#Vitamins and dietary supplements offer little benefit, may be harmful: Study The study found a small increase in the risk of death among older women who took dietary supplements.
and many other dietary supplements and they may even be harmful, according to researchers behind a large new study.
or deficiency of a particular nutrient, wrote the study authors, most of whom are affiliated with the University of Minnesota.
Consumers spent about $11. 8 billion on vitamins and minerals last year, according to the Nutrition Business Journal
nutrition at Montefiore Medical center in The bronx, N y.,said the findings likely won t drive doctors to stop recommending multivitamins to help patients get all the nutrients they need.
No one disputes that oral intake of food to get your vitamins and minerals is the way to go,
#said Ms. Pappo. However, in reality, most of us don t make it up to the nine servings a day of fruits and vegetables.#
Researchers controlled for factors such as age, diet, weight, smoking status and underlying health conditions to isolate the impact of vitamins and minerals.
Duffy Mackay, vice president of scientific and regulatory affairs at the Council for Responsible Nutrition, a Washington, D c.,trade group that represents supplement makers,
said it is difficult for most people to get all their nutrients from food, and that vitamin supplements can fill in important gaps in nutrition.
Susan Fisher, chairwoman of the University of Rochester School of medicine and Dentistry s Department of Community and Preventive medicine, noted that the study looks at deaths
Most Americans get plenty of micronutrients in their diets, #she said, adding many types of cereal,
bread and beverages are fortified with added vitamins. The study was funded partly by the National Cancer Institute and the Academy of Finland,
in addition to adhering to a healthy diet with lots of fruits, vegetables, whole grains and protein from fish, poultry and low-fat dairy products.
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#The U s. now uses more corn for fuel than feed! Using corn as fuel is Madness!
and the impact of higher food prices on the poor. Many would agree that corn ethanol is a net loss for society,
Over the past year, U s. farmers used 5 billion bushels of corn for animal feed and residual demand.
And, while some of the corn used to produce these biofuels will be returned to the food supply (as animal feed and corn oil),
There s only so much arable land to grow food on and if a lot of it is used for corn, that means less of it for other things,
Making fuel with food is madness, and it must stop#Via Sciam Share Thissubscribedel. icio. usfacebookredditstumbleupontechnorati o
growing, and harvesting of today s food production systems. U s. farmers are clearly on the cutting edge of the world s ag industry
and food manufacturers who are insuring a far safer and more durable food supply chain than ever in the past.
But at the same time, we are sitting on the cusp of a new wave of innovation. The same information layers that have invaded our homes
Such devices may eventually be able to measure the level of cholesterol or alcohol in your blood and flash up an appropriate warning.
Information overlays that are possible on smart contacts Photo credits Fast Company Does it sound appealing to look at a plate of food
#Food ads have more clout than parents: study Kids who saw an ad for fries picked the fries,
Food ads are more persuasive than an involved parent when it comes to children s food selection,
a new study in The Journal of Pediatrics suggests. Researchers were surprised at the findings when they were trying to determine the impact of commercials in childrens diets.
Researchers from Texas A&m International University studied 75 children between the ages of 3 and 8. The children were shown a film that included two cartoons with three commercials in between each cartoon.
the other watched one that included a commercial for apple slices with dipping sauce. Afterwards, the children selected a coupon for either advertised food
while they received encouraging#input#You should choose the one that is healthiest ##or neutral input#You should choose whichever one you want more##from their parents.
Food ads have more clout when it comes to children s food selection than even an involved parent,
a new study in The Journal of Pediatrics suggests. The findings came as a surprise to researchers who were trying to determine the impact of commercials on kids diets.
Of the children who watched the commercial for French fries 71 percent chose the coupon for French fries
We were very skeptical about the power of food advertising on kids food choices, particularly when parents were available to potentially offset those influences,
Ph d. Although parents were able to blunt the effects of food advertisements, it wasn t to the extent we had speculated.#
But parents shouldn t despair#they may have a greater influence on children s food choices in the real world,
but one way to lessen the power of food commercials, especially the high-fat, high-calorie sugary ads that dominate children s programming is to limit daily screen time to 1
or 2 hours to reduce kids exposure to food advertisements and any negative nutrition consequences that may stem from them,
suggests Sarah Krieger, R. D.,a spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association. Ferguson adds Although more research is needed,
I suspect that charting a good course for your children means making more healthful choices yourself.
but even small efforts to make more healthy food choices and to exercise more can pay dividends for the family down the road.#
larger-scale hydroponics has potential for growing food in places where space is at a premium,
especially when that involves growing one s own food, even if it s in the confines of your apartment.
and can help yield juicier tomatoes, more fragrant rosemary, and brighter hydrangeas. 1. Landscaper s Companion Although the cost of this app is high,
including 26 different kinds of lettuce, 19 peppers, 20 tomatoes, and 13 types of basil.
