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Fewer Sugary Drinks May Lower Blood Pressure

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Drinking fewer sugary drinks may help lower blood pressure, U. S. researchers said May 24 in findings adding to a growing body of research supporting cutting back on sweetened beverages. They found overweight people with high blood pressure who drank one less sugar-laden beverage a day significantly lowered their blood pressure over 18 months. For
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Fructose Tied To Higher Blood Pressure – for Oct. 8, 2009

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Adiet high in a form of sugar found in sweetened soft drinks and junk food raises blood pressure among men, according to research likely to mean more bad news for beverage companies and restaurant chains. One of two studies released Sept. 23 provided the first evidence that fructose helps raise blood pressure. It also found
Country Crossroads, Oilseeds, Pulses

Do You Have Pumpkin Recipes To Share?

RECIPE SWAP Sandi Knight of Macdonald kindly responded to our call last week for a Gorp Bar recipe, sending us this one for Crunch Trail Mix Bars, which she clipped from a Today’s Parent magazine a couple of years ago. Sandi writes that the original recipe also called for three-quarters of a cup of sugar
Forages, News, Other livestock

Care And Nutrition Of The Easy-Keeping Horse

carol shwetz dvm Horses are designed to digest high-fibre forages that are low in sugar. An “easy-keeping horse” is one that can live on apparently little food. Easy keepers tend to be found most often in breeds originally developed to survive under harsh conditions. Most pony breeds are easy keepers, and hardy horse breeds such
Country Crossroads

Heart Group Draws Hard Line On Sugar Intake

Americans need to cut back dramatically on sugar consumption, the American Heart Association said Aug. 24 in a recommendation likely to rile food and beverage companies. The group said women should eat no more than 100 calories of added processed sugar per day, or six teaspoons (25 grams), while most men should keep it to
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The Prairie Fruit Growers Association Berry Hotline

RECIPE SWAP We love getting your recipes! If you are looking for a specific recipe and think our readers might have it, send us your request too. We will publish your requests too! should now be taking calls as another long-awaited berry-picking season begins. But, as always, phone the farm before you go. Manitoba’sfruit growers
Opinion

Villagers Lose Land To Sugar Plantation

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Farm Radio International is a Canadian-based, not-for-profit organization working in direct partnership with approximately 300 radio broadcasters in 39 African countries to fight poverty and food insecurity. The network, founded 30 years ago by Canadian broadcaster George Atkins, has lately turned its attention to the effects of foreign land grabs. This story is from a
Country Crossroads, Dairy cattle

W – for Jun. 25, 2009

RECIPE SWAP Here’s a few recipe selected from the Manitoba Milk Producers website that look tempting for what we certainly hope to be the hot summer days ahead. If you’re looking for more recipes along these lines log on to: www.milk.mb.ca/recipes RHUBARB TARTS Lisa Lillies of Woodlands shares her favourite tart recipe with us this
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Send Recipes Or Recipe Requests To: – for Mar. 26, 2009

RECIPE SWAP Right now, spring is everywhere – somewhere else. Don’t you feel a bit cheated to know the world’s turning pale green and pastel in other, warmer places, while here winter seems to hang on and on and on? Still, we can’t help feel it’s already spring here too, by many measures. One of

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