TV May Prompt Overeating

Researchers have shown that people who watch TV for two or more hours per day are more likely to be overweight. Sitting on a couch does not burn a lot of calories. When your mind is preoccupied, you may be munching more than you realize, too. If part of your plan for the new year

U. S. Agencies Want To Ban Some Kid Food Ads

WASHINGTON/REUTERS In a bid to tackle rising youth obesity, U. S. companies would be prohibited from advertising to children foods that contain large amounts of sugar or salt, or even low levels of trans fats, under a proposal released Dec. 15 by a working group from several U. S. agencies. The working group made up


Treat Your Body As Well As You Do Your Vehicle

Just like our vehicles, we need to do a little maintenance on our bodies. As with cars, we need good fuel to keep ourselves running efficiently. For us, “premium” fuel includes whole grains, lean protein, calcium-rich, low-fat dairy, and plenty of fruits and vegetables. Take care of your “engine.” Obesity, poor diet, smoking, lack of

Pulse Paper Proposes Diet For A Healthier Planet

Give Peas a Chance The case for more pulses in the field and on the plate Obesity afflicts the poor. Greenhouse gases are rising in the atmosphere. The hungry of the world need more food, while the overfed need cures from diet-related diseases. The pulse industry has proposed a solution – Give Peas a Chance.


SUNOPTA RELEASE

“Our pea fibre is a natural, allergen-free functional fibre with proven health benefits that fits well into the SunOpta fibre portfolio…” Best Cooking Pulses of Portage la Prairie will be supplying pea fibre to the U. S.-based SunOpta Ingredients Group, which is expanding its portfolio of functional fibres to include organic and conventional pea fibre.



Neogen Sees Food Contamination Fears Driving Growth

“It’s not just at the processing plant. It goes all the way back inside the farm gate.” – LON BOHANNON The growing risk of food contamination resulting from large production facilities and rapid distribution is putting Neogen Corp. on track to reach its objective of annual sales of more than $200 million by 2013, a

Functional Food Business A Tough Sell

“I think we’ll all say that the commercialization piece has been the slowest to happen.” – LEE ANNE MURPHY, CO-ORDINATOR OF THE MANITOBA AGRI-HEALTH RESEARCH NETWORK (MAHRN) Scott Sigvaldason sold part of the family’s 106-year-old farm, rented out the rest and invested about $800,000 of his own money to develop a product that could provide


What Is The Manitoba Agri-Health Research Network?

The Food Development Centre at Portage la Prairie is a special operating agency of the Manitoba government and is involved in the development of grains and oil-seeds, fruits, vegetables, meat and bakery products for the supermarket shelf, as well as agricultural products for health. The FDC operates under a licence from the Canadian Food Inspection