Jerusalem artichokes growing in a bed of clover

Organic Tomatoes more nutritious?

Organic Tomatoes Accumulate More Vitamin C, Sugars Than Conventionally Grown Fruit

Feb. 20, 2013 — Tomatoes grown on organic farms accumulate higher concentrations of sugars, vitamin C and compounds associated with oxidative stress compared to those grown on conventional farms, according to research published February 20 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Maria Raquel Alcantara Miranda and colleagues from the Federal University of Ceara, Brazil.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130220184945.htm 

 

Lets sweeten milk with artificial sweeteners and not label it??

Dairy industry seeks to add low calorie sweeteners to school milk

With the government's desire for children to be fed healthy food and drinks while at school, some schools have cut back on serving flavored milk. With the lowest level of sales since 1984, the milk industry is trying to find ways to stay competitive in a market where sports drinks and bottled water have taken the place of milk. The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) is asking the Food & Drug Administration for permission to use aspartame and other artificial sweeteners to sweeten flavored milk sold in the U.S.
On February 26, the Huffington Post reported that the dairy industry wants to add these artificial sweeteners without adhering to certain front-label disclosures, in order to keep the product attractive to the target consumer—school children. These front label disclosures would include phrases like "reduced calorie" or "reduced sugar" the kind of thing kids might scrunch their noses at.

http://www.examiner.com/article/dairy-industry-seeks-to-add-low-calorie-sweeteners-to-school-milk

 

Can tea and wine be the Answer?

Green Tea and Red Wine Extracts Interrupt Alzheimer's Disease Pathway in Cells

Feb. 5, 2013 — Natural chemicals found in green tea and red wine may disrupt a key step of the Alzheimer's disease pathway, according to new research from the University of Leeds.

In early-stage laboratory experiments, the researchers identified the process which allows harmful clumps of protein to latch on to brain cells, causing them to die. They were able to interrupt this pathway using the purified extracts of EGCG from green tea and resveratrol from red wine.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130205200241.htm