Happy Halloween! Here are a couple quick-to-whip-up recipes for your Halloween celebration!
Witches Brew
2 cups pineapple juice
2 cups orange sherbet
1 liter bottle ginger ale
Combine pineapple juice and sherbet in a large punch bowl. Gather the guests to watch the eerie mixture bubble and boil when you pour in the ginger ale. Serves about 15.
Bloody Popcorn
Ingredients:
Popcorn
Butter
Red food [...]
Mrs. Rios Corn Products Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Whey in Flour Tortillas
Mrs. Rios Corn Products in San Angelo, Texas is recalling its flour tortillas because they may contain undeclared Whey. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to Whey run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products.
All [...]
There has been some recent concern over calls to Poison Control Centers due to “caffeine intoxication,” with media articles citing an increase in consumption of energy drinks by teens and children as the culprit. However, the majority of calls were actually related to people consuming dietary supplements containing caffeine, as opposed to energy drinks. Many [...]
Are you doomed to be overweight? Are all your relatives overweight so you feel this is the hand you were dealt? Judging from the statistics, you might understandably think so. Fifty to eighty percent of children of overweight parents will become obese, versus only about nine percent of the children of lean parents.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is informing consumers of—and protecting them against—potential harm associated with unapproved products claiming to diagnose, prevent, or otherwise act against the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus.
Within the past two weeks, FDA has
urged caution regarding promotions and Internet sites offering products for sale that claim to diagnose, prevent, mitigate, treat or [...]
Try these delicious, whole soyfoods for a rich source of isoflavones.
Raw Soybeans*
Isoflavone content per gram: 2 to 4mg
Culinary Suggestions: Boil, steam or microwave in or out of the pod. Sprinkle with a pinch of salt to make a great finger food. Shelled edamame can be added to salads, used as a side dish or pureed [...]
Plum Organics Voluntarily Recalls Select Batch of
Apple & Carrot Portable Pouches Due to Potential Health Risk
Plum Organics ™ announced today that it is taking the precautionary measure of voluntarily recalling one particular batch of its 4.22oz. Apple & Carrot Portable Pouch baby food with the best by date May 21, 2010 and marked with the [...]
UC Davis nutrition researchers are challenging the decades-old conventional wisdom that we should watch our salt.
The controversial article, published this week in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, found that humans naturally regulate their sodium intake, rendering government intervention useless.
“Our sodium intake is regulated by the brain, and your brain won’t let [...]
America’s Faulty Food Supply System
The U.S. system of food safety is convoluted. The responsibility is divided up between 12 agencies – and none of the 12 are held completely accountable.
The big players on the federal food and drug safety scene are the Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. The FDA oversees [...]
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