Listeria monocytogenes Contamination of Ice Cream: a Rare Event That Occurred Twice in the Last Two Years
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that approximately 1,600 illnesses and 260 deaths due to Listeria monocytogenes occur annually in the United States. Most of these infections are caused by ingestion of contaminated food. The most common foods are soft cheeses, deli meats, hot dogs, raw milk, packaged salads, and cantaloupes. Thus, it was unusual for infections to occur from ice cream manufactured by Blue Bell Creameries of Brenham, Texas, in 2015, and it was even more unusual that a second ice cream manufacturer, Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams based in Columbus, Ohio, isolated L. (Source: Clinical...
Source: Clinical Microbiology Newsletter - January 20, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Alice S. Weissfeld, Nehemiah Landes, Hannah Livesay, Ernest Trevino Source Type: news
Just 1 Ingredient Improves Taste, Nutrition Of Every Meal
As we open the second week of 2017, how are you doing so far with your diet and nutrition?
This is a question always worth asking, regardless of whether you resolved to eat healthier and/or lose weight this year. Wanting to improve or extend your life is reason enough to spend a few minutes focusing on food.
And here's some great news. A few minutes is all it takes to stock up on smart, practical ideas that can enhance the way you look and feel.
Lanette Kovachi has spent her career doing this. She's been the corporate dietitian for Subway, the world's largest food chain, since 2000. So she's probably already played a ro...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - January 9, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What Nobody Tells You About Self-Care
CONCLUSION
If you’re doing these un-fun aspects of self-care, I’m proud of you. If you’re doing them, and you are sick, mentally or physically, or if you in a tough spot in whatever way in your life, I’m really, really proud of you because it’s not easy to do. If you’re not doing all of them, or you’re struggling in asking for help, or you’re struggling in quitting something you need to leave behind, I believe in you. It’s not fun or easy, and you can do it anyway.
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Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - January 6, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Here’s How To Determine The Healthiest Fats To Cook With
“Dr. Hyman, I’m so confused about what fats to cook with,” a reader recently wrote. “For so long I’ve been using vegetable oils because I heard they were best to cook with, and now I hear that we can cook with butter or coconut oil.”I completely understand your confusion, especially with rampant misinformation about fats and nutrition in general. For instance, the American Heart Association (AHA) recommends adults get no more than five percent of their calories from saturated fat, urging people to use vegetable oils instead.They also advise people to eat at least five to 10 percent of their calories from polyun...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - January 3, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
13 ways to keep free radicals away, and why it's so important
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Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Making Mayo's Recipes: Almond Crusted Chicken
Give this chicken recipe a try over the holidays!?Almonds add crunch and nutrition to your same old chicken/Possible addition to salads for lunch/dinner. Learn how to make a savory, crunchy almond crust for boneless, skinless chicken breasts. Each Thursday one of the 100+ tasty video recipes from the?Mayo Clinic Healthy Living Program?is?featured on the Mayo [...] (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - December 21, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
RAND study warns child-friendly restaurant options are packed with fat and sugar
A kids' burger should never exceed 300 calories, while fries should be under 100 calories, and sides or salads under 150 calories. However, a new US study has found the average is 465 calories. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 6, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bagged salads may encourage Salmonella growth
(Reuters Health) – - Crushed leaves in bagged lettuces at the supermarket may leak juice that fosters the right environment for Salmonella growth, according to a new study from the UK. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
What To Do If You Get A Thanksgiving 'Food Hangover'
Thanksgiving is perhaps the one day of the year when it’s totally acceptable ― and even expected ― to completely overdo it at the dinner table.
While there’s nothing wrong with indulging in a delicious meal, going in for third servings of stuffing, mashed potatoes and pecan pie may have some consequences. Come Friday morning, you might find yourself experiencing a nasty “food hangover,” the unscientific but all-too-real ailment characterized by fatigue, bloating, brain fog, general discomfort and maybe even nausea and heartburn.
It may not be the same thing as a real hangover from drin...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 21, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The 'Juice' In Pre-Packaged Salad Greens May Encourage Salmonella Growth
When your unopened salad package starts collecting a clear liquid slime at the bottom of the bag, you might want to throw it out.
New stomach-turning research from the University of Leicester in England finds that this “salad juice” can help dangerous bacteria like salmonella cling to salad greens, potentially increasing consumers’ risk for food poisoning.
Microbiology researchers and study authors Primrose Freestone and Giannis Koukkidis explain in the video below that when juice from damaged leaves starts forming in a closed salad bag, it can encourage the salmonella bacterium to grow and st...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - November 21, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
The 'Juice' In Pre-Packaged Salad Greens May Encourage Salmonella Growth
When your unopened salad package starts collecting a clear liquid slime at the bottom of the bag, you might want to throw it out.
New stomach-turning research from the University of Leicester in England finds that this “salad juice” can help dangerous bacteria like salmonella cling to salad greens, potentially increasing consumers’ risk for food poisoning.
Microbiology researchers and study authors Primrose Freestone and Giannis Koukkidis explain in the video below that when juice from damaged leaves starts forming in a closed salad bag, it can encourage the salmonella bacterium to grow and st...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 21, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bagged salads 'pose salmonella risk,' say researchers
Conclusion
This laboratory study principally demonstrates that salad leaf juice – released from salad leaves when they are damaged or broken – supports the growth of salmonella bacteria, even at fridge temperature. If leaves are contaminated with salmonella, this isn't removed by washing in water.
The results don't show that all packaged salad leaves are contaminated with gut bacteria like salmonella.
What they do show is that if the bags have been contaminated with gut bacteria, these bacteria will replicate, even in the fridge, and there's little you can do to remove them.
The best thing to do is to throw the bag o...
Source: NHS News Feed - November 21, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Food/diet Source Type: news
How bagged salads "massively" increase salmonella risk
Juices from damaged or broken leaves in bags of salad can spike the growth of salmonella 2,400-fold, researchers say (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - November 19, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Precut salad may encourage growth of Salmonella
Small amounts of damage to salad leaves in bagged salads encourage the presence of Salmonella enterica, new research has found. Juices released from damaged leaves also enhance the pathogen ’s ability to attach to the salad’s plastic container. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - November 18, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Bagged Salads May Be Fertile Ground for Bacteria
Study found juices released from damaged leaves encouraged salmonella spread (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - November 18, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
