Health and Wellness: Celiac Disease
Buying a loaf of bread can be an overwhelming, though mouth-watering experience. There are literally hundreds of varieties to choose from, and most consumers get a kick out of tasting the bevy of creative flavor combinations available at many ...
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Food Safety ... it's all about trust!
This year, a plethora of food recalls from peanut butter to mushrooms, cantaloupes and chicken have headlined the front page of every newspaper and Internet news source, and the results have been both devastating ... and promising. Although food ...
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Cancer & New FDA Regulations
Citing statistics that one-third of all cancers are caused by tobacco and one-third are caused by obesity, a presidential panel made strong recommendations that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulate tobacco and certain food ...
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Cola Wars Round Two: and this time it's not about taste (unfortunately)
If you remember back to the days of non-stop television spots touting the winners of the taste tests between Coke and Pepsi, you have to chuckle at the fact that now these two soda giants are going at it again – but this time fortified with an ...
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Publix Super Markets in 5 States Offer 7 Antibiotic Drugs for Free
For consumers in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, and Tennessee, the seven most popularly prescribed antibiotics just got easier to swallow.
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Want to know where your water comes from?
For one U.S. brand, what's in the bottle is ordinary tap water and labels may indicate "Public Water Source" as the origin. Currently, the tag line reads "Pure water pure taste" under an image of a mountain, and the web site indicates that their ...
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Peanut Allergy Sufferers Rejoice!
Peanuts, one of the top five food allergies among Americans, may become less dangerous, say scientists at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. The university researchers reported this week that they have developed a method ...
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Still in the Dark ... Food Allergies
A recent Wall Street Journal survey reported that a lack of information still persists about potential food allergens which results in more than half of those with food allergies experiencing allergic reactions because they were inaccurately ...
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Sodas Linked Again to Heart Disease
Is drinking soda, whether diet or regular, a strong link to heart disease? Researchers at the Framingham Heart Study of the Boston University School of Medicine think there's such a strong association that they are calling for further study ...
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Should You Buy Store Brands?
Last week, I took my intrepid producer and comrade in arms, Nick Palladino, to a Shop Rite supermarket in Lincoln Park, New Jersey to see how store brands would compare to national brands. We set up a table, some samples, and the shoppers ...
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Made in USA: Meat
Late last Thursday, July 19th, the House Agriculture Committee approved an agreement on Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) for beef and pork. This agreement comes after months of headlines recounting food safety nightmares, so I had little doubt ...
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Food Allergies on the Rise
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has called allergies to foods an "emerging public health problem" and urges increased research to determine both causes and effective treatments.
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SupermarketGuru
New Product Hits & Misses
Before you bite – be sure to check out this week's new product reviews and ratings! Nominate a product as a HIT or MISS and if we feature it we'll send you a SupermarketGuru Tote Bag! New every Wednesday ...
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As of today there are 7204 fat diary registrations,
6087 private diaries and 1117 public diaries.

Since September 1st, 2004 there have been 224112 Food Allergy Buddy cards printed.