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Food Friday 11/8/24: Nutrition with Nicole Rodriguez, RDN
Dietician Nicole Rodriguez returns to offer delicious and healthy ideas for your holiday table. To join the conversation call 800-348-2551. Ray Graf hosts. Nicole Rodriguez, a registered dietitian and certified personal trainer, resides in the metro New York area, where she offers nutrition counseling and fitness coaching to a diverse clientele. Nicole teams up with…
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Take a Look at Nutrition Labels, You’ll Be Surprised to Learn What You’re Missing
The FDA has been trying for years to make nutrition labels food products easier to understand. Last year, the agency even started testing labels on the front of food products. Front of package labels would complement—not replace—the traditional nutrition facts labels, with the intention of helping people with less nutritional knowledge identify foods that would…
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Take a Look at Nutrition Labels: You’ll Be Surprised What You’ve Been Missing
The FDA has been trying for years to make nutrition labels food products easier to understand. Last year, the agency even started testing labels on the front of food products. Front of package labels would complement—not replace—the traditional nutrition facts labels, with the intention of helping people with less nutritional knowledge identify foods that would…
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Food security and nutrition situation in Eastern Africa – November 2024 Update
Attachments FOOD SECURITY OVERVIEW The food security and nutrition situation in Eastern Africa continues to be alarming. As of end of October 2024, there are an estimated 63.5 million food insecure people in Eastern Africa, a slight increase since last quarter. As the conflict intensifies, more than three million people fled Sudan over the past…
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Nutrition Mission: It may not be turkey making you tired
I’m just home from a rainy week in Spain where I created authentic Andalusian meals using seasonal, fresh foods from the region for a women’s retreat. The experience was nourishing and memorable though exhausting from the effort of procuring local food in a foreign country using my less-than-optimal language skills. I chopped onions, garlic, peppers…
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Gencor eyes sports nutrition opportunity with fermented salidroside bioactive
Salidroside a bioactive found in Rhodiola rosea, a perennial herb that mostly grows at high altitudes in arctic areas of Europe and Asia, with forms of the herb in trade including dry extracts in solid dosage forms such as capsules and tablets, liquid extracts, cut, dried rhizome and root, and powdered rhizome and root. Speaking with NutraIngredients…
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Lessons learned: Considering the failures in personalized nutrition
In that evolution, companies have entered and exited the market. What lessons do they offer for industry development? In a webinar titled ‘Failures, F*Ups and the Future of Personalized Nutrition’ hosted by the Qina platform this week, consultants discussed the conditions that led to the shuttering of the companies they were once part of. A niche audience?…
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Popping peas: Origin Nutrition launches high-protein popped pea chips to target Indian healthy snacking market
Origin Nutrition is much better known in India for its protein powders range, made from a blend of both pea and pumpkin seed protein. “Pumpkin seeds are more expensive of course, but it provides a good nutritional profile and we get to also ensure that the product is clean label overall,” Origin Nutrition Co-Founder Aditi…
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NASA engages commercial food industry in advancing space nutrition
NASA engages commercial food industry in advancing space nutrition by Clarence Oxford Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 08, 2024 NASA recently hosted over 50 companies from the commercial food and space sectors to explore innovations in space food systems that support human spaceflight. The gathering at Johnson Space Center in Houston focused on the unique…
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What’s the healthiest Starbucks holiday drink? How much sugar, caffeine is in the seasonal beverages and other nutritional facts
’Tis the season for Starbucks seasonal drinks. This year, the coffee chain is ringing in the holidays with new beverages, which are available in stores starting November. While tried-and-true faves like the Peppermint Mocha are back on the menu (this time, in a pink, green and red cup) there are also new additions with festive…