
Functional Foods - What are We Talking About
It is easy to get lost in all of the hype. It seems that each day we are being forced to learn a new word.
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Probiotics - Bacteria that are Good for Your Health
As various bacteria were identified, people started asking what these bacteria were doing in the intestine.
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Nutraceutics - Why Take Pills
You combine nutrient or nutritional and pharmaceutic and you get a term that describes foods or components of foods that appear to have drug-like action. However, the term nutraceutic more properly is applied to foods or food components that have been processed...
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What We are Trying to Do
We are being bombarded by the news that just about everything around us is bad for our health: the air we breathe, the water we drink, many of the foods we enjoy. The statistics on the causes of the major chronic diseases...
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Playing Your ACE’s
The next time you hear that someone is playing their ACE’s, don’t be surprised if it has nothing to do with casinos or even card games.
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Functional Foods in Japan
Compared to North America or Europe, Japan is far ahead in labelling legislation, product development and consumer awareness of products.
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Stay in the Pink
When it comes to choosing your grapefruit, you might want to think pink. Grapefruit comes in two varieties: white and pink. There are some people who will only buy brown shelled eggs and there are some people who will only buy pink grapefruit. Whether...
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