Health
How to keep fresh fruits and veggies from going AWOL
Keeping fruits and vegetables fresh while shipping them halfway around the planet presents logistical challenges that even the U.S. military can't solve.
Jun 7, 2013
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News tagged with staple foods
Health
Cooking with traditional crops improves nutrition and boosts women's incomes
It's no secret that traditional crops such as millets and pulses are highly nutritious. Now researchers, working with women in Ethiopia and India are making it easier for them to use these local crops when cooking healthy ...
May 9, 2013
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Health
Prescription for healthy food in remote Indigenous communities
Doctors should be able to provide subsidised "prescriptions" for healthy food to people in remote Aboriginal communities, says an Indigenous nutrition expert.
Apr 15, 2013
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Medical research
Iron in new maize strain gets absorbed more readily
Researchers at Cornell have developed a strain of maize with a high iron bioavailability, meaning more of the iron that is present naturally in these maize lines can be absorbed.
Feb 14, 2013
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HIV & AIDS
Kenya HIV families torn between health or food
(AP) -- Rosalia Adhiambo won't take the free anti-HIV drugs that would prolong her life. The spiraling price of food in Kenya means she can't afford to feed both her grandniece and herself.
Dec 22, 2011
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Health
Cassava - not always so healthy
Cassava based products are establishing a growing foothold in the Australian health food market, however, new research shows that some imported products contain dangerous levels of the poison cyanide.
Sep 22, 2011
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