In 1993, the food and drug administration wrote the rules for nutrition labeling following the passage in 1990 of the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act by Congress. Since the rules were established, there has been on ongoing implementation and revision of them as new standards and new information emerges on health.
Food labeling is a good [...]
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NUTRITION LABELS
Posted in Health and society, tagged health, minerals, nutrion labels, vitamins on April 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
EATING FOR EXERCISE
Posted in Health and society, tagged diet for exercise, energy, energy sources, exercise, food, health, what to eat and when on April 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As some of you already know, there are a variety of ways the body “feeds” itself. Before exercising, during the exercise and afterwards for example, the body prepares itself differently. Additionaly, each person is different; because of the genetic composition, how physically healthy and active they are and also because of what they eat.
Looking at [...]
FIBER, FIBER, FIBER
Posted in Health and society, tagged cancer, diabetes, energy, fiber, health, obesity on April 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve taken a few nutrition classes, read parts of health books here and there, and I’ve thought about my diet quite a bit. I know for a fact that there’s a lot I don’t know and yet i also know that without having taking those classes and read those chapters or articles that I would [...]
QUINOA
Posted in Health and society, tagged healthy ingredient, nutrition, Quinoa on March 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Quinoa is a cereal from South America which should be added to most diets. A staple food of Incans, today it is mostly cultivated in the alpine regions of the Andes. It is smaller than rice and round in shape. There are a few colors available which are a bit different in taste. The taste [...]
Vitamin D! how to get it? do you need it?
Posted in Health and society, tagged benefits, VITAMIN D on March 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Vitamin D has been in the news a lot lately.
It’s a fat-soluble vitamin which means that it can be stored in the body and is not excreted through your stool or pee. This means that there is a potential for overdose and toxicity.
Last summer, in 2007 the Canadian Cancer Society said that based on current research adults should [...]
