Pooling three cohorts in the US and Shanghai, researchers found the highest nut eaters were 21% (US) and 17% (China) less likely to die during follow-up, with a 38% lower risk of ischemic heart disease. Stroke links appeared only among the Chinese participants.
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Monterey Gourmet Foods to Unveil "Freshly Delicious"New Look for Specialty Food Line
Monterey Gourmet Foods unveiled a new logo, labels and booth for its fresh refrigerated pastas and sauces at the International Dairy Deli Bakery Association show in Atlanta. The company says it avoids artificial ingredients, hydrogenated oils and MSG.
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Coffee may help prevent erectile dysfunction
Among 3,742 men in NHANES, those taking in 85 to 303 mg of caffeine a day were about 40 percent less likely to report erectile dysfunction than men consuming 0 to 7 mg. The inverse pattern also held among overweight and hypertensive men, but not among men with diabetes.
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AGES boost pancreatic cancer risk
Among 528,251 people followed 10.5 years, men in the top fifth for intake of the advanced glycation end product CML-AGE were 43% more likely to be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer than those in the lowest; in women the figure was 14%. Highest red meat intake carried a 35% higher risk in men.
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Inflammatory diet boosts death risk from breast cancer - study
Among 117,510 postmenopausal women followed 12.3 years, those in the highest tertile of pro-inflammatory food intake were 48% more likely not to survive breast cancer, or 30% after adjustment. The diet was tied to HER2-positive disease but not overall breast cancer risk.
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Want to lower premature death risk? Cut intake of unhealthy foods
Among 3,226 British men aged 60 to 79 followed for 11 years, those eating the most of a pattern built on red meat, meat products, white bread, fried potato and eggs were 40 percent more likely to die of any cause. The highest intake of the healthy pattern matched a 17 percent lower risk.
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Vidalia Onion Committee Announces Start Date and Marketing Campaign (PR)
The Vidalia Onion Committee set April 27 as the season's official start and will continue its “V is for Vidalia” campaign aimed at millennial shoppers, with food-blogger outreach, Facebook coupons and giveaways. It launches at the Golden Onion Chef Competition on April 26.
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Eating organic foods lowers pesticide exposure
Drawing on the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, researchers found urinary dialkylphosphate levels significantly lower in people who reported eating organic produce more often, suggesting organic food can lower organophosphate pesticide exposure.
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Early exposure to high fructose causes cardiac damage - study
Male Wistar rats fed a 10% fructose diet for eight weeks developed insulin resistance, glucose intolerance and dyslipidemia, along with changes in cardiac vagal tone, heart rate and diastolic function. The authors compare the rats’ age to early childhood in humans.
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Drinking coffee may induce spontaneous abortion
In a cohort of 5,132 Danish women planning pregnancy, 14.3% miscarried. Caffeine intake before conception showed no significant link, but women consuming 100-199, 200-299 or more than 300 mg a day during pregnancy were 62%, 48% and 23% more likely to miscarry.
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Salad Bars Donated to 1,000 California Schools
Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools says it has donated salad bars to 1,018 California schools, past the 1,000 goal set three years earlier by state superintendent Tom Torlakson. The group says the bars reach more than 700,000 students a day.
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Eating fish lowers risk of Alzheimer's disease
A meta-analysis tied higher fish intake to 36% lower Alzheimer's risk, with each extra 100 grams of fish a week linked to an 11% reduction. Taking omega-3 supplements, the authors suggest, may not lower the risk the way eating fish appears to.
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United Fresh and the International Floriculture Expo Collaborate on the 8th Annual Iron Designer Competition: A Fusion of Produce & Floral
The United Fresh Produce Association and the International Floriculture Expo will hold their 8th Annual Iron Designer Competition in Chicago on June 9, where floral designers will, for the first time, work fresh fruits and vegetables into their arrangements.
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Food news: Super Food Smoothies: Drinkable & Delicous Health
The frozen yogurt chain 16 Handles adds two smoothies across 16 locations on April 15: Oh Kale Yeah!, blending kale, spinach, banana and pineapple with its coconut-water Coco Loco flavor, and Acai Elixir, made with acai, strawberries and blueberries.
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Eat Right to Protect Your Eyesight
Mercola argues that age-related macular degeneration and cataracts are largely driven by free radical damage and may in many cases be preventable through antioxidant-rich foods, naming deep-colored produce, leafy greens, astaxanthin, omega-3, vitamin D, lutein and zeaxanthin.
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Food news: Garden Lites Veggie Bites (PR)
Garden Lites introduced Veggie Bites, a mini muffin-style snack sold at Target, Publix and ShopRite. The company says its Broccoli & Brown Rice Bites carry 6 grams of protein, 2 grams of fiber and 5 grams of whole grains per serving.
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United Fresh Announces Bill Pool of Wegmans’ Food Markets as the 2015 Technical Award Winner
The United Fresh Produce Association will give its 2015 Technical Award to Bill Pool, produce safety manager at Wegmans, at the June 9 convention in Chicago. Pool joined Wegmans in 1973 and has worked on food safety, regulatory compliance and grower adoption of IPM and GAPs.
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Eating oily fish or fish oil helps breast cancer survival
Among 1,463 Long Island women with a first breast cancer followed 15 years, during which 485 died, the highest intakes of tuna, other baked or broiled fish, DHA and EPA corresponded to 29%, 25%, 29% and 25% lower risk of death from all causes.
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