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Beauty Comes From the Inside
HealthKey.com contributorTurns out, "Beauty comes from within" is not just something comforting to say to unattractive folks. Shimmering hair, lovely nails and glowing skin are a reflection of what is going on inside your body nutritionally. For decades, Katherine Tallmadge, MA,...Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, White House, CNN, Dieting, Environmental Pollution
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Anheuser-Busch spent $690,000 in fourth quarter lobbying goverment on taxes, food safety
WASHINGTON (AP) — Anheuser-Busch, the U.S. unit of ABInbev, spent $690,000 in the fourth quarter to lobby the government on excise taxes, food safety and matters relating to the alcohol industry, according to a recent disclosure report. That's less...Tags: Anheuser-Busch, Interior Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Politics, Lobbying
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PepsiCo spent $5 million in 4th quarter lobbying government on food safety, childhood obesity
WASHINGTON (AP) — PepsiCo Inc. spent $5 million in the fourth quarter to lobby the government on taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages, food safety and other matters, according to a recent disclosure report. That's well above the $274,000 it spent...Tags: PepsiCo Inc., Corruption, Corporate Crime, Beverage Industry, Politics
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Wine and Spirits Wholesalers spent $280,000 in 4th quarter lobbying on food safety, labor
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America spent $280,000 in the fourth quarter lobbying the federal government on food safety and transportation, according to a recent disclosure report. That's up from the $240,000 the group...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Dining and Drinking, Beverage Industry, Politics, Lobbying
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WELLNESS REPORT: Why Food Calorie Postings May Not Be Accurate
Dieters beware! As some of you take on your New Year's resolution to lose weight, you may want to do a double take on calorie counts. Some of that information may not be exactly accurate.
You've seen them...and they're hard to ignore.
Calorie counts...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Restaurants, Dieting, Dining and Drinking, Health
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Tracking down recalled food items to keep consumers safe
The most useful tool to keep up with a dizzying array of food recalls might be in your wallet. Food safety advocates are urging retailers to use purchasing records culled from store loyalty cards to notify customers that they have bought a recalled...Tags: McCormick & Company Inc., Product Recalls, Dining and Drinking, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Craig Wilson
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Celiac Disease: What Foods Are Allowed, How To Shop, Dine Out
The Hartford CourantJulia McWilliams was in for a double shock when she was diagnosed with Celiac disease in 2006. "I had never heard of it," says McWilliams, 42, a Marlborough resident whose diet had been built around pasta and breads. "The nutritionist I saw gave me a...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Seafood, Dining and Drinking, Marlborough, Peanuts
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CDC uses supermarket shopper-card data to zero in on source of salmonella outbreak
Associated Press WriterCHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds around the country, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used a new tool for the...Tags: Salmonella Infection, Salami, Product Recalls, Rhode Island, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Food companies look to developing markets to fatten sales
Remember Tang? Astronauts used to drink it, so it got a lot of ink in the 1960s and 1970s. Nowadays, it gets about as much notice as the space program, holding just a small slice of the U.S. powdered-drinks market.
But in developing markets from Brazil...Tags: Sales, Dining and Drinking, Soups, Emerging Market, Wine, Beer, and Spirits
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Lawmakers, GAO probe lax enforcement of animal welfare rules following slaughterhouse abuse
Associated Press WriterFRESNO, Calif. (AP) — The knives at the slaughterhouse weren't properly sanitized, a government investigator said, and employees at the meatpacking plant didn't know how to test the carcasses of days-old veal calves for a dangerous pathogen. Food...Tags: Corruption, Corporate Crime, Ohio, Economy, Business and Finance, Veal
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Food Label Jungle is Hard to Navigate
Tribune reportersIt's a jungle out there in the grocery aisles, a thicket of products claiming healthy this and nutritious that. Never before have food packages displayed so many health claims in the U.S., according to a recent commentary in the Journal of the American...Tags: ConAgra Foods Incorporated, Dining and Drinking, Vitamin Therapy, Drugs and Medicines, Education
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Who is to blame for obesity, and what should be done about it?
While experts argue over whether to blame individuals, society, fast food or families for the rapid rise in obesity rates, the perhaps more pressing question is what to do about it. The answers are pouring in -- from radio talk shows, blogs, editorial...Tags: San Francisco, Weight Loss, Massachusetts, Economy, Business and Finance, Politics
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