Onion, leek, carrots and a tart apple simmered in chicken broth, then pureed until creamy. Six servings at 92 calories each. AICR notes carrots supply beta-carotene and apples quercetin, and both bring fiber.
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Food
New Study Highlights the Hazards of Imported Seafood
A Food & Water Watch analysis of a decade of FDA data finds 94 percent of American seafood is imported and only 2 percent is examined by inspectors, with under 1 percent lab-tested. The group says the Trans-Pacific Partnership would push imports higher still.
Politics
Letter from the Hague - Newsletter 102116 from Organic Consumers Association
Ronnie Cummins recaps the Monsanto Tribunal and People's Assembly held in The Hague on October 14-16, arguing that activists must stop working as separate single-issue and national movements and build one globally coordinated “Long March” of resistance and regeneration.
Minerals
Selenium may prevent aggressive prostate cancer
Pooling 15 prospective studies, researchers found blood selenium unrelated to total prostate cancer risk but linked to 57% lower risk of aggressive disease, while nail selenium, a marker of long-term intake, corresponded to up to 71% lower total risk.
Food
United Fresh Report Highlights Foodservice Menu Trends for Fresh Produce
United Fresh's Fall 2016 Fresh Insights for Foodservice report tracks how chefs use fresh produce, adding an “In Season” section on pumpkin and rapini and a new “On the Horizon” section previewing spring 2017 snap peas and sweet onions.
Politics
Do you buy Halos? Think again
Campaigners join Breast Cancer Action's 2016 Think Before You Pink effort, asking Bee Sweet Citrus and Wonderful Citrus to stop irrigating mandarins with oil wastewater. They argue the practice has not been proven safe for the public or for farm workers, and call the pink ribbons pinkwashing.
Supplements
Ketone supplements help fight cancer
Researchers fed healthy rats ketone supplements for one to four months and saw blood ketones reach therapeutic levels, glucose drop 20%, carnosine rise fourfold and several inflammatory markers fall. The authors say the short-term changes suggest protection against cancer.
Herbs
Annona muricata crude extract fights breast cancer
Researchers screened 19 Annona muricata crude extracts, then gave the most potent one to mice with 4T1 breast tumors. It shrank tumor size and weight, blocked metastasis, induced apoptosis and raised white blood cell, T-cell and natural killer cell counts.
Politics
it's up to us - Center for Food Safety
The Center for Food Safety asks supporters to donate so it can press the next president on GMO labeling, pollinators and food safety. It notes members pushed a question on mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods to 9,425 votes, 68th out of nearly 16,000.
Supplements
Research Shows GanedenBC30 Probiotics Improve Digestion of Plant Proteins
Ganeden reports that research by Koen Venema at Maastricht University found its GanedenBC30 probiotic strain increased digestibility of pea, rice and soy protein, following an earlier study on animal-based protein. The company ties the findings to demand for vegan and sports nutrition products.
Alerts
Roland® Preserved Lemons Recalled
Roland Foods is recalling lots 20 and 21 of Roland Preserved Lemons after New York state officials reported the jars contain sulfites not shown on the packaging. The lemons went to distributors, foodservice buyers and supermarkets nationwide and to Canada; no illnesses reported.
Food
NatureSweet Tomatoes Debuts New Tomatoes Raised Right Campaign at PMA
NatureSweet Tomatoes will launch its Tomatoes Raised Right campaign at the PMA Fresh Summit in Orlando, October 14-16, 2016, along with an 18-ounce Cherubs pack, a 16.5-ounce Constellation medley, pink limited-edition packaging, and a $100,000 gift to Susan G. Komen.
Food
Polyacetylenes in carrot juice fight leukemia
Testing carrot juice fractions on human lymphoid leukemia cells, researchers traced the killing power to polyacetylenes rather than carotenoids. Falcarinol and falcarindiol-3-acetate worked best, inducing apoptosis and cell cycle arrest.
Politics
Mackay Victory, Ontario Mandate Threat, & Major Teleconference
Mackay, Australia's council voted 6-5 to end water fluoridation after forums, hearings and a survey in which 46 percent of residents opposed the practice and 39 percent favored it. Only 24 of Queensland's 77 councils still fluoridate. FAN's October teleconference audio is posted.
Alerts
Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream Company Recalls Select Products
The ice creams were made with cookie dough supplied by Aspen Hills that may carry Listeria monocytogenes. The recall covers 4,183 three-gallon cartons and 5,296 pints shipped to ice cream shops, online outlets and limited grocery stores across 25 states.
Food
Rainier Fruit Launches Consumer Marketing Campaign
Rainier Fruit launched a “Wholesome to the Core” consumer campaign combining social media, retail engagement and event marketing, building on its role as the official apple of the Boston Marathon and targeting the running community.
Herbs
Dandelion Root and Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia
A report describes patients with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia improving on dandelion root tea, some entering complete remission as long as they kept drinking it. About three cups a day may be needed, and the tea appeared not to interfere with other treatments.
Vitamins
Vitamin b12 important for kids' cognition
A review in Advances in Nutrition notes that inadequate vitamin B-12 intake or blood levels during pregnancy and early childhood are associated with impaired cognitive development, and that no study has tested whether B-12 supplements benefit children's cognition.
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