| American Meat Institute Calls WCRF Panel Recommendations on Meat ...
Institute Says Alarmist Messages Reflect Group's Anti-Meat Bias, Stand in Sharp Contrast to U.S. Dietary Guidelines and Plain Common Sense WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Meat Institute (AMI) today said that World Cancer Research Fund's (WCRF) recommendations to limit red and processed meat intake to extremely low levels reflect WCRF's well-known anti-meat bias and should be met with skepticism because they oversimplify the complex issue of cancer, are not supported by the data and defy common sense. "WCRF's conclusions are extreme, unfounded and out of step with dietary guidelines," said AMI Foundation Vice President of Scientific Affairs Randy Huffman, Ph.D. "Headlines associated with this report may give consumers another case of nutrition whiplash.
Creationism vs. evolution
One day while watching a science program, the director ran a clip of a churchman telling an auditorium of children that if any approached them with notions of evolution, they were to ask: Were you there when it began? So much for honest dialog. Todd, I have a B.A. with probably enough units for a M.A. if I had not been so lazy and preoccupied with other things. Books have always been my greatest source of entertainment and knowledge, which I fear losing as I age. What I miss about attending church is the singing of hymns. " .
USDA hold on beef has little impact on PBC schools
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's administrative hold on ground beef processed by the Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Co. had little impact on Palm Beach County schools. "School menus were only affected one day," said a news release issued by the county School District. Lori Dornbusch, assistant director of site-based operations, said a "sparse" number of schools had to substitute chicken, turkey or other federally acceptable food item for beef on one day. She said she did not know if any schools in Boca Raton or Delray Beach were affected. USDA placed an administrative hold on all Hallmark/Westland products because of potential violations of regulatory requirements and contractual terms as a supplier of products to the federal food and nutrition programs.
Sholeh Patrick
Oscar-winning actor Heath Ledger died this week, at 28. With "sleeping pills" in the headline, I assumed suicide. The latest speculation after an inconclusive autopsy includes a possible overdose.This much is known: Like a lot of us, he couldn't sleep. Between work and worry, Ledger was averaging two hours a night. He took a variation of the popular Ambien.I stick to the generic "PM" version near the Tylenol, but I too now succumb. More and more I hear how common not just OTC, but the prescription level habit is becoming. We are too busy, too stressed, and too into quick fixes. We are becoming a sleeping-pill nation. For Heath, it probably killed him.Sleep is as important to survival as food and water. Without it, we fumble, falter and literally go crazy. So if it's a chronic problem, perhaps it's better to trash the bottle and look at why.
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