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Canadian Senates Pushes 'Sugar Tax' After Obesity Rates Double on Adults, Triple on Children

Canada is the fifth country in the world with the highest number of obese adults. Due to the alarming rate of the rise of numbers of people with other diet-related illnesses, a senate report on Canada's obesity crisis is calling for a tax increase on sugary drinks as well as a ban on food and drink advertising aimed at children and government subsidies for healthy food, CBC News reports.
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  • Tesco Recalls Butter Products Amid Food Poisoning Scare

    It's Better Safe than Sorry, says Tesco As a precautionary measure, supermarket giant Tesco has been recalling and withdrawing stocks of their brand's flavored butter, after rounds of rumor and fear that they have been contaminated with a food poisoning bug.

  • Coffee and Tea- Flavored Desserts On the Rise

    Datassential Menu Trends notes an increasing growth of dessert menu items that contains coffee and tea. For example, coffee/espresso desserts are present in almost a quarter of dessert menus which is a rise of 2% from year ago level. On the other hand, tea-based items appear in 5 percent of the menus surveyed but still showed a steady rise in the past four years.

  • You Will Never Drink S. Pellegrino the Same Way After Reading This

    With a whopping sales of $500M worldwide, the finest sparkling natural water S. Pellegrino from Italian Alps enjoys so much popularity. But why is it too popular? Here’s why.

  • When You’re Not Over with Leftovers

    You dine in a fancy restaurant once a year, or maybe on a special occasion like your birthday or your anniversary and end up ordering so many dishes. Since you feel extremely guilty to throw away the leftovers, you decide to bring them home. Of course, you can re-heat them one by one if you have a variety of dishes. The challenge is how to keep your leftover safe to eat and still tasty.

  • Chick-a-Fill’s “Cell Phone Coop” Challenge Reveals Cool Phone-Free Dining Perks

    Technology has been amazing in bringing convenience and comfort into our modern lives. However, the constant ringing of phones and message alerts can be a distraction at times, that people don’t get to enjoy the little things right in front of them – like a good meal and conversation with family and friends. With this in mind, known restaurant chain Chick-fil-A wants its patrons to put down their cell phone and enjoy a tech-free meal for a change.

  • African Lungfish In Aestivation Actually Edible

    You might feel bad to eat the exotic African lungfish, Protopterus Annectens, because it has lived for many years without water. This lungfish in deep slumber is actually edible!

  • Are Eggs Back to Being Healthy Again? It Depends Who You Ask

    Probably no other food item had such a traumatic experience as the egg. And it’s not about the “which came first egg or chicken” trick question either. For the past decades, the egg was either hailed as the healthiest of foods available due to its nutrients or as being a demon coming from the deepest part of nutritional hell due to its cholesterol content.

  • Healthy Breakfast Dishes for Dinner Recipes

    Cooking morning dishes for dinner appears to be strangely permissive, perhaps somewhat exciting, such as relaxing around in night robe with a martini. Here are rundown of healthy breakfast for dinner recipes.

  • Amazingly Simple Tips to Stop Eating

    Whether you're attempting to get thinner or keep up, stuffing your stomach past the purpose of full isn't what you're going for. Practice these strategies to stay fulfilled without eating too much.

  • Top 8 Feel-Good Fastfood Chains

    Eating at a fast food chain is the easiest way if not the cheapest. We often feel guilty as we enter a fast food chain because we know that fast food will always be reminded that it’s synonymous to “unhealthy.”

  • Gut-busting Food Myths BUSTED

    The truth behind some of your pantry staples. There are always health risks and benefits to everything we consume and a majority of these myths tend to focus on three kinds of food that people consume nearly every day.

  • Whole Foods Recall Maytag Raw Milk Stock: Find Out Why

    Whole Foods has long been known tp provide safe, organic, and nutritious food for their customers, but every now and again, something gets past their quality control.

  • Airhead’s 30th Anniversary – Limited Edition Birthday Cake-Flavored Airheads Available

    There are those who just love cakes. Perhaps, these were the people the creators of the new birthday cake-flavored Airhead had in mind when they concocted this delicious sweet, as part of the Erlanger-based Perfetti Van Melle USA’s 30th anniversary celebration.

  • Powdered Caffeine Ban for Minors: Rhode Island Senate Decides on Wednesday

    Rhode Island lawmakers will vote on Wednesday on the bill seeking to ban the sale of powdered caffeine to minors, citing FDA warning against the use of this powerful stimulant. Two young men have already died from its accidental overdose according to the FDA.
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