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Black rice packs an antioxidant punch
By Catholic Online • Catholic Online • 8/31/2010
While blueberries are enjoying resurgence in popularity in places such as South Korea, for its antioxidant properties in addition to taste, black rice has been proven to be even better for you. Research shows that black rice packs a bigger antioxidant punch even than blueberries, which have long ...
More than half a billion eggs recalled
By Catholic Online • Catholic Online • 8/23/2010
More eggs are set to be recalled in the wake of salmonella poisoning across the United States. More than half a billion eggs have already been recalled, in what the Food and Drug Administration calls "largest such egg recall in recent history." FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg says the task at ...
Blueberries enjoy popularity in South Korea
By Catholic Online • Catholic Online • 8/20/2010
Blueberries, the common blue-colored berry grown in abundance in the United States, is enjoying heightened popularity in South Korea. People there are increasingly consuming the vitamin-rich fruit because of research contending blueberries may help ward off cancer, heart disease, strokes, ...
E-mail hoax is still a delicious treat
By Catholic Online • Catholic Online • 7/2/2010
It's all a hoax - albeit a very delicious one. The respondent receives an e-mail that claims to be a true story that goes something like this: "My daughter and I had just finished a salad at a Neiman-Marcus Cafe in Dallas, and we decided to have a small dessert. Because both of us are such cookie ...
FDA calls animal antibiotics a threat to public health
By Greg Goodsell • Catholic Online • 6/30/2010
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has declared that giving animals antibiotics in order to increase food production is a threat to public health -- and should be stopped. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - The agency says that while it does have the power to ban the practice, it will begin by ...
Mayonnaise gets a flavor facelift from Kraft
By Greg Goodsell • Catholic Online • 5/27/2010
Mayonnaise has the lackluster reputation of being the choice of unremarkable sandwiches. White and gelatinous, it basically acts to make the bread less dry and is overshadowed by pickles, lettuce and tomatoes who give lunchtime its "zing." Not any more. Kraft is set to unveiled a new line of ...
Procter & Gamble opens online store
By Greg Goodsell • Catholic Online • 5/20/2010
One of the largest consumer goods corporations in North America and beyond has opened a direct online store for customers in the U.S. Procter & Gamble's Internet store, called the eStore debuts this week. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Owned and operated by PFSweb, the eStore features the ...
Processed meats found to be very unhealthy
By Greg Goodsell • Catholic Online • 5/19/2010
Bacon, sausage and hot dogs were never really considered healthy. Researchers say that processed meat definitely increases your risk for heart disease and diabetes. Surprisingly - the good news is that untreated beef, pork and ham apparently do not. The findings suggest that salt and chemical ...
Antibiotics for livestock questioned
By Greg Goodsell • Catholic Online • 5/14/2010
Antibiotics have greatly reduced the number of deaths and disease across the globe. However - doctors warn that when they are overused, strains of bacteria become resistant, or new strains of disease mutate in order to bypass them. European authorities are now debating over the efficaciousness of ...
Wal-Mart joins effort to fight hunger
By Greg Goodsell • Catholic Online • 5/13/2010
Wal-Mart says it will commit $2 billion to combat hunger in the United States. "Fighting Hunger Together," the name of the retail giant's initiative, will donate more than 1.1 billion pounds of food, valued at 1.75 billion. Cash grants to the tune of $250 million will support hunger relief ...
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