by Christian Goodman
A friend of mine would always make the statement I eat like a bird, yet I still gain weight! I can affirm to the fact that she was inclined to eat very little when we would go out for a meal but Ill admit that I assumed she went home and ate all the food in her refrigerator later.
Of course later when she was diagnosed with a pituitary disorder, I no longer assumed she wasnt being honest.
When my friend asked her doctor what could have caused this, she …

They say that if you have never come across it, experienced it, you definitely will be lying if you talked so enthusiastically about it. Similarly if you have not been a captive of this hideous yeast infection then you absolutely have nothing to say regarding it.
But then if you have been within its enduring confinement then you know exactly why this is a silent adversity. First when you catch this yeast infection at whatever part of the body, you risk gushing a disgusting vaginal discharge that smell like bakers yeast …

LANCASTER — This year, Fairfield Christian Academy’s annual community service day had no boundaries.
While some worked to improve Fairfield County, hundreds of students worked Friday inside Fairfield Christian Church’s Family Life Center, assembling food packages that would provide 225,000 meals to starving children in Africa.
The event, which concludes today, was possible through the Christian nonprofit group Feed My Starving Children.
“We need to shine a light and reach out not only to Fairfield County, Ohio, but throughout the world,” Pastor Bill Lavely said Friday morning.
Students and community members assembled packages of …

By Sabyasachi Samajdar, FoodBizDaily.com Bureau Chief – New Delhi
September 24, 2009 – The size of the Indian urban food market is estimated at INR 350,000 crore (U$ 70 billion) . The domestic market for processed food is huge and fast growing.
 
The private sector is yet to realize its full potential in the food-retailing sector, as the market is still to explore. Though, it has now started discovering the money there is to be made in the urban food retailing market.
 
According to Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India, urban …

China has launched a long-term campaign to crack down on making, selling and using illegal food additives and vowed to name violators.
The campaign will last from this month until the end of 2010, according to the Ministry of Health.
Statistics from the ministry show that, during the first campaign that ran from the end of 2008 to early 2009, 7,626 illegal cases were unearthed, involving goods valued at 67.08 million yuan (about 9.8 million U.S. dollars).
Also in the campaign, 252 kinds of food additives were found to have not met the …

The US decision to increase Chinese tire tariffs risks starting a full-scale trade war, distorts economic growth and ultimately hurts consumers, according to a US trade expert.
In an interview with Xinhua in Chicago Thursday, Marshall P. Eldred, president of Chicago-based international trading company Golden Hill Foods, said the tire decision was protectionism that could potentially have a negative impact on trade relations.
“Every action has a reaction. This could lead to further protectionism on China’s part. At the very least, this sort of protectionist policy creates a tense trade environment,”he said.
Eldred …

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s self-sufficiency in corn is suddenly in doubt because a drought is threatening to cut the harvest as much as 10 percent and the government’s stockpiles are thousands of miles from the market, prompting the question: is it time to import?
Although imports are not yet imminent, any purchases of corn by China, which until 2003 was the leading Asian exporter of the grain, could ignite the Chicago market, which has fallen by nearly 30 percent since June on expectation of a second largest ever U.S. crop.
China isn’t …

DECATUR, Ill. — The CEO of agribusiness leader Archer Daniels Midland Co. received compensation worth $14.9 million in fiscal 2009, a decrease of nearly 2 percent from the previous year, according to an Associated Press calculation of figures filed with regulators.
Chief executive Patricia Woertz’s base salary was virtually unchanged at $1.29 million, compared with $1.3 million the year before. Her bonus fell 33 percent to $2.04 million, from $3.04 million.
That cut came during a tumultuous year for ADM, which is involved in businesses as diverse as growing and shipping grain …

Antioxidants are present in foods as vitamins, minerals, carotenoids, and polyphenols, among others.
Many antioxidants are often identified in food by their distinctive colors: the deep red of cherries and of tomatoes; the orange of carrots; the yellow of corn, mangos, and saffron; and the blue-purple of blueberries, blackberries, and grapes. The most well-known components of food with antioxidant activities are vitamins A, C, and E; alpha carotene and the mineral selenium.
While antioxidants such as alpha-carotene are recommended by health specialists to prevent premature aging, some of the antioxidants used as …

 
Imagine three items in your grocery cart: Peppercorn Ranch SunChips, Cocoa Krispies and Country Crock margarine.
The first is stamped with a red heart, indicating that it’s a good source of whole grains. The second has a banner saying that the vitamin-enriched rice cereal will boost your immunity. The third bears a green label deeming it a “Smart Choice,” a green seal of approval on the front of food packaging to indicate healthier fare.
If you are like the typical hurried consumer, chances are you don’t spend much time considering how such …