Nutrition News

“It's not just the breadbasket in the Midwest and the South anymore”

President Bush threatens veto over cost of bill CLEAN PLANT PROVISION The farm bill legislation includes $20 million for a new program called the National Clean Plant Network. via Bellingham Herald

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“A spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down.”

Mary Poppins knew this secret: We are born with an innate preference for sweetness. via Las Vegas Review Journal

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“But I don't believe in this system.”

The final version of the nearly $300 billion farm bill takes aim at agricultural subsidies and steers a higher share of dollars away from farmers toward nutrition programs such as food stamps than earlier farm ... via Abilene Reporter-News

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“There's a lot of dead bodies and they have very poor access -- sometimes no access -- to clean drinking water or food.”

Health experts are scrambling to prevent widespread illness after reports of malaria outbreaks and diarrhea surfaced in areas of Myanmar hardest hit by a cyclone, U.N. health officials said Thursday. via WSVN-TV Miami Beach

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“What's going to happen at the end of two to three years, we really don't know. It's the first time this is really being studied in humans”

A new weight-loss shock therapy treatment is currently being tested at Scripps Clinic Nutrition and Metabolic Research Center in California. via WKYC-TV

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“I think, in a time of high commodity prices, to be raising loan limits and target prices just really flies in the face of reality”

Congressional negotiators announced a final agreement on a $300 billion farm bill Thursday, as the White House and key conservatives continued to signal opposition to the legislation. via The Modesto Bee

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“Unfortunately, the existing body of research on maternal weight gain is inadequate to permit a more comprehensive assessment”

Women who gain more or less than recommended amounts of weight during pregnancy are likely to increase the risk of problems for both themselves and their child, according to a new report by the RTI ... via News-Medical.Net

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“We found strong independentassociations between a mother'sblood sugar levels during an oral glucose tolerance test and 28weeks of gestation and the pregnancy outcomes”

Women with high blood sugar levels during pregnancy face an increased risk ofcomplications, even if the highblood sugar readings don't meetthe criteriafor gestational diabetes. via Health Resources

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Sales of nutraceutical products in Eastern Europe have shot up in the past decade, as the market catches up with the rest of the world, according to an industry veteran. via Food Navigator

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“Homocysteine-Lowering B Vitamin Therapy in Cardiovascular Prevention - Wrong Again?”

Supplements of folic acid, and vitamins B6 and B12 may not affect cardiovascular health, despite lowering homocysteine levels, says a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association . via NutraIngredients-USA

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