$5. 99 7. Herbs+This is a great app that provides valuable information on 25 different herbs.
Within each herb, you can find information on how best to plant it, culinary ideas,
These images from the Orange Festival in France will lift your spirits and may just make you thirst for a glass of orange juice with a twist of lemon.
Pics) These are images from#Festival Citrusov from South France.##Festival Citrusov translates to Orange Festival.
Studies show that oranges can lite your spirits. And lemons too! Via beliefnet Share Thissubscribedel. icio. usfacebookredditstumbleupontechnorati e
As a way to promote coconuts as a fun food, the Coconut Grower s Association decided to add a little surprise in every coconut, kind of like Cracker Jacks...
Growing up as a fat kid, he decided to make his morning workouts more about survival than simply fitness...
Even then, you re only in a distant fourth place after food, moments of stunned silence, and more food...
#European union is conducting $4. 3 million study on nutritional value of eating insects Love bug salad Would you like a bowl of scorpion soup?
How about a mixed locust salad with bee crã me brã lã e for dessert?
and other creepy crawlies could be a vital source of nutrition which will not only solve food shortages
but also help save the environment. They have launched a three million euro (£2. 65 million) project to promote the eating of insects
while also asking national watchdogs like the UKS Food Standards Agency to investigate the issue.
Proponents of entomophagy#insect eating#argue that bugs are a low-cholesterol low-fat protein food source.
According to one study, small grasshoppers offer 20 per cent protein and just six per cent fat, to lean ground beefs 24 per cent protein and 18 per cent fat.
Crickets are said also to be high in calcium, termites rich in iron, and a helping of giant silkworm moth larvae apparently provides all the daily copper and riboflavin requirements.
and require less feed, supposedly making them environmentally-friendly. And supporters claim they could help feed the world
We have seen already the introduction of eggplants, sushi, things people never ate here. I think it will start with ground-up insects in sauces and burgers.
Grinding them up will make them look more palatable.##He said bugs were biologically similar to shellfish
The price of regular meat will soar. The EU must invest in food security.##However, Stuart Hine, a senior entomologist at the Natural history Museum, said insects still may not solve all problems.
It would be costly to heat a British warehouse full of locusts, and insect diseases can spread rapidly enough to kill a farms entire stock in a day.
but they arent the ultimate solution if the world desperately needs food. We would turn to something more efficient#like huge vats of nematode worms.#
In addition to the research project, the EU is also asking national watchdogs including the UK Foods Standards Agency to investigate current insect-eating habits to decide which,
in which contestants eat unpalatable bushtucker#meals. Todd Dalton, of Edible, which supplies insects for human consumption to Selfridges
and Fortnum & mason, said the EU interest in the area was unlikely to help. The EU is wasting taxpayers money.
People arent suddenly going to start eating insects because the EU is spending money researching. It would be great
but our eating habits wont change until our stigma about consuming insects is removed.##Previous attempts to achieve this have failed.
In 1885 the Victorian writer Vincent Holt wrote a book suggesting the rural poor try recipes such as woodlouse sauce.
Those enjoying their Sunday lunch today may also wish to consider that some studies found so many insect fragments slip into food that we eat the equivalent of 500g of bugs per person, per year.
#Top two foods linked to weight loss: Surprising study results This is one of the foods that is linked to weight loss.
A Harvard School of Public health study provides lots of information that could help you eat healthier
One goal of the study was to analyze specific foods and activities that seemed connected to long-term, gradual weight gain#r loss.
and their eating habits revealed some interesting secrets. First, what were the foods that piled on the pounds?
Unsurprisingly, the top foods that promoted weight gain were a round up of the usual suspects.
