Weekly Round Up, 10.26.12

Good Bacteria

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

  • Could Prebiotics Be Healthier Than Probiotics? – Consumers and doctors tend to think all probiotics and prebiotics are beneficial, but it’s becoming clear that they have different effects. Could prebiotics, the food for the good bacteria known as probiotics, have more benefits than a dose of the microbes, particularly for people with serious health problems like preemies? Baby formula manufacturers have started adding prebiotics. Continue reading

Eat This Now: Peaches, Plums, Apricots & Nectarines

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“Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and because it has fresh peaches in it.”
- Alice Walker

Bite into a perfectly ripe peach before summer takes its leave — taste its so-sweet flesh, feel its juice dribble down your chin, wriggle your toes in the green grass and know summertime. Continue reading