Food and Drinks
Asparagus: its high food value and storage technique for retaining nutrition
Asparagus, which is a Greek word meaning stalk or shoot, grows best in sandy, well-drained soils. Asparagus spears grow from a crown -- the root system of an asparagus plant that is grown from seed. The crown is planted about a foot deep in sandy soils.
Irradiated Spinach and Iceberg Lettuce may Kill Certain Bacteria: FDA
After two years of nearly constant food-borne illness outbreaks and recalls of everything from tainted peanut butter to tons of hamburger meat, the Food and Drug Administration's decision last week to allow the irradiation of lettuce and spinach to kill dangerous bacteria didn't surprise anyone in the food industry.
Eating Raw, Uncooked Tuna Sushi have Several Risk
“Beginners usually start with rolls and become more adventurous as they go along and began to see the dramatic possibilities of raw tuna - and salmon and octopus maki. They start with cooked seafood and sauce and then go to raw. It's crunchy and slightly salty, like a pickle without the vinegar taste.
Oats: Choice of Carbohydrate Source to Reduce Heart, Cholesterol; FDA, USDA Recommended
The benefits of oats to its soluble fiber - the type of dietary fiber that dissolves in water. There are several reasons why foods such as oats that contain soluble fiber, or soluble fiber itself, could have beneficial effects on blood pressure or cholesterol. The presence of soluble fiber in foods slows the rate of digestion and absorption.
Food for the Prevention Cataracts; Several Studies Recommended
Cataracts are the primary cause of impaired visual acuity in the United States, while macular degeneration is the leading cause of irreversible vision loss, including blindness. Cataract, a clouding of the eyes' clear lenses, occurs when proteins in the lens change their structure due to UV-B light exposure and block light coming into the eye. Cortical cataracts affect the front of the lens.
Risk of Habituation of Chewing Gum & other Sorbitol Containing Food
Sorbitol is a naturally-occurring hexahydric alcohol that is found in various fruits and plants. Because it is sweet-tasting, non-cariogenic (low causing dental caries), and less caloric than sugars, sorbitol is produced commercially and commonly used as a sugar substitute in such dietetic food products as sugar-free candies, breakfast syrups, and cake mixes.
Black Tea May Relieve Stress
Tea is the second most popular beverage in the world (the most popular is water). It is made by steeping processed leaves, buds or twigs of the tea bush Camellia sinensis in hot water for a few minutes. The processing can include oxidation (fermentation), heating, drying and the addition of other herbs, flowers, spices and fruits.
Red Wine May Reduce Alzheimer's
In 2002, the Alzheimer's Association and Peter D. Hart Research Associates conducted a survey. Among the findings:
- 95% of Americans say Alzheimer's disease is a serious health threat
- 57% worry they'll get the disease
- 68% believed more funding is needed to help treat and/or prevent Alzheimer's
May Fruit and Vegetable Juice Ward off Alzheimer's?
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive cognitive deterioration together with declining activities of daily living and neuropsychiatric symptoms or behavioral changes. It is the most common cause of dementia.
Fruit Fly has Opened New Era of Taste Behavior
If you have been seeing small flies or gnats in your kitchen, they're probably fruit flies. Fruit flies can be a problem year round, but are especially common during late summer/fall because they are attracted to ripened or fermenting fruits and vegetables.Normal fruit flies have red eyes, but his
mutant male had white eyes.
Brain Food / Fuel / Memory Sharpener Diet
The brain is an extremely metabolically active organ, making it a very hungry one, and a picky eater at that.The right food, or the natural neurochemicals that they contain, can enhance mental capabilities—help you concentrate, tune sensorimotor skills, keep you motivated, magnify memory, speed reaction times, defuse stress, perhaps even prevent brain aging.
Cold Drinks: Beneficial or Harmful?
Now a days cold drinks are favorite drinks for all classes of people in all countries (in the world). As a cricket fan or music lover, you may watch the advertisement of any cold drinks after each over or you may found that the concert or the world tour of your favorite singer is sponsored by any cold drinks company.
Keep Away from Robert's American Gourmet Brand Food Product and Chinese Seafood
Over the past decade Risk Analysis, a process consisting of risk assessment, risk management and risk communication, has emerged as a structured model for improving our food control systems with the objectives of producing safer food, reducing the numbers of foodborne illnesses and facilitating domestic and international trade in food.Risk assessment provides us with a framework for organizing all
100 Percent Juice Consumption Provides Essential Nutrients and Maintain a Healthy Weight
Popular belief that just because something is "all natural" or "pure" doesn't necessarily mean that it's nutritious. For example, "all natural" juice drinks or sodas can be filled with sugar (which is, after all, a natural ingredient) but all that sugar means they'll be high in calories and give you little nutrition.
Intake High Levels of Calcium and Vitamin D either From Food or Supplements
Colon cancer begins in the large intestine (called the colon). Rectal cancer begins in the rectum, the part of the large intestine closest to the anus (the outside opening to the intestine). These forms of cancer have many common features. Sometimes they are referred to together as colorectal cancer (CRC).They make up the second-leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States.