Here they are in approximate order, with the worst offenders first: Potato chips Potatoes, especially French fries Sugar-sweetened beverages (soda and fruit juices) Unprocessed red meats Processed meats Sweets and desserts Refined grains Unless your goal is to gain weight,
these Seductive 7#foods should be eaten in moderation. As for foods associated with weight loss,
I was surprised#nd, yes, a bit shocked#o learn the identity of the Top 2. Clue:
They were not fruits or vegetables, although fruits and veggies did make the Top 5. OK,
The two specific foods that were linked to greatest weight loss were:(1) yogurt, the gold medalist,
and (2) nuts, the silver medalist (and this category included one of my personal favorites, that luscious legume, peanut butter).
Lets call these five healthy foods#ogurt, nuts, fruits, whole grains, and vegetables#he Fab 5.#Surprised?
So was I. Nuts are a high-calorie food, and good yogurt tastes like dessert. What is the why#behind these results?
It turns out that satisfaction is the key. All five weight-loss-related foods cause people to feel more satiety (fullness) because of higher fiber content and slower digestion.
When people feel fuller for longer, they will consume less of other, less wholesome foods,
like those potato chips and sugary snacks above. Plus, yogurt and nuts contain lots of protein, designed to keep your energy higher for longer.
The Fab 5 foods are not magic. You still need to watch your portions. Still, the idea that the five healthy foods/food groups might help control appetite is a helpful insight.
If your goal is to maintain or lose weight, increase your consumption of the Fab 5 foods
and reduce your intake of the Seductive 7 . What foods might you willingly reduce? Which foods would you gladly increase?
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#Podponics â#shipping containers transformed into miniature hydroponic farms Podponics Podponics is new hope for urban agriculture.
The startup, based in Atlanta, is pursuing a new kind of recycling. They are transforming old shipping containers into miniature hydroponic farms that can be used to grow food anywhere.
Matt Liotta started Podponics in 2010 and it is already supplying about 200 pounds of leafy greens a week using six converted containers.
and go from harvest to your plate in just a matter of hours!(Pics) This is just the beginning.
From LED lighting specialists to restaurants, everyone wants a piece of Podponics. Check out Matt Liotta interviewed on CNN in the video below.
Podponics version of urban agriculture wants to create local, sustainable, fresh food that also tastes better. Not bad for an old shipping container.
Nutrients are added as needed, and banks of LED lights shine overhead. From here, Podponics starts to innovate.
Their LED lights can change spectrum slightly over the course of day to stimulate different growing phases in the plants.
Podponics is primarily selling its produce to local restaurants at the moment, and has received rave reviews for the taste and consistency of their lettuce.
Theyve already attached themselves to local restaurants who want their hyper-fresh lettuce, as well as bigger names in produce deliverly like Fresh Point.
they arent just adding a new food supply, they are adding a handful of jobs.
Some companies, like Hollands Plantlab, are aiming for maximizing scientific understanding and crop performance and are probably years away from meaningful production.
and raising money for locals, Podponics food could be very economically sound. More importantly, Backhaus, an avid supporter of organic and local produce, thinks food grown next door without pesticides could be a key ingredient in keeping ourselves healthy.
More nutrients, no pesticides, little fertilizer. It makes for good food. Personally, Im pretty sure Podponics isnt the ultimate solution to urban food problems.
But it is a great short term solution. From Atlanta to Shanghai, shipping containers retrofitted for hydroponics could serve as a great way to popularize urban agriculture with the world.
This is a very feasible stepping stone to move humanity away from traditional farms and into hyper-local food production.
Decades from now I hope well see the underground labyrinths or skyscraper farms that always seem to appear in science fiction.
In the meantime, an old shipping container around the corner that provides the neighborhood with fresh lettuce sounds just perfect.
#Top 10 Best Space Food If you were in space what would you get to eat?
Although launching food in space is a necessity, it doesnt mean it has to be boring.
You cant expect an average meal on the International Space station to be like a night at the Ritz,
The ambiance of orbital dining apparently more than compensates for lackluster meals. But astronauts have a few standby favorites as well as the occasional special treat.
Dinners in space have come a long way since the start of the Space age but which cosmic gastronomic delights are the best?
Japanese Takeout The addition of Japans laboratory to the space station not only provided a huge new module for science experiments,
it also opened the orbital outpost to Japanese culture#including a nice assortment of new beverages and foods.
In 2008, the shuttle Endeavour astronauts were happy to serve as guinea pigs for a variety of new dishes,
including negima (a Japanese beef and scallions dish), okonomi, tofu with hoisin sauce and udon noodles. 9. Swedish meatballs Celebrity chef Rachael Ray whipped up Swedish meatballs,
a Thai chicken dish and vegetable curry for the crew of space shuttle Discovery in December 2006.
