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How to Wean Your Kid from the Junk Food Joneses
I'm sure you've heard the expression "Keeping up with the Joneses." It used to mean creating a life-style that had quality, pizzazz, and followed the "trends." But what if you live in a culture where "the Joneses" our kids see every day on TV commercials ...

Kosher Food Popular With Health Conscious Of All Faiths
Until recently, it was close to impossible for the kosher or health conscious traveler to keep his religious or healthy meals while in transit. Now developments in the kosher food industry are making this challenge much easier. The health conscious and ...

Lesson in Food Cravings: Practice Patience
Food Cravings: How to Practice PatienceWhy is it we save our best behavior for strangers and unleash it on our families? That's been true in my life, and I suspect it is in yours as well. During the upcoming holiday season we have numerous occasions for ...




Food Labeling: Why You Need It
 
Food labeling is an essential way of protecting your health. Although you do not realize it every time you pick up a jar of peanut butter, someone has had to determine just what is in that jar and what it will do to you if you should consume it. For most healthy people, eating anything they like seems fine. They don?t feel bad and nor do they think twice about it. But, the problem with this is that people can become sick overtime based on the foods that they eat. The food labeling?s job is to help to reduce the amount of illnesses that happen based on providing knowledge to individuals about what they are consuming.
You will find a wealth of information on food labels. You?ll find information such as which vitamins and minerals are in the foods as well as how much of that should you be consuming. You?ll also find food labeling takes a hard look at the bad stuff too. How much cholesterol, fat, sodium are in foods is measured and recorded in this manner as well. Going even further, food labeling will tell you how many calories are in foods as well as how much a serving of the food is. All of this information is mandatory for foods that are sold in the United States to be listed.
It is up to the consumer to pay attention though and act on what the food labels have on them. That means it is necessary for the individual to flip the product over and find out what is in the box, can, or other container. If the consumer doesn?t do this, he or she is risking his/her own health.
But, how do you react to what is provided in the food labeling? The Food and Drug Administration has set up a number of excellent resources to help you. On their website you will find guidelines as to how much of what you should be consuming. This then can help you to decide if a food is worth eating based on the information provided.
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Obama plays food critic on public TV - News-Democrat
CHICAGO -- Barack and Michelle Obama are known for nights out on the town in Chicago, dining at some of the city's poshest restaurants with the smartest chefs. But who knew the future president was a food critic? "Check Please!," a Chicago public ...

M&S to cut 25 Simply Food stores and 1,230 jobs - Times Online
Marks & Spencer (M&S) today confirmed it will cut 1,230 jobs and close 27 stores after reporting one of its worst Christmas trading performances on record. The retailer said it will shut 25 of its 355 Simply Food stores and two of its smaller M&S ...

Drug from genetically engineered goats a first - WTOP Radio
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a scientific first, an anti-clotting drug made from the milk of genetically engineered goats is moving closer to government approval for humans. An evaluation by the Food and Drug Administration released Wednesday says the ...

Cambodia marks Khmer Rouge fall - Philadelphia Inquirer
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Thousands of Cambodians celebrated Wednesday the fall of the murderous Khmer Rouge regime 30 years ago as a UN-backed tribunal prepared to finally try some of its key leaders for crimes against humanity. More than 40,000 people ...

Sarkozy sparks confusion on Gaza truce plan - International Herald Tribune
PARIS : French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Wednesday Israel had accepted an Egyptian truce plan for Gaza, but his office later said he was simply welcoming Israel's previously announced reaction to the proposal. Egypt said on Tuesday it was ...

Meijer 'Simply Give' Food Pantry Donation Program Raises Nearly $300 ... - Earthtimes
Meijer customers step up big to help feed the hungry in Meijer Communities GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 7 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. , Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Supercenter chain Meijer's holiday food pantry program raised nearly $300,000 for 185 food pantries ...

Food Trends: What's In, What's Out for 2009 - Street.Com
In 2008, many non-foodies became passionate and opinionated about dinner. Restaurant menus features long explanations about the care and preparation of their entrees, and home cooks opted for expensive local organic produce (even as the economy ...

Taste: Dayton food and restaurants - Dayton Daily News
Mark Fisher writes about restaurants, food and wine for the Dayton Daily News. If you have a news tip about a local restaurant, email Mark at or call (937) 225-2258. I do declare, this blog entry from ajc.com entitled “Do you tip on ‘to-go ...

SC4 offers class for food service supervisors - Port Huron Times-Herald
Registration is open for the culinary sanitation class at St. Clair County Community College’s Workforce Training Institute. The class is aimed at restaurant supervisors. It teaches students basic microbiology, safe food-handling techniques, good ...

US food agency issues new requirements on bug-based additives - Guardian Unlimited
After a decade of pressure from a consumer advocacy group, the US Food and Drug Administration will require the food industry to disclose that a dye sourced from a pulverised insect must be identified as either carmine or cochineal. Starting in two ...