Among 93 Japanese adults with impaired glucose tolerance, 21.5% developed diabetes over 3.6 years, and those drinking sugar-sweetened beverages faced more than triple the risk of non-drinkers. Intake also tracked with higher body mass index and HOMA-R values.
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HAPPY FAMILY® Introduces SHINE ORGANICS: Nnew Brand of Snacking Pouches for Adults
Happy Family has launched Shine Organics, a line of adult snacking pouches made with organic fruits and vegetables, chia seeds and ingredients including turmeric, green tea, parsley and passion flower, sold in four variants named PURIFY, ELEVATE, REVIVE and CALM.
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Fried food boosts risk of heart failure
Luc Djousse and colleagues analyzed 15,362 male doctors in the Physicians' Health Study and found eating fried food seven or more times a week tracked with a 107% higher risk of heart failure than eating it less than once a week, with risk rising by frequency.
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Total trans fat ban would save thousands of lives in UK in a year
Pearson-Stuttard and colleagues modelled UK trans fat policy in Circulation and concluded a total ban would save thousands of lives a year. The piece notes the FDA's three-year ban in processed foods and questions whether substitutes such as palm oil are healthier.
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HFCS boosts cardiovascular disease risk
In a trial of 85 adults drinking beverages sweetened with 0%, 10%, 17.5% or 25% high-fructose corn syrup, postprandial triglycerides, fasting LDL cholesterol and 24-hour uric acid all rose in a dose-dependent way, risk factors the authors tie to cardiovascular disease.
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Eating soy foods may boost breast cancer?
Helferich's team found dietary genistein and soy protein isolate stimulated the growth of estrogen-receptor-positive MCF-7 breast tumors in athymic mice. Tumors regressed fully when a 700 ppm genistein diet stopped, but not at lower doses, and those non-regressing tumors carried more HER2.
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Field Operations and Combined Harmonized Standards Now Available in Spanish
United Fresh says volunteers have translated the Field Operations and Harvesting and the Combined Harmonized Food Safety Standards into Spanish, completing the set before the fall harvest. The standards merge more than a dozen GAPs programs and are free to use.
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United Fresh Report Highlights Winter Foodservice Menu Trends for Fresh Produce
United Fresh's Spring 2015 Fresh Insights for Foodservice report tracks daikon radishes, specialty potatoes and blood oranges appearing on menus, along with basil, cilantro and mint at chains and supermarkets' push into ready-to-eat prepared meals.
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Moderate chocolate intake may cut risk of diabetes mellitus
Following 7,802 people in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities cohort for 13.3 years, James Greenberg found eating chocolate 2 to 6 times a week tracked with 34% less diabetes. A serving a day or more showed no such link.
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Drinking coffee may lower melanoma risk
Among 447,357 cancer-free adults followed a median 10.5 years, those drinking four or more cups of coffee a day were 20% less likely to be diagnosed with malignant melanoma. The link held for caffeinated but not decaffeinated coffee, and the study was not a trial.
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Sugar, refined grain boost depression risk
Among 87,618 postmenopausal women in the Women's Health Initiative, those eating the most added sugar had 23% higher odds of incident depression, and refined grain intake tracked the same way. Lactose, fiber, whole fruit and vegetables were linked to significantly lower odds.
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United Fresh’s Stenzel, Gombas and Guenther Appointed to USDA Advisory Committees
United Fresh announced that Tom Stenzel, Dave Gombas and Robert Guenther were appointed to USDA advisory committees covering trade policy, trade in fruits and vegetables, and microbiological criteria for foods.
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United Fresh Leadership Program’s Class 20 Donates 28 Salad Bars to Schools
The twelve members of United Fresh's Produce Industry Leadership Program Class 20 raised funds for 28 school salad bars, which will reach nearly 15,000 students across 10 states and help schools meet new lunch nutrition standards.
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Coffee drinking may boost prostate cancer risk - study
Tracking Finnish male smokers in the ATBC study for nearly 30 years, U.S. researchers found non-coffee drinkers had 19 percent lower prostate cancer risk than men drinking up to a cup a day, while four or more cups a day went with 16 percent higher risk.
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Orange juice, grapefruit up melanoma risk?
Among more than 100,000 medical professionals, those drinking orange juice daily were 25 percent more likely to be diagnosed with melanoma, and those drinking grapefruit juice three times a week 41 percent more likely. The study shows an association, not cause.
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Eating chocolate may prevent diabetes mellitus?
Following 18,235 men in the Physicians' Health Study for a mean 9.2 years, researchers found those eating 1-3, 4, or 8 or more servings of chocolate a month at 7%, 14% and 17% lower diabetes risk than non-eaters. The link was strongest in younger, normal-weight men.
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Plant-based foods, lean meat good for bone health
A review found plant-based foods, lean meat and oily fish consistently associated with favorable bone markers such as bone mineral density, and some studies linked them to fewer fractures. Separate work found neither a prudent nor a western diet altered hip fracture risk after age 50.
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United Fresh Introduces Class 21 of the Produce Industry Leadership Program
The United Fresh Produce Association named 12 people to Class 21 of its Produce Industry Leadership Program, a year-long fellowship sponsored by DuPont Crop Protection covering leadership, business relationships, government affairs and media, starting in July.
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