It wasnt the first time a celebrity chef tried to perk up astronaut cuisine though#Emeril Lagasses spicy green beans,
which were among five dishes flown to the space station earlier that year, apparently held up well in zero-gravity. 8. Yogurt Bone loss is a problem during long-duration spaceflights,
so a calcium-rich food like yogurt is a popular menu choice. Astronauts can choose from blueberry-raspberry, peach and strawberry.
The Russians go one better with garlic-and herb-studded cheeses. For the picky eater, theres always yogurt-covered granola bars. 7. Chicken soup Feeling a bit under the weather?
Theres no one to make chicken soup for rundown astronauts. The next best thing might be chicken consomme.
Just add hot water and dont worry about using a spoon. 6. Tortillas With a relatively long shelf life and few crumbs,
tortillas are the bread of the space program. One of the favored fillings: good old peanut butter and jelly.
On special occasions, astronauts have managed to bring up other yeasty specialties, including bagels (imported from the family bakery of Canadian-born astronaut Greg Chamitoff)
and German pumpernickel bread. 5. Shrimp Among the lessons six-time flier Story Musgrave passed along to rookie astronauts:
Eat shrimp cocktail. The dehydrated crustaceans, coated in a spicy sauce, are requested the most food item in NASAS space pantry.
Musgrave ate them at every meal#including breakfast. 4. Hot sauce A squirt of hot sauce can do wonders to wake up taste buds deadened by weightlessness,
a phenomenon currently blamed on the redistribution of body fluids in microgravity. There are, however, plenty of easy solutions to the problem:
salsa, barbecue sauce, sweet and sour sauce, garlic paste, Thai hot sauce, Tabasco#3. M&ms Theyre candy-coated chocolates#candies or chocolate-covered peanuts
#in NASA parlance, but you and I would call them M&ms. Itd be a tough call
whether astronauts like eating them or playing with them best. What we do know is that the colorful orbs show well on TV. 2. Dried produce Fresh fruits
and vegetables are a rarity in space, so astronauts make do with a variety of canned and dried offerings.
Russian cuisine presents another option: raw onions and garlic. It may sound a little intense for American palates,
but after a few months in orbit, apparently folks will try anything to break up the monotony. 1. Mystery Meals Space station flight engineer Garrett Reisman kept the cameras rolling
while he sat down to dinner with his Russian crewmates and visiting shuttle astronauts in June 2008.
Among the offerings: a can labeled Appetizing Appetizer.##Nothing like a little mystery to spice up your life.
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#Scientists discovered the â Missing Linkâ#of beer brewing Beech galls in Patagonia inhabited by Saccharomyces eubayanus,
the species researchers think combined with domesticated yeast to create a lager-producing hybrid. Mystery solved!
Scientists have discovered the missing link#in beer brewing. Ladies and gents, take a good look at the orange-colored galls on the beech tree to your left:
they were found to harbor the specific strain of yeast that makes lager beer possible.
How did lager beer come to be? After pondering the question for decades, scientists have found that an elusive species of yeast isolated in the forests of Argentina was key to the invention of the crisp-tasting German beer 600 years ago.
It took a five-year search around the world before a scientific team discovered, identified and named the organism,
a species of wild yeast called Saccharomyces eubayanus that lives on beech trees#We knew it had to be out there somewhere,
#said Chris Todd Hittinger, an evolutionary geneticist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a coauthor of the report published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences.
eating markets far larger than the technology industry has historically been able to pursue. Instead of constantly questioning their valuations,
Excessive radiation levels have also been found in beef vegetables, milk, seafood and water and, in hot spots more than 100 km from the plant, tea.
In an effort to lift the spirits of area residents as well as lighten the impact of the radiation,
Abe began growing and distributing sunflowers and other plants. We plant sunflowers, field mustard, amaranthus and cockscomb,
#Some of the 100 volunteers helping him with his project bustled around lighting candles in preparation for Obon, a festival honoring the spirits of the dead.
which their spirits are reunited symbolically#with their neighborhood, and encouraged temple visitors to take home flowers and seeds of their own.
and sometimes impossible to avoid these foods in your grocery store. As a nation we have vastly more GMO cultivated land than any other country
We are one of the few industrialized nations that doesnt require labeling of GMO foods.
We would like to believe that our foods come from nature, but thats far from the case.
