Hungry? Here’s a novel idea: Have a snack that actually satisfies.
“Most people don’t realize what a 200-calorie snack looks like,” says Hungry-Girl.com creator Lisa Lillien.
“They think, ‘Oh I’ll just eat this little energy bar,’ but you can actually have real food for that many calories.”
Lillien’s book “Hungry Girl: 200 Under 200” (St. Martin’s, $19.95), which hit shelves last week, features recipes under 200 calories that boast low-fat and other healthy ingredients.
But these aren’t the typical bland and boring diet-food ingredients.
Take her Every Day Is Thanksgiving Salad, which has holiday ingredients …

Visitors were scarce at the Guangdong Dongtai Dairy Products booth during the third phase of the 105th China Import and Export Fair, also called the Canton Fair.
The third phase of China’s largest trade event began Sunday and ended Thursday.
Xu Haoming, who’s in charge of external trade for Dongtai, said he wasn’t surprised by the lack of visitors.
Based in the Jiedong economic development zone of south China’s Guangdong Province, Dongtai specializes in dairy products such as baby milk powder. It exports to Asian and African countries.
Demand has fallen because of the …

Soft drinks
Almost every one of us has had a period of their live when we slept with the cola bottle on the nightstand. But just one cup contains about 150 calories, the equivalent of 10 spoons of sugar, 30-35 mg of caffeine, food additives and colorants. And the light versions of soft drinks are as toxic if not more as the normal beverage because of the artificial sweeteners used. Studies have proven that some artificial sweeteners can favor the development of cancer in the human body. The consumption of soft …

Food processing is the set of methods and techniques used to transform raw ingredients into food or to transform food into other forms for consumption by humans or animals either in the home or by the food processing industry. Food processing typically takes clean, harvested crops or slaughtered and butchered animal products and uses these to produce attractive, marketable and often long-life food products. Similar process are used to produce animal feed.
Extreme examples of food processing include the delicate preparation of deadly fugu fish or preparing space food for consumption …

WHAT’S a better snack for your kid – one designed for children like Baby Balance Berry Bear Biscuits or ‘junk food’ like a bite of a cheeseburger? The answer may surprise you.
 
A study of 107 foods marketed for babies and young children in British supermarkets in March by the Children’s Food Campaign (CFC), a British pressure group, found that only half of the products surveyed were low in saturated fat, salt and sugar.
The CFC is supported by more than 300 British health organisations and 12,000 members of the public, reported …

Many people have health problems caused by sensitivities to foods or food additives.  The following are the most common symptoms and are usually relieved by removing the culprit food items:
Migraines, frequent headaches
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, sleepiness during the day, insomnia at night
Irritable Bowel Syndrome, diarrhea, bloating, intestinal cramps
Fibromyalgia, muscle pain not associated with exercise or injury
Eczema, rashes, hives
Rheumatoid Arthritis or frequent joint pain
A blood test, called a Mediator Release Test (MRT), is now being used to help people identify specific food sensitivities.  In this test, your blood sample is taken to …

Federal prosecutors announced another guilty plea Tuesday stemming from an ongoing probe into a conspiracy in the California tomato growing industry that authorities say drove up food prices across the nation.
Robert C. Turner Jr., 59, a former corporate purchasing manager at B&G Foods Inc. in Parsipanny, N.J., pleaded guilty to two counts of honest services mail fraud in connection with the investigation.
Turner admitted receiving about $65,000 in bribes from Randall Lee Rahal, a former sales broker at SK Foods, a Lemoore-based company that grows and processes products like tomato paste …

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Despite the many benefits associated with additives, some people have adverse reactions to these substances. Typically, these reactions are due to sensitivities. Symptoms often mimic the effects of an allergic reaction. To date, the only actual allergy that has been confirmed is to sulfites (added to dried fruits, beer, wine, fermented foods).
Other health concerns related to additives have largely been disproved over the years. Previously, some speculated that additives might cause hyperactivity or learning disabilities in children. However, this hypothesis has been disproved. In addition, the FDA has strict rules …

The article from the World Journal of Gastroenterology is clearer than most in sounding the alarm about the recently recalled Hydroxycut weight loss aid and other over-the-counter dietary supplements. But the warning is still couched in typical medical journalese.
“Ingredients do not need to be considered ‘generally recognized as safe’ as pharmaceuticals or food additives do, and the [U.S. Food and Drug Administration] must prove that a supplement is harmful before taking regulatory action. This means consumers in effect become unwitting subjects in a large scale post-marketing trial of a product’s …