Health and Nutrition News

Increase in consumption of organic food products: ASSOCHAM survey
Economic Times
There has been a major shift in for organic products, especially fruit and vegetables in the cities as about 62% of metropolitans buy organic, an increase of 95% in the last 5 years, according to a survey undertaken by the Associated Chambers of ...
Affluent Indians develop taste for organic food, says surveyNewstrack India

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Natural & Organic Products Asia trade show to launch in Hong Kong in 2014
MENAFN.COM
Diversified Events Hong Kong LLC, organisers of the highly successful, Restaurant & Bar exhibition, has today announced the launch of a major new trade show, Natural & Organic Products Asia, to take place at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition ...

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THE WELLNESS CHOICE: Organic Minerals are More than Rocks
Port isabel south padre
In other words, some inorganic minerals draw more nutrition from the body than they give to the body. This causes a nutritional debt. Imagine that the body is similar to a bank. Your body can store some of the nutritional essentials in your “health ...

E! Online
Whoa! Katy Perry Takes All Those Vitamins? See the Pic!
E! Online
No word yet on why the "Fireworks" singer needs such a big boost, but there's no doubt she's fit as a fiddle after taking all of those vitamins! PHOTOS: Katy Perry's top fashion moments throughout the years! Katy Perry. Comments. filed under Katy Perry ...
Katy Perry tweets a picture of her massive vitamin collectionDaily Mail
Katy Perry Has Serious Doubt For The WorldAllie Is Wired

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White Vegetables Redeemed!
PR Newswire (press release)
The Advances in Nutrition supplement, "White Vegetables: A Forgotten Source of Nutrients," published by the American Society for Nutrition, features ten papers by leading nutrition scientists that explore the state of the science on white vegetables ...

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Shape Magazine (blog)
Oprah Winfrey Plans to Start Organic Produce Line
Shape Magazine (blog)
We'll likely not see her use “Oprah's OWN,” which is the name of her TV network, because it would be too close to another celebrity's famous organic food line, actor Paul Newman's Newman's Own. “I grew up with a grandmother who was always growing ...

Shape Magazine (blog)
Do Vegans Need to Take Omega-3 Supplements?
Shape Magazine (blog)
However, alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) is a type of omega-3 found in plentiful amounts in plant sources such as soy, walnuts, canola oil, and chia, flax, and hemp seeds and their oils. And experts say as long as you get adequate ALA, you don't need to ...

French study shows impact of omega-3 on preventing AMD progression
Healio
Over the last decade, studies in many populations have shown the positive effects of omega-3 fatty acids on the cardiovascular system and the retina. In age-related macular degeneration, a reduction between 30% to 60% of the progression to the advanced ...

SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
The ABCs of Fundamental Natural Vitamins
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
Even at the age category that I am, each time I come down with a wicked cold or some sort of usual illness, I can expect to always hear from my mom, “Did you take your Vitamin C?” When I was young, I never considered the importance of taking your ...

Fresh fruits and vegetables are coming to East Dover Elementary
NorthJersey.com (press release)
The United States Department of Agriculture has allocated $3,934,586 for New Jersey for next school year's Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, which provides fresh produce to students during the school day, along with nutrition education. The goal of ...

Local Pharmacy Helps Families By Giving Away Vitamins
WRIC
Richmond, VA—Many Americans are tightening their budgets; but even with the rising cost of raising a family, a local pharmacy believes health should not be sacrificed and is taking unusual action to promote the benefits of vitamins. Busy mother Katie ...

NutraIngredients.com
Seagreens® Certified Organic Food Quality Seaweeds
NutraIngredients.com
Seagreens® sets the standard for sustainable wild seaweed harvesting and production, offering a unique and comprehensive nutrient profile. Seagreens® seaweed ingredients are suitable for nutritional fortification, salt replacement and flavour ...

UPI.com
B vitamins may reduce brain shrinkage, reduce Alzheimer's risk
UPI.com
B vitamins may reduce Alzheimer's risk by lowering homocysteine. Maria Shriver (R) greets former Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor before testifying before a Special Senate Aging Committee hearing on Alzheimer's in Washington.
Vitamins That Cost Pennies a Day Seen Delaying DementiaBloomberg
B vitamins could delay dementia - Medical XpressMedical Xpress
B-vitamins may delay Alzheimer's onsetChemistry World
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Organic Lobby Attacks Biotech Advances, Obscures Own Sustainability And ...
Forbes
As the Genetic Literacy Project reports, the organic industry has a direct commercial interest in sowing confusion and doubt about genetically engineered crops and food ingredients derived from them. The anti-biotech disinformation efforts have been in ...

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'Grow Your Own Food Organically' at Bernardsville Library
Patch.com
Tips on growing your own organic produce will be presented at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Bernardsville Public Library, for those who want to eat and serve organic without constantly relying on other sources for foods free of pesticides and synthetic ...

Organic Cooperative Proves that Agriculture Can Prosper in Cuba
Inter Press Service
This is how we attract high quality human resources, who are crucial today in order to produce more organic food,” said Salcines, the president of Vivero Alamar, where production has been chemical-free since 2000. The cooperative's recipe for success ...

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What's in season: Summer fruits and vegetables
The Independent Florida Alligator (blog)
But why is one fruit or vegetable higher in price than another fruit or vegetable? When fruits and vegetables aren't in season, it makes it difficult for producers to get them on the market. Knowing which fruits and vegetables are in season not only ...

Research and Markets: Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements Market in the UK ...
Fort Mills Times
Aruvian's R'search analyzes the Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements Market in the UK in a PEST Framework Analysis. A PEST analysis is concerned with the environmental influences on a business. The acronym stands for the Political, Economic, Social and ...

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Counsel & Heal
B Vitamins, Folic Acid May Be Able to Slow Decline of Alzheimer's Disease
Counsel & Heal
Researchers have found that taking B-vitamins may be able to help slow the decline of Alzheimer's disease, which accounts for an estimated 50 to 80 percent of dementias. According to the World Health Organization, it is believed that 36 million people ...

Know Your B Vitamins
To Your Health
Know Your B Vitamins. When taking a nutritional supplement, how often are you looking for the percentage of B vitamins? Did you know it is critical to get an adequate amount of B vitamins in your diet in order to help your body process energy from the ...