| Ucandothis2.com Announce New Acai Plus Liquid Nutrition Products ... | | Posted Sunday, January 21, 2007 1:09:29 PM by Blog57 Team | | Acai Plus is a quality and affordable anti-aging product that has incredible demand and offers a built in home business opportunity. Acai Plus is a new quality anti-aging product, offered by TriUnity International, based in San Diego, CA. It is the ONLY liquid nutrition product available today containing both the popular Acai berry from Brazil (called a Super Food by Dr. Nicholas Perricone on the Oprah Winfrey Show) and the Goji berry (called The Biggest Discovery in Nutrition in the Last 40 Years, by world famous nutritionist/author,Dr. Earl Mindell), the Mangosteen fruit, and over 100 other powerful nutritional and anti-aging ingredients including phyto-nutrients, antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, amino acids, Yerba Mate and herbal tea blends, Co-enzyme Q-10, and more! It tastes great, helps rid your body of dangerous free radicals, and strengthens your immune system.... | |
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| | | Socorro schools switch to milk bottles | | Posted Sunday, January 14, 2007 3:24:36 PM by Blog57 Team | | Socorro Independent School District cafeterias have dumped cartons and begun serving milk in plastic bottles in an effort nutrition experts hope will increase consumption among students. The move away from cartons follows a small national trend, which shows that students at schools using the bottles drink more milk. "We've been trying to get the bottles to our schools for 10 years ... we're the first one's in the area to finally do so," said Debbie Devine, the director of child nutrition services in Socorro. "Our students have already been drinking and we have noticed a change in consumption already." The district began supplying the half-pint plastic bottles last week, and cafeterias by now should have exhausted their milk-carton supply and begun using the bottles. The bottles come in three presentations: 1 percent low fat, as well as low-fat chocolate and low-fat strawberry.... | |
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| | | Noted A&M nutrition professor, scientist practices what she teaches | | Posted Monday, November 13, 2006 11:41:18 AM by Blog57 Team | | Nutritionist Joanne Lupton is busy, but finds time every day to leave her Texas A&M University office for a fitness walk. Surely Lupton could burn off at least a box of Milk Duds if she were to hang the plaques and awards lying along the wall in her office in the Kleberg Building on the West Campus of Texas A&M. Instead, she treads the long, empty hallways of her building's basement level, where it's cooler and less likely that a colleague will stop her for a chat - which would defeat the purpose. .... | |
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| | | Questions and Answers on the EU Platform on Diet, Physical ... | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 1:21:03 PM by Blog57 Team | | Overweight and obesity levels are increasing at an alarming rate, with up to 27% of European men and 38% of women now considered to be obese depending on the EU member state concerned. The number of overweight children is also growing rapidly, rising by 400 000 a year. Obesity is a risk factor for many serious conditions including heart disease, type-2 diabetes, hypertension, stroke, and certain types of cancer. Poor nutrition and insufficient physical activity are among the leading causes of avoidable death in Europe. Obesity-related illnesses are estimated to account for as much as 7% of total healthcare costs in the EU. Overall obesity levels in Southern Europe are higher than those in Northern Europe as traditional Mediterranean diets give way to more processed foods rich in fat, sugar and salt.... | |
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| | | Is Your Child's Diet Age-Appropriate? | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 3:30:58 AM by Blog57 Team | | An age-appropriate diet is one that provides adequate nutrition and is appropriate for a child's state of development. Alternative NamesDiet - age appropriate Function Food Sources Side Effects Recommendations BIRTH TO 4 MONTHS OF AGE During the first 4 - 6 months of life, infants need only breast milk or formula to meet all their nutritional needs. Breast milk is the recommended feeding method for the first 6 months of life although a fortified formula can adequately meet an infant's needs. If breastfeeding , a newborn may need to nurse 8 - 12 times per day (every 2 - 4 hours), or on demand. By 4 months, the baby is likely to cut back to 4 - 6 times per day, however, the quantity of breast milk consumed at each feeding will increase.... | |
