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Weekly Round Up, 8.10.12

School Lunch

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

  • Drinking Soda May Permanently Affect Metabolism – A study published by Bangor University in England found that drinking soda impacts not only the drinker’s immediate health, but that the body responds to the added sugar by processing calories less efficiently. The soda interferes with the body’s ability to burn fat and cope with rises in blood sugar, and leads to muscles burning sugars over fats, with negative implications for long-term health. Continue reading →

Weekly Round Up, 7.27.12

Tickets to the London Olympics

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

  • Olympic Athletes’ Calorie Consumption Varies Widely – Turns out not all athletes eat alike, even at the Olympic level – and the differences aren’t simply down gender lines. Calorie consumption appears to be largely dictated by the sport itself, with competitors in endurance sports like swimming, cycling and marathons eating up to 8,000 calories a day, while at the other end of the spectrum fencers, wrestlers and light rowers might consume as little as 1,200 calories a day to meet weight requirements. Continue reading →

Weekly Round Up, 5.4.12

Now That's a Fish Counter

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

    • Greenpeace Releases Its Fish Counter Scorecard – For the first time since the inception of Greenpeace’s Carting Away the Oceans ratings, two retailers actually received a “good” score for sustainable seafood practices: Safeway and Whole Foods Market. In last place was BI-LO/Winn-Dixie.
    • USDA Ending Pathogen Testing for Produce Via Budget Cuts – The Microbiological Data Program that tests about 15,000 fruits and vegetables for E. coli and other dangerous pathogens will probably end in the fiscal year 2013. The Senate Appropriations Committee decided not to fund the $5 million program, which provides close to 90% of all bacterial pathogen data about produce.
    • Californians Poised to Vote on Prop to Label All GMO Food – The Right-to-Know campaign has gathered enough signatures on its petitions to get a prop on the Nov. 6, 2012, ballot that would require manufacturers to label all foods containing GMO ingredients sold in California.
    • Anti-Bottled Water WeTap App Finds Closest Water Fountains – As part of a commitment to stop landfills from overflowing with water bottles, Evelyn Wendel created an app that allows users to bookmark drinking fountains using GPS and Google Maps, rate the quality of the faucets, and share the news with other users.
    • Study Details Which Countries Consume the Most Meat – The Economist reported that overall worldwide consumption of meat is on the rise. Surprisingly, the country that eats the most is not the U.S. (which came in second). Luxembourg leads the globe, at 136.5kg per person. India was last, at 3.2kg each.

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