Bacteria Found in Food Additive Leads to Recall
A host of processed foods are being recalled after tests found salmonella in an ingredient used to flavor them, HealthDay reports. Hydrolyzed vegetable protein manufactured by Basic Food Flavors was added to dips, salad dressings, soup mixes, and other products. Jeffrey Farrar, the Food and Drug Administration's associate commissioner for food protection, says the bacteria may have contaminated thousands of foods, but most of them will not be a threat to consumers because cooking kills the bacteria, he says. The agency lists all products involved in the recall at Foodsafety.gov. So far, no illnesses linked to the products have been reported, according to HealthDay.
[Read Riskiest Foods: 3 Tips for Protecting Your Family From Illness and 4 "Harmless" Acts That Could Give You Food Poisoning.]
6 Weight-Loss Tricks That Don't Involve Dieting or (Much) Exercise
The advice for losing those stubborn extra pounds seems so simple: Eat less, exercise more. But as anyone who's ever tried to lose a few pounds knows, putting that advice into practice is very tough. Cut back on calories too much, and you're overwhelmed by hunger. Plus, your metabolism may slow. Exercise like crazy, and the hunger pangs you feel a few hours later may trigger you to eat back all you've burned off—and then some.
And let's be honest, no one really wants to keep track of every bite of food, U.S. News's Deborah Kotz writes. Kotz asked Adriane Fugh-Berman, a physician and associate professor of complementary and alternative medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center, for weight-loss tips that have been backed up by solid research.
Fugh-Berman says to try eating hot soup before a meal. Research suggests doing so before lunch or dinner helps people eat less. "That's probably because you can't eat hot soups fast, which gives your digestive tract time to send satiety signals out to your brain" before you begin the next course, she says. Read more.
[Read Exercise and Weight Loss: What's the Connection? and The Dangers of Kardashian-Endorsed QuickTrim.]
Two Simple Ways to Be a Happier Parent
When Christine Carter became a parent, she realized that her work as a sociologist who studies happiness gave her a head start on being a good and happy parent. Rather than trying to solve problems in her family, she wanted to prevent them. That got her wondering: what makes for happy families and children?. The result of that questioning is Raising Happiness.
The book is chock-full of words like gratitude, forgiveness, optimism, and inner peace. But it's not at all woo-woo, U.S. News contributor Nancy Shute writes. Carter grounds her path to happiness in solid science, including behavioral psychology, which explains why praise is much more powerful in getting children to behave than punishment or nagging. Many of the findings are surprisingly simple. For instance, would you like to know the one thing that will make children do better in school, help them have fewer emotional problems, and make them less likely to become obese or have drug or alcohol problems? Eat dinner together as a family. Read more.
[Read 6 Ways Parents Can Help Kids Cope With Social Cruelty and 4 Ways to Stop Stressing Out Your Kids.]
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