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FDA says nutrition facts label will get a makeover

YoopyaJanuary 24, 2014November 25, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 24, 2014November 25, 202305

WASHINGTON (AP) — After 20 years, the nutrition facts label on the back of food packages is getting a makeover. Knowledge about nutrition has evolved...

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Law’s Expanded Medicaid Coverage Brings a Surge in Sign-Ups

YoopyaJanuary 21, 2014November 4, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 21, 2014November 4, 202305

WELCH, W.Va. — Sharon Mills, a disabled nurse, long depended on other people’s kindness to manage her diabetes. She scrounged free samples from doctors’ offices,...

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Storms battering the UK pushed price of fish and chips up by 10%

YoopyaJanuary 21, 2014November 4, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 21, 2014November 4, 202306

Wholesale haddock prices are up 53.8% year-on-year to £1,474 a tonne, plaice is up 51.2% to £1,246 and whiting has risen 44.2% to £1,675, according...

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Mass. monks brewing beer like European brothers

YoopyaJanuary 16, 2014November 26, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 16, 2014November 26, 202303

SPENCER, Mass. (AP) — For more than a century, Catholic Cistercian monks known as Trappists have been brewing and selling what many beer lovers consider...

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Food companies cut 6.4 trillion calories

YoopyaJanuary 9, 2014December 10, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 9, 2014December 10, 202302

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some of the nation’s largest food companies have cut calories in their products by more than 6.4 trillion, according to a new...

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Avoid raw milk due to infection risks: pediatricians

YoopyaDecember 16, 2013April 14, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 16, 2013April 14, 20230832

(Reuters Health) – Pregnant women, babies and kids should not drink raw or unpasteurized milk, a group of pediatricians said on Monday. Because of infection...

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Champagne widows stamped grand legacy on wine

YoopyaDecember 9, 2013May 31, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 9, 2013May 31, 2023010

REIMS, France (AP) — For Champagne to become the tipple it is today — popped at weddings, quaffed in casinos, sprayed by racing drivers and...

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Indian food vendors get lessons in hygiene

YoopyaDecember 5, 2013January 31, 2024

by YoopyaDecember 5, 2013January 31, 202401

NEW DELHI (AP) — The millions of food vendors peddling tasty morsels from roadside stalls and rickshaws across India have long been an emblem of...

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Japan food seeks heritage gong as young spurn rice

YoopyaDecember 3, 2013February 14, 2024

by YoopyaDecember 3, 2013February 14, 2024010

TOKYO (AP) — Washoku, the traditional cuisine of Japan, is being considered for designation as part of the world’s priceless cultural heritage by the U.N....

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Eating nuts tied to fewer cancer, heart disease deaths

YoopyaNovember 21, 2013December 4, 2022

by YoopyaNovember 21, 2013December 4, 202202854

People who eat a diet rich in nuts, including peanuts, are less likely to die from heart disease or cancer, new research suggests. The more...