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| | | JOHANNS ANNOUNCES PURCHASE OF UP TO 34.8 MILLION POUNDS OF GRAPEFRUIT JUICE | | Posted Monday, November 06, 2006 7:21:31 PM by Blog57 Team | | WASHINGTON, Nov. 6, 2006 -- Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns today announced USDA's plan to purchase up to 34.8 million pounds of grapefruit juice for donation to child nutrition and other domestic food assistance programs. USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) purchases a variety of high-quality food products each year for distribution by USDA's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) for the national school lunch program, the school breakfast program, the summer food service program, the food distribution program on Indian reservations, the nutrition program for the elderly, the commodity supplemental food program and the emergency food assistance program. USDA also makes emergency purchases of commodities for distribution to victims of natural disasters. With today's announcement of USDA's intention to buy, FNS will survey potential recipients to determine how much product will be accepted for shipping.... | |
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| | | Tropical-Inspired Facial Care Products Bring Beauty From Paradise | | Posted Friday, November 03, 2006 11:38:55 AM by Blog57 Team | | Consumers are constantly on the lookout for products that will diminish and prevent the aging process and keep skin healthy and vibrant. To address these needs, Tahitian Noni International is launching Tahitian Noni® TePoemä® Complete Calming Moisture and TePoemä® Youth Restore Lip Recovery featuring a rare and unique ingredient -- noni. Used for centuries by Tahitian women to keep their skin healthy and beautiful, noni is full of anti-oxidants and is proven to assist in promoting healthy skin. TePoemä® Complete Calming Moisture - $40 (50mL) This rich cream is perfect for women who experience dry, distressed skin. It incorporates the soothing properties of noni leaf extract, sea kelp, oat kernel extract, monoi oil, and other natural botanicals to calm distressed skin, while using noni seed oil to provide deep moisturization.... | |
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| | | Pennsylvania Agriculture Department Launches 'PA Preferred' Healthy Vending in Schools | | Posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 3:10:28 AM by Blog57 Team | | Pennsylvania is encouraging students to develop healthy eating habits by partnering with schools to offer vending machines stocked with nutritious PA Preferred products, Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff said today. "Rising concerns about childhood obesity point to the need for better nutrition," Wolff said during a visit to Bloomsburg High School. "By offering PA Preferred healthy vending choices for snacks and beverages in schools, kids will be better able to make nutritious decisions. This is an investment in the health of our children, as well as the economic future of agriculture in our communities." PA Preferred is a program to help consumers identify and purchase products that are grown and produced in Pennsylvania. Currently, nearly 1,500 members participate in the program.... | |
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| | | PHLC: Affiliate Signs Distribution Agreement for the Purchase of Its Rehydration Products | | Posted Friday, October 27, 2006 3:06:03 AM by Blog57 Team | | Phlo Corporation (PHLC) announced that one of its affiliates has entered into a distribution agreement with Blackard Group, Inc. for the distribution in certain domestic and international markets of the Company's rehydration beverages. Blackard has significant domestic and international real estate interests as well as manufacturing and distribution operations. An affiliate of Blackard will conduct its distribution activities pursuant to the agreement (the "Distributor"). The Distributor will distribute the Company's AQUIS(tm) Rapid Response Rehydration beverages domestically in the elite athlete market segment, primarily in the areas of organized sports, team sales, and institutional sales, and to General Nutrition Centers. The Distributor will distribute both the newly developed AQUIS(tm) ready-to-drink products as well as powdered AQUIS(tm).... | |
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| | | NutraCea Appoints Dr. Joseph Gutman to Medical Advisory Board and ... | | Posted Tuesday, October 24, 2006 1:06:23 PM by Blog57 Team | | EL DORADO HILLS, Calif., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NutraCea, (OTC Bulletin Board: NTRZ - News) the world leader in stabilized rice bran technology, announced today the addition of Joseph Gutman, M.D. to its Medical Advisory Board and as a strategic consultant. Dr. Gutman currently resides in Phoenix, Arizona and manages a private practice specializing in internal medicine, endocrinology and metabolism. He is also the Chairman of the Department of Medicine at the Desert Samaritan Hospital in Mesa, Arizona. Other current positions include Director, Endothelial Pathology Laboratories Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology at Arizona State University and Member of the Board of Directors of the European Arteriosclerosis Society. Dr. Gutman has authored over 330 medical publications to date and has 16 memberships to various medical associations including the American Society of Internal Medicine, American Diabetes Association, and the American Heart Association.... | |
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