11/9/03

Is the Raw Vegan diet Safe?
http://www.thegardendiet.com/news/article-rawfoodsafe.html

OBESITY expected to cut life span in Britain: paper
Xinhua, China
... Men can now expectto live to an average age of 75.3, and women to ...
The agency says the government should consider reducing fat, salt and
sugar in children's food ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-11/09/content_1168408.htm

SOY baby food halted on health fears
The Age, Australia
... Government has ordered Israelis to stop feeding their babies with a
soy product due to fears it may have caused brain damage in several babies,
a Health ...
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/11/09/1068329421114.html

HIGH Salt Intake Poses Health Risk
The Scotsman, UK
... Public health minister Melanie Johnson will tell the food industry
at a Government „salt summit‰ to take action by February. ...
http://www.news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2155198

KUCINICH'S Salad Days
Washington Post
The Vegan's a Long Shot, but He's the Healthy Choice. Washington Post Staff
Writer. Sunday, November 9, 2003; Page D01. Dennis Kucinich ...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17261-2003Nov8.html

HUSBAND-WIFE Teamwork
Syracuse Post Standard, NY
... A higher form of being kosher is vegetarianism.". An even higher form
might be becoming a vegan, a vegetarian who eats no animal products. ...
http://www.syracuse.com/living/poststandard/index.ssf?/base/living-0/
106811279842270.xml

ACTIVISTS seek ban on force-feeding
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, CA
... They are vegan, meaning they avoid animal products entirely. They are
committed to shutting down the foie gras industry, even if it means breaking
the law. ...
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/local/news/09activists_a1empirea.html

A hunger to write
Press Herald, ME
... He once spent three months eating a vegan diet to see what it's like,
and he often does extensive research when writing about or debunking the
latest study on ...
http://www.pressherald.com/audience/stories/031109bookq&a.shtml

ANIMATED family rules TV record books
Times Picayune, LA
... Lisa (Yeardley Smith), the smart, feminist, saxophone-playing vegan,
is on a perpetually doomed crusade to save her family, usually from its
own idiocy. ...
http://www.nola.com/entertainment/t-p/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-0/
1068362342147700.xml

LONGEVITY runs in the family
Cincinnati Enquirer, OH
SILVERTON - Gladys Walker doesn't know how she got to be 102 years old.
But she knows who has the answer. "You have to see the Lord ...
http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2003/11/09/loc_GTHallen09.html

11/9 MIKE GAGE: Food and fiber roundup Thursday
Corsicana Daily Sun, TX
... and the importance and use of modern technology in the production of
food and ... stages of the commodity, finished product and other products
derived from the raw ...
http://www.corsicanadailysun.com/articles/2003/11/09/news/news17.txt

IS Obesity the Responsibility of the Body Politic?
New York Times
In this view, obesity, like smoking, has become a public health crisis
and demands a public health solution. In state legislatures ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/09/weekinreview/09ZERN.html?
ex=1068958800&en=753a4b236c26d1e4&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE

INQUIRY into obesity 'timebomb' may lead to advertising ban
Independent, UK
An official inquiry is launched today into the sale of unhealthy foods
to children amid alarming evidence that Britain is facing an obesity "timebomb".
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health/story.jsp?story=461988

CDC launches campaign to combat childhood obesity
Idaho State Journal, ID
POCATELLO - As child obesity continues to rise, the US Department of Health
and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local
educators ...
http://www.journalnet.com/articles/2003/11/09/news/local/news07.txt

ANTI-OBESITY movement grows into juggernaut
Springfield News Leader, MO
But food companies and industry lobbyists are fighting back hard in the
public health war. By Robert Dodge. Washington &Mac247; The politics of obesity
are sizzling. ...
http://www.news-leader.com/today/1109-Antiobesit-212908.html

OBESITY a burden to state
Munster Times, IN
... If I lose another 12 pounds I will be "normal.". The CDC reports that
"obesity has risen at an epidemic rate during the past 20 years. ...
http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2003/11/09/business/business/
1e3012a2a57d86e286256dd500218483.txt

SODA ban stirs school
Appeal-Democrat, CA
... After taking the first step toward solving the epidemic of childhood
obesity by banning foods without nutritional value at the K-12 campuses,
the board may ...
http://www.appeal-democrat.com/articles/2003/11/09/news/top_story/news1.txt

FORMER donors now seek food banks' help
San Jose Mercury News, CA
... A study released in October supports what care providers say they have
been seeing at their food banks and shelters: More families are living
on the edge. ...
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/7220598.htm

DESPERATE living
Meridian Star, MS
... sent Ray Ray on a downward spiral, one that landed him homeless and
living ... drifters from Louisiana and South Mississippi spend their days
scrounging for food ...
http://www.meridianstar.com/MERIDIANSTAR/myarticles.asp?P=618003
&S=584&PubID=9818

MICHAEL Goforth: Some necessary food for thought
Fort Pierce Tribune, FL
... According to the US Census Bureau, 34.6 million Americans were living
in ... a tremendous need out there," said Laura Alexander, executive director
of the food ...
http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/trib_edt_columnists/article/0,1651,TCP_1113_
2413667,00.html

GROWING a Living
The Ledger, FL
... from the Florida citrus grower to the Midwestern grain farmer to the
wine grape grower in France, and you'll hear a familiar refrain: Consumers
think the food ...
http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031109/NEWS/
311090437/1039

MEDITERRANEAN Diet Is Good for Your Heart-Study
Reuters, UK
By Lisa Richwine. ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - A "Mediterranean diet" rich
in olive oil and lean on meat reduced signs of inflammation that raise
the risk of heart ...
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews&storyID=
3784142&section=news

COWS put on diet to block cholesterol-causing fats
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand
American university researchers have put dairy cows on a diet that blocks
a significant amount of cholesterol-elevating fat from their milk. ...
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3533291&thesection
=news&thesubsection=general

SOFT-DRINK giants gear up to satisfy diet-soda thirst
San Jose Mercury News, CA
For the past three years, sales of diet sodas have crept upward, creating
one of the few bright spots in the otherwise lagging US soft-drink business.
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/business/7220669.htm

FROM Web diet sites to disease news, here's how to tell quackery ...
US News
By Katherine Hobson. When Leslie Jackson and her husband, Danny, had trouble
conceiving, they plunged into the confusing, jargon-filled ...
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/031117/health/17search.htm

CATTLE industry booming in American Falls
Idaho State Journal, ID
... With the popularity of low-carbohydrate diets like the Atkins Diet,
beef consumption has risen, Hammond says. Good marketing has also played
a role. ...
http://www.journalnet.com/articles/2003/11/09/news/local/news19.txt