Farm produce prices in 36 major Chinese cities dropped slightly in the week ending Jan 19 compared with the previous week, according to a Ministry of Commerce statement on Tuesday. The average wholesale prices of 18 kinds of vegetables ...
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Australia-based Passage Foods has introduced Korean BBQ Beef Simmer Sauce to its range of cooking sauces. The new smoky, sweet Korean BBQ Beef Simmer Sauce is made with all-natural ingredients, the company claims. According to the ...
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The traditional microwave meal was always associated with TV dinners that could easily and conveniently be whipped up in two minutes. Just as our palates have improved with exposure to fancy dinners on TV programs, so too have microwaves ...
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Public health researchers from The University of Manchester have found single dietary interventions are not effective at increasing fruit and vegetable consumption among overweight children and will not halt the global epidemic in childhood ...
We are all aware of the health benefits of "dietary fibre". But what is dietary fiber and how do we metabolise it? Research at the University of York's Structural Biology Laboratory, in collaboration with groups in Canada, the USA and ...
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For several years, many have been quick to attribute rising fast-food consumption as the major factor causing rapid increases in childhood obesity. Now researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill report that fast-food ...
Truck drivers, cleaning-service employees and mechanics are among the most obese groups of workers, new research contends. Not far behind are health-service workers and administrative and clerical personnel, the study out of Washington ...
Bananas deemed "too unhealthy" for monkeys If you've made a New Year's resolution to diet after your festive blow-out, here's a tip from a bunch of monkeys – avoid the bananas. Animals at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park in Devon ...
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Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: Muscle-Building Exercises Reduce Women's Diabetes Risk: Study Lifting weights and other muscle-building workouts reduce women's risk ...
Join us at the 2014 Integrated Pest Management Academy to discuss strategies to help manage vegetable disease on diverse vegetable farms. Plant disease management is essential on the vegetable farm to achieve optimal yield and profit. ...
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Love Beets new 'value-added' beetroot range A new ‘value-added’ beetroot range, Love Beets, has been launched in Australia by family-owned and operated fresh produce company OneHarvest. OneHarvest said its products are ...
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Most clinical studies of vitamins are "flawed by poor methodology", review finds Most large clinical trials of vitamin supplements, including those that have concluded supplements are of no value or even harmful, have a “flawed ...
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President Nixon funded research to wage a war on cancer, a long battle that we're still fighting today. While the last 40 years haven't brought us a cure, we have made some meaningful progress in developing tools and knowledge to take a ...
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Chinese New Year dishes come early this time round. For those of you who will be preparing reunion dinner next February may want to give this recipe a go. It has all my favourite ingredients all in one platter. Here I have chosen the ...
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When it comes to foodborne illness, fresh produce belies its healthful aura: Fresh fruits and vegetables account for 24 percent of U.S. foodborne illness in which both the responsible food and contaminant are identified, according to a 2013 ...
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