Diet guide news 2008-05

2008-05-17 Geography students put local foods on the map

An initial public version of their map shows the locations of a variety of local-food sources, including farms, farmers markets, food cooperatives and restaurants that serve locally produced items. For each, an icon links to contact information and what products are available, from fresh fruits and vegetables to meats, cheeses and eggs. Other links direct users to general information about the 100-mile diet, the benefits of local eating and ways to plan a diet based on seasonal local foods.

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2008-05-10 Drive 1,000 Miles or Feed a Person for a Year The Biofuels Dilemma Water AlterNet

The world is learning fast that when fuel demand competes with food needs for the suns energy, its not a fair fight. The energy contained in the gasoline that fills a typical SUVs tank contains approximately the same number of calories as are required in the annual diet of one adult. Or, rather than picking on SUVs, consider the energy burned by a Prius hybrid on a trip from San Francisco to San Diego and back. That would also feed a person for a year.

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2008-05-13 Health Journal

One key aspect is to approach food nonjudgmentally. Many people bring a host of negative emotions to the table -- from guilt about blowing a diet to childhood fears of deprivation or wastefulness. "I joke with my clients that if I could put a microphone in their heads and broadcast what theyre saying to themselves when they eat, the FCC would have to bleep it out," says Megrette Fletcher, executive director of the Center for Mindful Eating, a Web-based forum for health-care professionals.

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2008-05-09 Shes on a local diet :: The SouthtownStar :: Food

Ive been reading in recent months about a campaign to improve the environment, local economies and food quality. It goes by many names. Founders of a group in San Francisco call themselves locavores. Some folks in western Canada created what they call the "100-mile diet. " Author Barbara Kingsolver and her family spent a year eating almost exclusively what they could grow or make for themselves on a Virginia farm, resulting in a book called "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. "

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2008-05-17 Half the man he used to be

McCluskeys 55-pound success story comes on the heels of a diet change he began two years ago. Finding his weight had hit 400 pounds, he literally "switched" overnight from eating mostly processed foods to nothing but uncooked fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds. As a result, hes now shed a total of 195 pounds.

While on his juice fast, McCluskey consumed only about a half-gallon of juice a day; one meal was typically a fruit-based shake; the second was mostly vegetables. The juice diet helped lower his cholesterol to 116 and fueled his energy and passion for raw food, he said.

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2008-05-31 COLUMNISTS: MACRO: Food politics - news

Bulgaria, clearly, has not been spared the repercussions. Already, food here costs a quarter more than it did a year ago. It is a sign of how much more the country is vulnerable to this crisis than its peers in the European Union that foodstuffs account for 36 per cent of the consumer basket, one of the highest ratios in the bloc. For households in the lowest 20 per cent bracket in terms of income, that figure is 60 per cent, according to official statistics. While food riots, last witnessed during the economic crisis in 1997, are not on the agenda now, it would be unwise to ignore the issue altogether on the basis that it is a global trend and concluding that the Government can do nothing to alleviate it within the boundaries of one country.

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On the day after this column goes to print , the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation are set to publish a report outlining their expectations for agricultural produce prices for the next decade. The reports conclusions have already been leaked last week and do not paint a cheerful picture. Prices of foodstuffs

2008-05-28 New Statesman - Time for universal free school meals

On a visit to Sweden, I saw how integral lunch time can be to the school curriculum. Classes and teachers ate together as a unit. The food was tasty, healthy and appetising. All the children tucked in heartily, helped themselves to seconds and tidied up after themselves before retuning to wipe down the tables. Many of the teachers I spoke to were shocked to discover this was not common practice in the UK. I didnt have the guts to tell them that our dinner ladies have to compete with an average of 23 fast food outlets per secondary school.

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Labours Sharon Hodgson says universal free school meals are a vote winner and would boost the nations health - Politics UK Politics Lifestyle Europe Economy Education Health New Statesman magazine International Politics British Politics Britain UK Tony Blair Gordon Brown Geoffrey Robinson David

2008-05-23 Your News Source for Seneca, MO

It is well established that a healthful diet is one key to lifelong health. The best way to enjoy the benefits that functional foods can offer is to choose a wide variety of foods from the five food groups. Include whole grains, vary fruits and vegetables, and eat fish, lean meats and poultry and low-fat dairy products, said Roberts.

Some of these health claims include calcium for the reduced risk of osteoporosis, low sodium for reduced risk of high blood pressure, low dietary fat for reduced risk of cancer, low saturated fat and cholesterol for reduced risk of coronary heart disease, fiber for reduced risk of some types of cancer, fruits vegetables and grain products high in soluble fiber for decreased risk of heart disease, and sugar alcohols for reduced risk of dental cavities.

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2008-05-17 Food vs. ethanol

Nobody is sure, but a letter to Science following up on the corn/ethanol original analysis suggested that what Americans, and likely Canadians, should do to mitigate global warming is to become vegetarians. Since cattle require 13 kilograms of grain and 30 kilograms of forage to produce a kilogram of meat, and similarly high numbers go into the production of other meats, switching over to a lacto-ovo-vegetarian diet "requires animal feed, but about half as much as a meat-heavy American diet," said the letter. So by swearing off meat, one could devote present farmland to growing biofuel crops without hurting anyone.

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Cuba is going to have to think Revolucion o Muerte when it comes to dealing with climate change, Stephen Strauss writes. - Cuba ethanol crops agriculture food fuel energy biofuel greenhouse gas carbon co2 Fundacion Antonio Nunez Jimenez de la Naturaleza y el Hombre FANJ tobacco sugar cane

2008-05-09 7thSpace - Cells, DNA and diet how do they work together

The three-day 3rd Asia Pacific Nutrigenomics Conference 2008: Diet-Gene Interaction in Human Health and Disease, has attracted food scientists, nutritionists, dieticians, doctors, nurses, food industry representatives and food regulators from around Australia and the world.

The conference will feature a thorough review of current science in the area, presented by leading international experts in the field, as well as exploring industry perspectives and regulatory issues. The areas covered in the Conference include the interaction of diet and genes in obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and inflammation. In addition, there will be discussions on the most recent technologies available for understanding these interactions.

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