The heart protecting properties of red wine have been well documented over the last few years, leading to a sharp increase in sales the world over, mostly to the detriment of white wine. But now white wine has a chance to fight back following the revelation that it can help keep the lungs healthy. Researchers from the University at Buffalo have discovered that wine, white varieties in particular, contain nutrients which can help protect the tissues of the lungs…”
FoodNavigator.com, 5/23/02

“The first loaf of bread made with added vitamin C has been launched. The vitamin has been used until now as a flour treatment in the baking process but is normally destroyed by heat. British Bakeries, makers of the new loaf called Mother’s Pride V-Force, say they have encapsulated vitamin C so it remains after baking and can be absorbed by the body. According to the company a single slice contains 17% of the recommended daily allowance of the vitamin. It also contains calcium, vitamin D and vitamin B complex…”
Ananova.com, 5/28/02

“Britain’s Prince Charles, a staunch campaigner for natural remedies and organic farming, has urged the U.K. government to provide more alternative and complementary medicine through the public health service. The prince, writing in the Daily Mail newspaper after launching an initiative to promote the inclusion of complementary medicine on the National Health Service (NHS), said millions of Britons were interested in seeking alternative therapies but could not afford to pay for private treatment…”
Yahoo.com, 5/28/02

“Most clinical research dealing with lycopene has used tomatoes as the food source. But Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists at the South Central Agricultural Research Laboratory (SCARL) in Lane, OK, and the Phytonutrients Laboratory in Beltsville, MD, are working to determine lycopene levels in varieties of watermelon. Funds for the studies were provided in part by the National Watermelon Promotion Board. The investigators found that all juice treatments increased the plasma concentration of lycopene. Lycopene concentration was similar regardless of whether subjects consumed 20 milligrams of lycopene from tomato juice or from watermelon juice, which was not heat-processed…”
FunctionalFoodWire.com, 6/10/02

The introduction of more than 5,000 low-fat and non-fat foods over the past decade has contributed to an epidemic of obesity in America, the American Heart Association (AHA) said. The trouble comes when people think they can eat unlimited amounts of reduced-fat cookies, frozen yogurt and cakes. While these foods contain less fat than their full fat versions, they tend to have more sugar and can be even higher in calories. Studies have shown that the rate of obesity has doubled in the U.S. in the last 20 years, while the number of people with type 2 diabetes, a disease that can result form excess weight, increased by one-third during the 1990s. Children as young as 10 are now being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, formerly known as adult-onset diabetes because it affected people in their 40s and older…