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Deep-Fried Foods Can Fit In Healthy Diet

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Although people have been “trained” to think that low fat equals healthy, we actually need some oil in our diet. Oil is made up of three kinds of fatty acids. Based on their chemical structure, oils are a combination of saturated, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids. Our body can’t make the polyunsaturated fats found in
Crops

Bayer Settles U. S. Rice Contamination Case

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Germany’s Bayer AG has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by a group of Texas rice growers over claims the company’s experimental biotech rice contaminated the U. S. supply four years ago and decimated exports. Bayer said it had agreed to pay $290,000 to settle the case, involving eight plaintiffs from three farming operations. The
Beef cattle, Livestock, Oilseeds

Omega-3 Beef Trial Falls Short

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Beef researchers hoping to emulate omega-3 enriched pork, poultry and eggs by adding flax to cattle diets are finding it’s easier said than done. In order for beef marketers to slap a Health Canadaapproved label on beef touting it as a source of the “good” fat that helps prevent heart disease and stroke, the meat
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Election Talk May Derail Correction To Food Labels – for Sep. 16, 2010

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The growing talk of a federal election this fall may derail efforts to get Product of Canada labelling shifted to a more realistic basis, industry observers say. Last spring, Jean-Pierre Blackburn, the minister of state for agriculture, launched an initiative to try to save the Product of Canada label from falling into complete disuse. In
Country Crossroads

Get In The Habit Of Choosing Healthy Snacks – for Sep. 9, 2010

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Snacking sometimes has bad connotations. However, researchers have reported positive nutrition outcomes associated with snacking, especially among older adults and children. In a study of about 2,000 adults aged 65 or older, 84 per cent reported snacking. When the researchers analyzed their intake of several nutrients and calories, they reported that the snackers consumed more
Livestock

French Halal Meat In Doubt – for Aug. 19, 2010

The lack of a central body in France to oversee the authenticity of halal meat has made some experts doubt that animals have been slaughtered following the correct Islamic procedures. Estimates of the amount of meat labelled halal that does not meet the strict religious standards range from 40 to as high as 80 per
Livestock, Oilseeds

Bunge Plant Cleared Of Restrictions – for Jul. 29, 2010

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The U. S. Food and Drug Administration has lifted restrictions against imports of Canadian canola meal from a Bunge Ltd. plant in Hamilton, Ontario, easing barriers that have sharply cut Canadian exports to the United States. The FDA had placed the Hamilton plant on its online list of plants on import-alert status due to concerns
Crops

Farmers’ Gain Seen In Federal Food-Labelling Decision

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While Health Canada took only a cautious first step, its recent decision to allow health claims on foods that contain plant sterols intended to lower blood cholesterol levels could create a new market for farmers. Its refusal until recently to accept health claims worked to the disadvantage of growers and food companies, said Derek Nighbor,
Country Crossroads

Traditional High-Fat Diets Offer Health Benefits

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Born in 1939 in a remote community on Vancouver Island, Richard Atleo’s earliest food memories are of villagers eating feasts of salmon and seafood, foraged berries and gathered plant roots he can recall were “piled as high as a house.” Food at home was in stark contrast to the white bread, potatoes with a little
Country Crossroads

New Atkins Diet Book Released

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Other diets come and go, but Atkins it seems, just takes time off. The popular but controversial low-carb diet is attempting a comeback, this time as an easier to swallow and follow version. The latest revision is contained in The New Atkins for a New You published in March by three American physicians. Based on

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