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Try singing the ’12 ways to health’ song
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Try singing the ’12 ways to health’ song

Prairie Fare: Apple Smiles

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Mom, they just played that song!” my 12-year-old said. I think she wanted us to change the radio station. “That was a different singer, though. I think everyone likes it, so they play it a lot,” I said as we listened to the radio station that plays all holiday music. Soon one of her favourites
Austrian politician Andrae Rupprechter posted a picture of himself on his Facebook page with a platter of cold cuts, calling the WHO report a “farce.” Twitter
Hogs

#FreeBacon sizzles on social media

WHO review: Negative tweets outnumber positive ones by more than 6.5 to one

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Bacon lovers took to social media on Tuesday 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. Celebrities, politicians and ordinary consumers were reacting to Monday’s announcement
food on a table
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Have you tried quinoa?

Among other good stuff, this edible seed provides protein, 
vitamin E, potassium, iron, magnesium and zinc

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Whenever I see the word “quinoa” (pronounced keen-wa), I think of my younger daughter’s reaction to it when I brought some home the first time. She was curious about a food with a name that began with the letter “q.” She began studying the package. I had done my homework before my purchase, so I
coffee in a cup
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Is coffee good for your health?

Prairie Fare: Buttermilk Pancakes

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Just call me MacGyver,” my husband said, referencing a mid-1980s and 1990s TV show character. I looked up from my task to see if he was fixing something with a paper clip, chewing gum or his pocketknife, as the secret agent used to do. The TV character often narrowly escaped explosions with his clever solutions
If an injury is left to heal as an open wound, hosing the wound for 20 minutes daily encourages further healing. This process can be repeated every day for weeks after the injury depending on the wound’s progress.
Livestock

Bringing the advantages of hydrotherapy to your horse

Horse Health: It is soothing as well as therapeutic when dealing with wounds or injuries

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One of the most valuable allies in the “doctor’s” kit of every horseman ought to be water — simple, soothing, inexpensive, and most often readily available. The application of water, a.k.a. hydrotherapy, to encourage healing brings plenty of advantages in many equine injuries. In spite of the many advancements in veterinary medicine, hydrotherapy remains a
How can you tame a sweet tooth?
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How can you tame a sweet tooth?

Prairie Fare: New and improved Two-Ingredient Lemon Bars

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Mom, why are they called cookies instead of ‘bakies?’” my 17-year-old daughter asked me. She was scooping cookie dough onto a tray for a 4-H food entry in the fair. “You bake cookies. You don’t cook them,” she continued. She likes to test me with unusual questions on a regular basis. I pondered her question
Widespread antibiotic use reduced disease levels in herds but also sent resistance levels soaring.

Beef cattle, Livestock

Antimicrobial resistance in cattle means big changes coming

An alarming rise in resistance even has drug companies calling for producers to change their ways


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Multi-drug resistance to disease-causing bacteria is quickly becoming a complete “game changer” that could cripple the cattle industry’s ability to manage common bovine diseases. “We are really slamming into the end of the antibiotic era,” said Dr. Trisha Dowling, a professor of veterinary pharmacology at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine. “I’ve got 24 different
It’s prime time for anthrax, so keep a close eye on your cattle
Beef cattle

It’s prime time for anthrax, so keep a close eye on your cattle

Highly contagious, infectious soil-borne disease finds victims in grazing livestock

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With high temperatures and drought, cattle and bison are at a higher risk of anthrax. Two bison deaths northwest of North Battleford, Saskatchewan have recently been confirmed as caused by anthrax, and seven others are suspected. Producers are encouraged to keep a watchful eye and to refresh their memories on what to do when anthrax
To help prevent obesity, the dietary committee recommends shifting the focus from total fat intake to adoption of a healthier food-based dietary pattern.
Comment, Opinion

Dietary guidelines shouldn’t place limits on total fat intake

Limits have no basis in science and contribute to bad consumer choices

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In a Viewpoint published June 24 in the Journal of the Medical Association (JAMA), researchers from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University and Boston Children’s Hospital call on the federal government to drop restrictions on total fat consumption in the forthcoming 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Co-authors Dariush Mozaffarian, MD,
pigs on the farm
Hogs, News

PED vaccine could aid in disease fight

Developers are waiting for approval to begin clinical trials

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Pork producers may soon have a powerful new tool in the fight against porcine epidemic diarrhea or PED. The Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization’s International Vaccine Centre at the University of Saskatchewan, better known as VIDO-InterVac, is waiting for final approvals from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to begin clinical trials of a vaccine

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