SouthBendTribune.com: American diet is swimming in sodium

SouthBendTribune.com: American diet is swimming in sodium: "

The SouthBend Tribune provides a good reminder that too much salt is not good for us and provides ten useful tips to cut sodium intake.

Yahoo! News - Genetically Modified Foods Eaten Regularly

WHile we are all hearing frequent stories of the possible downside of genetically modiifed foods, it is worthwhile to also see the good things that GM brings.

Yahoo! News - Genetically Modified Foods Eaten Regularly: "Despite dire warnings about 'Frankenfoods,' there have been no reports of illness from these products of biotechnology."

" Experts say within several years there will be new GM foods with taste and nutrition improvements: cooking oils with less trans fat, tastier potatoes and peanuts that don't trigger allergies.

At North Carolina State University, one of the biggest U.S. plant breeding programs, scientists are developing drought-tolerant wheat and are a couple years from field testing GM peanuts that have no life-threatening allergens, said Steven Leath, associate dean for health research.

At Rutgers University's agricultural college, plant biology professor Nilgun Tumer and colleagues modified potatoes to better keep their flavor when processed as french fries and to limit browning when sliced, but she said farmers haven't adopted the new varieties."

Yahoo! News - Experts Question Reduced-Sugar Cereals

Let me say that we did sell these, but most varieties have been discountinued due to lack of sales. I had only tried the Reduced Sugar Cinnamon Toast Crunch. It tasted about the same.

Yahoo! News - Experts Question Reduced-Sugar Cereals: "'You're supposed to think it's healthy,' said Marion Nestle, a nutrition professor at New York University and author of a book critical of the food industry's influence on public health. 'This is about marketing. It is about nothing else. It is not about kids' health.'

Only one cereal, General Mills' Cinnamon Toast Crunch, saw a true calorie reduction, dropping from 130 calories to 120 per three-fourths cup serving."

Spurs decide you are what you eat / Skipping the junk food helps increase energy and stamina

Do you follow the NBA much? I don't nearly as much as the NFL or MLB, but when I do, the Spurs are by far my favorite team, so I was particularly happy to hear that they have adopted a new food and nutrition program.

Why it is included here is that the same ideas they use shuold be implemented around homes. For instance haivng fruits around rather than potato chips.

The Ferry in the article is Danny Ferry (former player himself and now assistant GM of the Spurs).

"What surprised Ferry was the type of food available to the players on the team's charter flights. In addition to the usual meal options, the Spurs typically had an overhead container filled with an assortment of potato chips. Flight attendants patrolled the aisle offering ice cream and chocolate-chip cookies"

Spurs decide you are what you eat / Skipping the junk food helps increase energy and stamina: "'The intention and goal is not to turn them into a bunch of granola- eating food whackos,' said Danny Ferry, who has helped oversee the program as the team's assistant general manager. 'If that's the direction they want to take, that's fine. We just want to put them in a situation where they have healthy options in front of them.'"