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Hear this: Healthful diet tied to lower risk of hearing loss
Date: November 21, 2019
Source: Science Daily
Investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital have found that eating a healthy diet may reduce the risk of acquired hearing loss.
High-protein diets may affect kidney health
Date: November 21, 2019
Source: News-Medical.net
The promise of saving calories and losing weight is why a high-protein diet is very often recommended to people who suffer from diabetes or who are obese. But the crux of the matter is that these groups of people are especially vulnerable to the kidney-harming effects of a high protein intake.
Can an app help solve our massive food waste problem?
Date: November 21, 2019
Source: National Post
A Toronto startup tackling food waste with deeply discounted groceries has found a large-scale partner in the U.S.
PepsiCo seeks to empower, attract women to agriculture to help create more sustainable food system
Date: November 21, 2019
Source: Foodnavigator-usa.com
Recognizing that feeding a growing population sustainably will “require the talent and energy of all,” PepsiCo is working closely with global partners to uplift and better leverage the agricultural contribution of women, many of whom work without the training, land rights and equal pay of men.
New Study Shows Canada Child Benefit Provides Additional Benefit for Food Security
Date: November 21, 2019
Source: Tamarackcommunity.ca
A new study in the Journal of Preventive Medicine from the University of Toronto finds that, since the introduction of the Canada Child Benefit (CCB), there is a 1/3 reduction in severe food insecurity for low-income families.
Depression linked to nutrition in middle-aged and older Canadians
Date: November 20, 2019
Source: EurekAlert!
“Lower intakes of fruits and vegetables were found to be linked to depression for both men and women, immigrants and those born in Canada,” says Dr. Karen Davison Health Science Program Chair at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Surrey, B.C.
Japan’s School Lunch Program Serves Nutritious Meals with Food Education
Date: November 20, 2019
Source: Hunter College New York City Food Policy Center
In primary and junior high schools in Japan, children are not allowed to bring their lunch from home. All students must eat the same school lunch, following a menu planned by nutritionists. Lunch is considered not only a time to feed students, but also an opportunity to educate them about food and nutrition.
Food insecurity a major problem, says health unit
Date: November 20, 2019
Source: OrilliaMatters.com
Single adult on Ontario Works spends 139 per cent of income on food and rent. Survey shows cost of feeding a family of four rose 8% in last year.
Cut dairy from your diet? You may be deficient in vitamin D, calcium
Date: November 20, 2019
Source: CBC News
Canadians are shying away from milk for ethical, environmental and health reasons, and the lack of a dairy as its own “food group” in the new Canada’s Food Guide might have you thinking you had nothing to lose.
Neither vitamin D nor omega-3 supplements can prevent inflammation
Date: November 19, 2019
Source: Medical News Today
Are omega-3 supplements as beneficial as researchers once believed? Not when it comes to inflammation, a new study suggests.