toxic levels of theobromine for a 16 pound dog.
The low quantity of theobromine here is because white chocolate is made from cocoa butter, sugar, and milk,
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#Sterishoe â#Ultraviolet light Gadget That Will End Smelly Feet Forever Sterishoe If the stench from your footwear regularly kicks up a stink with your other half,
then this could be the solution to your relationship woes. Scientists claim to have invented a device
The beverages contain a hodgepodge of caffeine, sugar and dietary supplements such as vitamins and herbal extracts,
heart problems and kidney or liver damage in people who had downed one or more nonalcoholic energy drinks#including brands like Red Bull,
and often loads of sugar. High doses of yohimbine have been linked to increased blood pressure and heart rate.
If its not beer, its cheeseburgers. And what about your sex life?##Many companies add their own wrinkle to the smoking ban.
In one recent case a new employee returned from a lunch break smelling of smoke and
whose husband, Andrew Tarlow, runs the trio of restaurants and a butcher shop with partner Mark Firth.
In addition to the convenience of having the fixings for a salad or light supper right outside your door (or on your windowsill),
Vegetables start losing nutrients as soon as theyre harvested, and quality diminishes as sugars are turned into starches.
For the tastiest veggies with the best nutrition, try growing a few of these nutrient-dense foods in your own garden.
And dont let the lack of a yard stop you#all of them can be grown in containers as well. 1. Broccoli Broccoli is high in calcium
How to Grow Peppers Grow Peppers in Containers: Plant one pepper plant per each 8 to 12 inch deep pot.
What to Watch out For: Aphids and flea beetles are the two most common insect pests when growing peppers.
While both can be controlled with insecticidal soap, which is a common organic option, you can also make all-natural,
when raw to a salad, and larger beet greens can be sauteed as a quick side dish or used the way youd use other greens such as Spinach beet roots are very high in iron, potassium, and Vitamin c.
Beet greens are even better, as they are high in iron, calcium, magnesium, potassium, zinc, and Vitamins A, B6,
Thinnings can be added to salads or sandwiches. What to Watch out For: Knowing when to harvest.
The leaves have a sweet and slightly tangy flavor that works well in a variety of dishes,
from stir-fries and soups to simply steaming it all by itself. As a bonus, leaf amaranth is one of the few heat-tolerant greens.
and C. Their only drawback is that they do tend to be high in sugar,
of these nutrient-dense, delicious vegetables in your own garden, and youll get double the health benefits:
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