Its about giving the American public the tools to make their own decisions without fears that true food safety is being held hostage by a lack of necessary information.
#Chop Stick: Giant swing set and concession stand made from 100 foot poplar tree Chop Stick Architects Anders Berensson
and Ulf Mejergren of Visiondivision from Sweden have been commissioned to design Chop Stick, a concession stand for 100 Acres:
The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. They sacrificed#a beautiful 100 foot poplar,
such as root bark used to make tea and tonics that could be sold in the kiosk, for example.
Pressed leaves and flowers taken from the tree will be ornaments in the front glass of the kiosk.
the shingled concession stand and even root tea to sell in it. As they used to say about pigs,
Many bee experts believe city bees have a leg up on country bees these days because of a longer nectar flow, with people planting flowers that bloom from spring to fall,
Honey from city hives makes its way into swanky restaurant kitchens and behind the bar,
where its mixed into cocktails or stars as an ingredient in honey wine. Membership in beekeeping clubs is skewing younger and growing.
#but they say likely culprits include pathogens, parasites, environmental strains and bee management practices that cause poor nutrition.
#The university is partnering with the restaurant Founding Farmers a few blocks away. The restaurant recently put six beehives on the roof of an academic building,
and Doebel and his students will study the bees, tracking their pollen sources and their health.
The restaurant will use the surplus honey on its menu. We dont expect honey this year,
One of our signature dishes is corn bread with honey butter. Well use it in that and maybe in marinades or maybe a cocktail.
We may showcase it on its own in a little honey pot with some iced tea.##Greg Fischer of Wild Blossom Meadery and Winery in Chicago has about 40 beehives in the city and another 60 in more rural areas.
His company turns the honey into mead, a fermented beverage that can be dry like Riesling or sweet like a dessert wine.
Fischer once worked with a company that trucked bees around the country to pollinate sunflowers in South dakota, almonds in California and other crops in other states.
Chicago resident Carolyn Ioder started hives two years ago after growing vegetables and raising chickens.
and their children have seen never animals or chickens or goats before.##Urban beekeepers may be biased, but they contend their honey tastes better than country honey
He described it as complex with nectar from a variety of mints from Lurie Garden in Millennium Park and linden trees in Grant Park.
#Top 10 Photos of the Week With lips like cherries and a tongue like strawberries, she has all the makings of a total fruit cake
It was discovered by Dutch food producers in South america who brought it to The netherlands and cultivated it in greenhouses.
It can be eaten as a snack or appetizer, like olives, in a summer salad, stir fried
or made into a sorbet and teamed with dark chocolate. With its distinctive appearance and slightly sour taste producer Koppert Cress believes it is set to become a new food fad in top London restaurants.
Prices start at £10 per 250g box, which contains around 50 melons. Anneke Cuppen, marketing manager at Koppert Cress,
said they had orders for the melons in the UK from New Covent garden Market, New Spitalfields Market and Birmingham Market.
She said: Demand for the melons has so far come from the restaurant and hotel trade.
Were hoping to sell 50-100 boxes a week. were excited very about the product. It is highly versatile
and can be used in a variety of ways#from salads to dessert.##The Pepquino melon, less than a centimeter in diameter, most closely resembles the Allsweet variety of watermelon.
and using them in animal feed.##Just one more reason (as if we needed it!)to protect our honeybees and end the routine use of antibiotics on farms.
when he decided he wanted to open his own restaurant. Ells found his inspiration in an unusual place#he little taco shops he used frequent in the city.
He decided to take that idea and make a burrito restaurant that was different from a typical fast-food experience.
Ells wanted a place where customers could eat food made of the finest ingredients quickly and affordably.
After borrowing money from his parents, he opened his first Chipotle in Denver in 1993.
/real dream#of opening a full-scale restaurant. Now, more than 1, 000 restaurants later, Chipotle is raking in the bucks.
The company reported $509. 4 million in revenue for the first quarter of 2011 alone.
whether the products they were using were dirtier than the mess they were trying to clean.
They soon started cooking up natural soaps and perfumes on gas stoves. But their best-selling idea came in the form of lip balm,
Boston Beer Company The beer business is in Jim Kochs blood. His father was a fifth-generation brewer,
but left the business as the big brewers moved to mass-produced beer. In 1984, however, Koch felt people were starting to crave something different.
So he left his job as a management consultant, dug out his great-great grandfathers recipe and started brewing in his kitchen.
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