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Save the planet: Eat more bacon, less lettuce
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Save the planet: Eat more bacon, less lettuce

Vegetables use more resources and produce more 
greenhouse gases per calorie

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Contrary to recent headlines — and a talk by actor Arnold Schwarzenegger at the United Nations Paris Climate Change Conference — eating a vegetarian diet could contribute to climate change. In fact, according to new research from Carnegie Mellon University, following the USDA recommendations to consume more fruits, vegetables, dairy and seafood is more harmful
Russell Bird (r) and father-in-law Ron Yoneda took on the world — with bacon sushi.
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Our bacon ambassador does Alberta proud

Weirdly wonderful dishes shine a light on bacon's culinary versatility

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Bacon is getting a whole new sizzle on the gourmet scene these days — would you believe chocolate bacon Fudgsicles? — and Russell Bird is making sure Alberta gets its due. The Sherwood Park man represented his country in the bacon category at the World Food Championships in Florida last month and reports things have
No such thing as ‘bad’ foods
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No such thing as ‘bad’ foods

Top experts say labelling some foods 'bad' makes people want them even more

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Nutrition experts attending the SINU (La Società Italiana di Nutrizione Umana) 36th national congress last week said singling out foods as being bad or good is counterproductive to healthy eating. “In the absence of specific medical contraindications, it is probably counterproductive to categorize a single food as a ‘bad’ food and establish rigid bans on
A glowing nanotube nose
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A glowing nanotube nose

A new way to decide whether your meat passes the 'sniff test'

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Deciding whether to cook or toss a steak that’s been in the fridge for a few days calls for a sniff test. This generally works well for home cooks. But food manufacturers that supply tons of meats to consumers require more reliable measures. In a new journal called ACS Sensors, scientists report a simple method
Famine forecasts on a smartphone? There’s an app for that
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Famine forecasts on a smartphone? There’s an app for that

The free app combines satellite data with crowdsourced data 
about how often people eat

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A new mobile phone app designed to help aid workers predict where hunger may strike and provide help in good time was launched by Austrian scientists on Nov. 19. The app, which is free to use, combines and analyses satellite data and information collected through crowdsourcing using mobile phones, and creates a map highlighting areas
New Hershey Kisses with no artificial flavours.
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Hershey to offer healthier Kisses

Holiday offerings will use locally sourced milk

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Chocolate maker Hershey said it would launch Hershey’s Kisses and milk chocolate bars made with no artificial flavours for the holiday season, as it looks to cater to a growing demand for less-processed food. Hershey, founded in 1894, said it would also launch a mobile tool, called SmartLabel, that will provide information on nutritional facts,
A special type of photosynthesis called CAM allows pineapples to grow on marginal land with up to 80 per cent less water than most food crops.

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Unlocking pineapple’s genetic secrets

Engineering crops like wheat to use the pineapple’s method of photosynthesis could dramatically boost its drought tolerance

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The pineapple, the tropical fruit enjoyed by people worldwide in slices, chunks, juice, upside-down cakes, piña coladas, glazed ham and pizza, is finally giving up its genetic secrets. Scientists say they have sequenced the genome of the pineapple, learning about the genetic underpinning of the plant’s drought tolerance and special form of photosynthesis. The genome
This ‘I heart bacon’ photo was among many pro-pork images on the Twitterverse last week.
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Pro-bacon backlash on social media

Negative tweets on the WHO recommendations outnumbers positive ones by more than 6.5 to 1

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Bacon lovers took to social media last week to express disdain over a World Health Organization report that said processed meat is likely to cause cancer. The hashtags #FreeBacon, #Bacongeddon and #JeSuisBacon were among the top-trending topics worldwide on Twitter for a second straight day last Wednesday. Celebrities, politicians and ordinary consumers were reacting to
The foods kept on the kitchen counter correlate with resident’s weight.
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The 20-lb. cereal box on your counter

What you have on your counter is a good indicator of the size of your waistline

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The food on your counter can predict your weight — especially if it’s cereal or soft drinks. Over 200 American kitchens were photographed to determine if the food sitting out on counters could predict the weight of the woman living in each home. The new Cornell study found that women who had breakfast cereal sitting
A pack of macaroons containing dehydrated insects at the Micronutris plant in Saint Orens de Gameville in southwestern France in February 2014. The company processed insects live, dehydrated or in a flour-like powder for use in pastries.
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Flies, worms, crickets crawl onto EU policy-makers’ menu

Insects are more likely to serve as an animal feed than as food

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Houseflies, crickets and silkworms can be safe, nutritious and more environmentally friendly alternatives to chicken, beef or pork, research carried out for the European Commission finds. Still, they are less likely to be found on European restaurant menus than in animal feed, carefully controlled to prevent the kind of prions, or abnormal proteins, blamed for

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