I have never eaten cucumber, onion – or an egg. Can I cure my extreme food phobias?
I ’ve always been a fussy eater. Could an expert show me a life beyond the kids’ menu?Is anyone more reviled than fussy eaters? Exclude the obvious candidates (murderers, estate agents, Piers Morgan) and it seems unlikely. It ’s unfortunate that an era in which half the population identify as “foodies” has coincided with one in which the other half are convinced that eating wheat, gluten or nightshades will result in certain spiritual death. Worse still are people who swerve entire food groups on the basis of bizar re childhood whims that should have been abandoned with their teddy bears. I should know, I am one ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 5, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Joe Stone Tags: Food Eating disorders Health & wellbeing Counselling and therapy Mental health Life and style Psychology Diets and dieting Society Source Type: news
UN, Nato, EU and US call on Russia to resume Ukrainian grain deal
Wheat prices predicted to soar risking global food crisis after Moscow says it is ending arrangement to allow exports over drone attack #ukrainian #nato #moscow (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 31, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sorting out NFL contenders, pretenders entering Week 7: Tom Brady, Bucs a big worry; only 2 in NFC East legit
We are now one-third of the way through the 2022 NFL regular season, and it's about time we try to separate the wheat from the chaff in this league. We have one remaining undefeated team in the... #contenders #tombrady #pretenders #nfl #nfceast #bucs #philadelphiaeagles (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 19, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What Climate Change Means For Africa ’ s Food Crisis
The African continent is no stranger to famine. In the 1970s and ‘80s, countries across the Sahel plunged into a drought-induced food crisis. In the mid-80s, an estimated one million people died from food shortages in Ethiopia. Somalia faced widespread famine in the ‘90s. Both those countries, along with neighboring East Africa nations, have suffered persistent food insecurity in the 21st century, with 22 million people currently at risk of starvation.
Climate change has not been the root cause of the continent’s regional famines. Decade after decade, hunger crises have stemmed from a familiar set of cir...
Source: TIME: Science - October 5, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Emily Barone Tags: Uncategorized Africa climate climate change Climate Is Everything Explainer Food & Agriculture healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
EXCLUSIVE Afghan Taliban sign deal for Russian oil products, gas and wheat
The Taliban have signed a provisional deal with Russia to supply gasoline, diesel, gas and wheat to Afghanistan, Acting Afghan Commerce and Industry Minister Haji Nooruddin Azizi told Reuters. #taliban #nooruddinazizi #russian #afghantaliban #afghanistan #oilproducts (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 27, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Genes for seeds arose early in plant evolution, ferns reveal
The emergence of seed-producing plants more than 300 million years ago was an evolutionary watershed, opening new environments to plants and ultimately leading to the flowering plants that brighten our world and supply much of our food. But it was less of a leap than it seems, newly published DNA sequences suggest.
The genomes, from three fern species and a cycad, one of the oldest kinds of seed-bearing plants, show genes key to making seeds are the same as those in the spore-producing machinery of ferns, which emerged tens of millions of years earlier. They evidently existed in a common ancestor but were recruited i...
Source: ScienceNOW - September 22, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news
Developing Countries Must Grow More FoodClimate change and war on Ukraine a wake-up call
CHINA - Constructing an irrigation network in Qinghai Province. Workers were paid part of their wages in food supplied by the World Food Programme. Credit WFP/Sarah ErringtonBy Trevor PageLETHBRIDGE, Canada, Sep 8 2022 (IPS) As our planet continues to heat up, extreme weather has affected many of us. From the west coast of North America across Europe, the Middle East and Asia to Pakistan and New Zealand, wildfires and flash floods have destroyed homes and property and disrupted the daily lives of millions.
Supply chains, already badly affected by COVID, have been further complicated by drying rivers and waterways. In the ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - September 8, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Trevor Page Tags: Armed Conflicts Climate Change Combating Desertification and Drought COVID-19 Development & Aid Environment Food and Agriculture Food Security and Nutrition Global Headlines Labour Migration & Refugees TerraViva United Nations IP Source Type: news
Neolithic culinary traditions uncovered
A team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, has uncovered intriguing new insights into the diet of people living in Neolithic Britain and found evidence that cereals, including wheat, were cooked in pots. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - September 6, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Research; Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Arts, School of Arts, Faculty of Arts, School of Arts, Archaeology and Anthropology; Press Release Source Type: news
North Dakota farmer among four found dead in wheat field in murder-suicide
Authorities in North Dakota identified four people Wednesday who were found shot to death in a wheat field this week.
Towner County Sheriff Andrew Hillier identified them in a statement as... #revolver #robertbracken #justinbracken #richardbracken #townercounty #northdakota #douglasdulmage #bismarck #murdersuicide #andrewhillier (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 31, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Four people are found shot to death in a North Dakota wheat field
The killings were likely a murder-suicide, the Towner County sheriff said. #northdakota #townercounty #killings #murdersuicide #wheatfield (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 31, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Africa: Africa's Climate Crisis Could Leave You Jobless, Sick, and Hungry #AfricaClimateCrisis
[allAfrica] Harare -- We all need to eat, but the global climate crisis is putting food production at risk. Due to the intense heat, harsh weather, and droughts, yield growth for wheat, maize, and other crops has been dropping and according to some UN estimates, worldwide yields might decrease by up to 30% by 2050 if significant adaptations are not made. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 26, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nuclear war would cause yearslong global famine
A nuclear war would disrupt the global climate so badly that billions of people could starve to death, according to what experts are calling the most expansive modeling to date of so-called nuclear winter. Although the exact effects remain uncertain, the findings underscore the dangers of nuclear war and offer vital insights about how to prepare for other global disasters, researchers say.
The study comes as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has put the world in “one of the top three most worrisome time periods” for the threat of nuclear war, says Seth Baum, executive director of the Global Catastrophic Risk Institu...
Source: ScienceNOW - August 15, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news
Whole-wheat pumpkin pancakes
(Source: MayoClinic.com Recipe of the Day)
Source: MayoClinic.com Recipe of the Day - August 2, 2022 Category: Nutrition Source Type: news
Supercharged biotech rice yields 40% more grain
By giving a Chinese rice variety a second copy of one of its own genes, researchers have boosted its yield by up to 40%. The change helps the plant absorb more fertilizer, boosts photosynthesis, and accelerates flowering, all of which could contribute to larger harvests, the group
reports today in
Science
.
The yield gain from a single gene coordinating these multiple effects is “really impressive,” says Matthew Paul, a plant geneticist at Rothamsted Research who was not involved in the work. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything quite like that before.” The approach could be tried in ...
Source: ScienceNOW - July 22, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news
Africa: How Sweet Potato is Preventing the Global Wheat Crisis from Taking Root in Africa
[allAfrica] Long before the Ukraine conflict began and sent wheat futures spiralling, scientists in Africa were experimenting with an alternative ingredient for baked goods: orange fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) puree. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 8, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
