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[Glenmohr.com] Mohr Blog :: Good Reading on Nutrition: * A diet high in antioxidant-rich foods helps prevent cardiovascular disease, but the studies of individual antioxidant supplements have been so inconclusive that the American Heart Association recently issued an advisory against taking them to reduce cardiovascular disease "Researchers are working as fast as we can to find the most effective components in foods," says Janet Novotny, research physiologist at USDA's Human Nutrition Research Center in

 [Foodproductdesign.com] Food Product Design - USDA’s State of the GE Nation: In an FDA-published article— “Genetic Engineering: The Future of Foods?”—author Linda Bren notes that while the first generation of GE crops was developed primarily to benefit growers, “scientists see the next generation of genetically engineered products benefiting consumers directly.” Some developments in the works include reduced bitterness in citrus fruit, reduced saturated fats in cooking oils, more-flavorful tomatoes, and even beans that cause less gas. As development of GE crops continues, the challenge for scientists will be assessing whether a new protein in a food will be an allergen for some people.

[Massivechange.com] Massive Change: The Future of Global Design: So far, scientists have genetically modified organisms primarily to make plants pest, disease and herbicide resistant, and there are successful examples including canola, cotton, sugar, potatoes, peas, onions, soya, wheat, corn, etc. Although still largely in the development phase, scientists have also been developing vitamin-A boosted "golden rice" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_rice ), and other plants that improve nutrition, are drought-resistant, salt-resistant, and insect-repelling (thus, reducing our dependency on pesticides).

 [Ji's blog on god, food, cooking, babe sighting, and yoga at ji-mail.com] Mad Cow, Mad Food, Mad People!:     Here are some more cooking class notes on: Fish, Poultry, Meat and Dairy. I hope that these notes will help you choose your foods wisely or at least become aware of what some food processing terms such as “pasteurization” “ultra pasteurization” and “homogenization” implies and to also become aware that “organic” is a loose

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