Apr. 27, 2009 1:39 pm
Updated: Oct. 19, 2009 4:06 pm
The Center for Disease Control offers a Q&A about the current Swine Flu outbreak. Among the questions:
Can I get swine influenza from eating or preparing pork?
No. Swine influenza viruses are not spread by food. You cannot get swine influenza from eating pork or pork products. Eating proper
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Mar. 17, 2009 6:48 pm
Updated: Mar. 19, 2009 1:01 pm
If you were to ask me who was the guardian of my family’s overall nutrition back when I was growing up, the answer would’ve been easy: Mom, of course. Who else could it have been, dad? Not likely. Dad had a masters in engineering and still couldn’t operate the microwave.
In my family,…
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Nutritional Gatekeeper, On Duty
Feb. 20, 2009 10:41 am
Updated: Feb. 22, 2009 12:18 pm
Actually, this is a food-in-the-news blog posting.
I just read an article in the NYT about applying no-tech fixes to high-tech disasters.
Among the advice: if you’ve accidentally (is there any other way?) dropped your cell into the toilet, don’t fret! It’s salvageable. Just remove
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Feb. 17, 2009 7:56 pm
Updated: Feb. 18, 2009 9:52 am
I'm a little confused by the recent news about vitamin pills. They're not really doing what we think they are, studies are showing.
Our diets, provided they're balanced, are mostly adequate for supplying the vitamins and nutrients we need. But that's not really why we're loading up with high…
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Feb. 7, 2009 10:15 am
Updated: Feb. 11, 2009 7:43 am
*Update: 2/11/2009*: A second peanut processing facility owned by the Peanut Corporation of America, the same company that own the plant in Blakely, Georgia, was forced to shut down, according to the NYT today. Previously only one plant had been implicated. But evidence of salmonella was found…
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Jan. 22, 2009 10:45 am
Updated: Feb. 7, 2009 10:11 am
The last I heard about the recent salmonella outbreak, which was affecting peanut butter, was that the FDA was advising people to avoid processed foods made with peanut butter until the feds could figure out what's causing the contamination. Last I heard, about 500 people had been affected…
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