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Business Insider UK
'The UK is unprepared to feed its own people'
Business Insider UK
LONDON – Brexit threatens the security of the UK's supply of fresh fruit and vegetables and will make healthy food more expensive, according to research house Euromonitor International. Leaving the European Union without a trade deal would weaken the ...

Civil Eats
Rep. Chellie Pingree: We Must Act to Protect Integrity of the Certified Organic Label
Civil Eats
As a longtime farmer, I work hard to ensure that food I sell with a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) certified organic logo lives up to that label's stringent standards. And I know the vast majority of organic farmers, processors, and handlers are ...

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UV absorbers protect vitamins, keep color and aroma of drinks in clear, transparent PET bottles
plastemart.com
Brand owners are responding to consumer demands by replacing artificial colorants and preservatives with more natural ingredients in drinks as well as in solid food, vitamins and other packaged products. But this creates a new challenge, since exposure ...

North Coast Journal
In Condemnation of MSG
North Coast Journal
The case against it has been made by Russel Blaylock, a retired neurosurgeon, in his book, Excitotoxins the Taste that Kills. I read it years ago. Now you do not have to buy it, just use YouTube to view it and other talks by that same MD. He does point ...

Zoning law not likely to trip up medical pot facility
Citizens Voice
He shed tears Wednesday thinking about friends who suffered from opiate addiction, and believes medical marijuana could have helped some. “It's a shame it took so long (to legalize),” Hinkley said. “I don't like big pharmaceuticals. If people would ...

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All-Star Healthcare Physical Medicine: Tailored therapies can decrease pain in neuropathy patients
News-Medical.net
Enter AllStar Healthcare Physical Medicine in San Antonio, where a staff of healthcare providers and technologists offer tailored neuropathy treatments ranging from nerve injections, vitamins/nutritional programs, and specific physical modalities that ...

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MOH partners to launch micro-nutrient supplements to pregnant women and adolescent girls
The Standard
The prevalence of iron deficiency and subsequent anemia increases at the start of adolescence and more so in girls which is caused by increased requirements of nutrition for growth aggravated a few years later by the onset of menstruation. The ...

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Healing garden at your place: Homoeopathy speaks
Outlook India
So, taking a natural substance to restore health is one of the best treatments to an illness," says Dr Pankaj Aggarwal. Some common medicines made from ... Improves blood circulation combats diabetes & cholesterol. Homeopathic medicine named Aloes is ...

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Bega District News
Sifting through sea of 'evidence' on fluoride
Bega District News
On the other side, vehement opposition to water fluoridation claims everything from fluoride causing low IQ in children, Down's syndrome, obesity and even cancer. Candelo's Kate Burke has been digging into the evidence trotted out by both sides and ...

Yeni ?afak English
Oil keeps a lid on European shares, Imagination Tech soars
Reuters Africa
European energy sector and mining stocks were down about 1 percent. Health care was the top-gaining sector, up 0.8 percent with Switzerland's Novartis in the driving seat as its shares advanced 2.5 percent, following a positive study result for its ...
Oil keeps a lid on European shares, Novartis drives health stocksReuters

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Secondhand smoke exposure among nonsmoking adult cancer survivors has declined
Medical Xpress
The researchers used interview and serum cotinine data for 686 nonsmoking adults with a history of cancer from seven consecutive cycles of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. They used data from 82 participants in the 1999/2000 survey ...

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Longview Daily News
A plants-based cure for diabetes
Longview Daily News
... adopting a vegetarian diet. Ellis is a passionate champion of plants-based eating. In an interview, he noted that the top health conditions in the United States — cancer, heart disease and obesity — are all preventable and treatable through diet ...

Pat Howard: Pa. House seeks to deepen state's gambling addiction
GoErie.com
Legalized gambling — any gambling really — comes with the specter of people who will become addicted or at least form habits more costly than they can really afford. Since the opening of Presque Isle Downs & Casino in 2007, that's been evident in the ...

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The Standard
Overcoming the demon that is alcoholism: Former MTV Shuga star Waihiga Mutero tells her story
The Standard
The gods of fortune had always been on Waihiga Mutero's, side. And why not? The eldest among two children was the daughter of a successful scientist father and journalist mother. She got her education in the best private schools where, as was evident ...

Medgadget (blog)
Omega-3 Consumption Market by Manufacturers-DSM , BASF ...
Medgadget (blog)
Omega-3, also called ?-3 fatty acids or n-3 fatty acids, are polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) with a double bond (C=C) at the third carbon atom from the end of ...
How Fish Oil Benefits Heart Disease Patients with DepressionProHealth
Global Omega 3 Products Market Opportunities, Growth, Drivers ...satPRnews (press release)

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Coconut and Palm Kernel Oil are healthy
BusinessGhana
Further, unsaturated oils are known to contain trans- fatty acids which the WHO has blamed as the source of the non-communicable diseases. Ingested unsaturated oils produce free radicals in the body; hence medical personnel tend to recommend ...

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Tanzania: Dar Incurs 650 Billion/ - Loss Annually Due to Malnutrition
AllAfrica.com
According to the President and Chief Executive Officer of Nutrition International, Joel Spicer, recent UNICEF analysis determined that vitamin and mineral deficiencies cost Tanzania 650bn/- (about 390 million US dollars) in lost revenue each year.

Researchers identify key protein that helps trigger ketamine's rapid antidepressant effects
News-Medical.net
UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists have identified a key protein that helps trigger ketamine's rapid antidepressant effects in the brain, a crucial step to developing alternative treatments to the controversial drug being dispensed in a growing ...

Farm Forum
Tree Talk: What's bugging your trees
Farm Forum
Yellowing maples is a common sight in Aberdeen. These yellow leafed trees are slowing dying from a micro-nutrient deficiency, and there is no cure. Treating with chelated iron can sometimes help green the tree up, but it will be a yearly maintenance ...

WSAU
4-year-old tests positive for meth in Wausau
WSAU
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU-WAOW) -- The mother of a 4-year-old Wausau boy has been charged with child neglect after the child tested positive for meth. Wausau Police ... "We do have an addiction issue here in Wausau," said Detective Kindlarski. "The problem is ...

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