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Filed under: Books, North America, Health & Medical This week, a new edition of the Canada Food Guide was released by the Health Canada. The small booklet has been produced since 1940, with new editions being released every few years. The last one was in 1992. The Food Guide gives recommendations on portion sizes and the average daily amount ...

Filed under: West Coast, Trends, Stores & Shopping, Did you know?, Super Size Me, Fast FoodThe California Center for Public Health Advocacy (CCPHA) just released the results of a study they conducted on California's Food Landscape, entitled ''Searching for Healthy Food.'' Basically, the study started with the facts that the state of California ...

Filed under: Business, Trans Fats, Bakeries, Fast Food Donuts are not health food. Fried pieces of dough covered in sugar or chocolate and, sometimes, filled with jam, donuts are written off by millions everyday as an indulgence. But because they rely so heavily on frying, and as a direct result, on partially hydrogenated oils, donut makers have ...

Filed under: Snacks, Grains, Vegetables, Cheese, Fruit, Did you know?, Light Food, Health & Medical It's hard to tell how many calories something has just by looking at it. We already know what an ounce of nuts looks like - but what do servings of other common foods look like? Wisegeek took pictures of 200 calories portions of 71 common ...

Filed under: Science, Lists, Did you know?, Light Food, Health & Medical The Satiety Index was developed by an Australian researcher who was looking into the relationship between what we eat and how hungry we are afterwards. The testing involved feeding volunteers 240 calorie portions of 38 different foods after which volunteers ranked their ...

Filed under: Teas, Restaurants, Business, Chocolate, Trends, Stores & Shopping, Lists, Slashfood Ate, Soda The New Year is always full of possibilities. There are meals to be eaten, recipes to try and, of course, a slew of new food trends that will shape the way we eat and what food issues will be at the forefront of the news. Of all the ...

Filed under: Teas, Restaurants, Business, Chocolate, Trends, Stores & Shopping, Lists, Slashfood Ate, Soda The New Year is always full of possibilities. There are meals to be eaten, recipes to try and, of course, a slew of new food trends that will shape the way we eat and what food issues will be at the forefront of the news. Of all the ...

Filed under: British Isles, Food Oddities, Health & Medical Scientists and researchers have no definitive answer about what causes anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder characterized by a strong, sometimes life-threatening, desire to avoid food. Many theories attribute its development to body image issues, while other studies have linked it to ...