Tag Archives: vegetables
Consumer Reports on Healthy Hearts: Eat Fruits, Skip Vitamin Supplements [Healthy Bytes]
photo credit: kansasliberal Eating Fabulous points to this Consumer Reports article on designing a heart-healthy diet. Advice offered includes recommended fruits and vegetables to load up on, designing a diet around the “Mediterranean eating plan,” and whether “heart-healthy supplements” actually … Continue reading
Antioxidants Help Lower Stress [Health News]
photo credit: Tomsimages.com Foods high in antioxidants used to be the latest fad; in fact, if you’re a cranberry farmer or sell acai & pomegranate smoothies, it probably still is the latest fad. According to the free radical theory, antioxidants … Continue reading
New Era Canning Company Expands Nationwide Recall [Fetched Feed]
Fetched from Food and Drug Administration Press Releases The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting consumers, food service operators, and food retailers that New Era Canning Company, New Era, Mich., is broadening its nationwide recall of canned vegetable … Continue reading
Are you eating genetically modified fruit or veggies? Here’s how to find out. [Reading Labels]
Slashfood linked to a tip at Ideal Bite on how to tell the difference between genetically modified, conventional and organic fruits and veggies by reading the sticker: A four-digit number means it’s conventionally grown. A five-digit number beginning with 9 … Continue reading