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Weekly Round Up, 8. 17.12

How You Like Them Apples?

Here are some of the best food stories we came across this week:

Bagged Apple Slices Recalled for Possible Listeria Contamination – Packaged apple slices across the country were recalled this week due to potential contamination by the bacteria listeria monocytogenes, all from one processing plant. They’re sold nationally under the labels Ready Pac, Wawa, Wegmans, Safeway Farms and Hannaford, plus fast food chains McDonald’s and Burger King. Want fries with that? Continue reading →

Weekly Round Up, 6.29.12

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Here are some of the best food stories we came across this week:

Stressful Jobs + Long Hours = Worse Nutrition for Parents and Kids – A study from Temple University’s Center for Obesity Research and Education found that parents experiencing high levels of stress at work ate more fast food, 1.5 less family meals per week and a half-serving less of fruits and vegetables each day. Over time these differences can also have a long term impact on children’s health. Continue reading →

Weekly Round Up, 5.18.12

Naked (Vegetarian) Lunch

Here are some of the best food stories we came across this week:

Why Men Avoid Vegetarian Food – A study published in the Journal of Consumer Research found that consumers associate traditional masculinity with meat consumption, especially steak. The report found across 23 languages that meat was referred to with masculine pronouns, and that many American men are afraid of being perceived as weak or wimpy if they choose a vegetarian protein.

Coffee Drinkers May Live Longer – In the largest study of the connection between coffee drinking and health, The New England Journal of Medicine found that frequent coffee drinkers, as compared to people who drink little or none of the dark brew, have lowered risks of dying of diabetes, heart disease, respiratory disease, stroke, infections and even injuries and accidents.

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