"Officials with the program said that Smart Choices would suspend most of its operations while they waited for the Food and Drug Administration to devise regulations for package-front nutrition labeling. Those rules could differ from the program’s criteria."
"The least healthy breakfast cereals are those most frequently and aggressively marketed directly to children as young as age two, finds a new study from Yale University’s Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity. The researchers’ evaluation of cereal marketing, the first such study of its kind....Researchers studied the nutrient composition and comprehensive marketing efforts of 115 cereal brands and 277 individual cereal varieties. Nineteen brands (comprised of 47 varieties) were identified as “child brands” because their cereals are marketed directly to children on television, the Internet, or through licensed characters, such as Dora the Explorer."PS advice: oatmeal (and not the sugary instant stuff) with fruit and nuts.
"Nickel deposits will be imposed on bottled water in New York state starting Oct. 31. after U.S. District Judge Deborah Batts issued an order lifting an injunction on the deposits.
All containers of water under a gallon will have a 5-cent refundable deposit, as beer and soda containers have for years."
From today's Olean Times Herald... We are very honored to receive this award!!“It’s a nice honor to have,” Thomas Mahar, Park and Shop’s secretary and controller, said. “We have worked with many employees through The ReHabilitation Center. It is an honor.”
Information in the recommendation form for the stores shows that the honor comes from both ends of the relationship.
“They are well-regarded as customer-friendly, family-owned neighborhood grocery stores,” the recommendation form reads.
“The key word in their name is ‘service,’” it continues. “They built their business on this single principle, which is maintained to this day in the tradition inherited from their father. Their relationship with (The ReHabilitation Center) is a prime example of this commitment to the community.”
Started 86 years ago, when 18-year-old Fran Mahar opened his first grocery store in Olean, the mission of service has followed the organization through to the present day, Nancy Miller, director of vocational rehabilitation said."
Read the rest of the article here...
"DENVER--(Business Wire)-- A new food rating system that analyzes both nutrition and cost value of food may now make it easier for people to find budget-friendly, nutritious foods in today`s tough economy. The Affordable Nutrition Index (ANI), unveiled today at the American Dietetic Association`s Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo by leading nutrition expert Adam Drewnowski, PhD, professor at the University of Washington, is the first and only tool that assesses food`s nutritional profile and cost value to create a nutrition-value-per-dollar score."
"Among the specific findings:
* Carrots, sweet potatoes and broccoli were at the top of the ANI scale; oranges
and bananas were the top-scoring fruits in the index.
....
* Other fresh or cooked vegetables (peas, string beans, squash, lettuce) and
fresh fruits (raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, grapes, nectarines,
apples) were also highly ranked."
"Experts with the American Cancer Society and the American Heart Association say that though these studies do show some benefits to moderate drinking, the health risks from alcohol consumption far outweigh the potential rewards."
"This new research confirms that good nutrition and exercise are a vital part of staying healthy and feeling young - especially for older adults,' said Dr. Franco, whose previous research in nutrition and aging supports BeneVia's unique nutritional value. 'Staying healthy is a lifelong process that includes optimal nutrition and exercise, which can help maintain a healthy weight profile and prolong life expectancy.'"
"Drinking green tea may lower your risk of developing certain blood cancers, but it will take about 5 cups a day, according to a study from Japan.
Drinking green tea has been associated with lower risk of dying and heart disease deaths, Dr. Toru Naganuma, at Tohoku University School of Medicine in Sendai, Japan told Reuters Health in an email correspondence."
Deciding what to eat, indeed deciding what qualifies as food, is not easy in such an environment. When Froot Loops can earn a Smart Choices check mark, a new industrywide label that indicates a product’s supposed healthfulness, we know we can’t rely on the marketers, with their dubious health claims, or for that matter on the academic nutritionists who collaborate on such labeling schemes"
"Eating lots of whole grains could ward off high blood pressure, according to a study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
In the study, men with the highest whole-grain consumption were 19 percent less likely to develop high blood pressure than men who ate the least amount of whole grains."
"In a review of eight trials involving 24,210 people, not one study supported the notion that taking B vitamins prevents heart disease. When analyzed together, the data showed that B vitamin pills were no better than placebos at guarding against heart attack, stroke or death from heart disease.
The new study was led by Venezuelan researcher Arturo Marti-Carvajal of the Cochrane Network, an international body that performs systematic reviews of medical research"
"The Mediterranean diet, already thought to protect against heart disease and cancer, may also help to prevent depression, Spanish researchers say.
They found depression was more than 30% less likely to develop in people who followed a diet high in vegetables, fruit and cereals, and low in red meat."
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