Scientists have determined how to fortify the cassava plant, a staple root crop in many developing countries, with enough vitamins, minerals and protein to provide the poor and malnourished with a day's worth of nutrition in a single meal.
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Critical to weight loss and long-term weight management is knowing when you’re hungry, what to eat for that hunger, and when to stop eating once you feel full.
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ONCE you become accustomed to gas at $4 a gallon, brace yourself for the next shocking retail threshold: bananas reaching $1 a pound. At that price, Americans may stop thinking of bananas as a cheap staple, and then a strategy that has served the big banana companies for more than a century — enabling them to turn an exotic, tropical fruit into an everyday favorite — will begin to unravel.
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ITHACA, N.Y. — Many a professor dreams of revolution. But Norman T. Uphoff, working in a leafy corner of the Cornell University campus, is leading an inconspicuous one centered on solving the global food crisis. The secret, he says, is a new way of growing rice.
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Why is everything running out at the same time? We did a series on Planet Green where we looked at why those basic things that we take for granted, like water, food and fuel are getting expensive and scarce, all at once.
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Too busy to eat as healthfully as you’d like every day? Getting maximum nutritional punch from a few uber-foods can help fill the gaps. (A multivitamin is great insurance for days when you do miss a meal or two, but real food should always be your primary source of nutrients.) Keep these superfoods on your radar — and on hand — to improve your odds of getting enough of the most important nutrients.
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If "you are what you eat", how can you make simple changes in your diet to get a boost in all aspects of your life? Get easy to follow advice from experts.
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Quite a lot has been written in search of the root causes of the recent global increase in food prices. While bio fuels have taken their fair share of criticism, they are proving not to be the only contributor. Widespread, long-term severe weather patterns—like the Australian drought responsible for rice shortages—are high on the list, as well as increased demand from India and China—a country experiencing tremendous demand for grain to fuel industrial cattle farming. Regardless of the causes, finding a solution is the next real challenge. While it likely won't be as simple as finding a new food staple to take the place of grains, one candidate could prove to be a viable option: the potato.
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Global food shortages have taken everyone by surprise. What is to be done?
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