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By Diane Toops, News & Trends Editor HEALTHBITES More research on HFCS Results from an expert review of the research on high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) found insufficient support for the notion that HFCS could play a unique causal role in obesity. The expert panel led by Richard Forshee of the University of Maryland Center for Food, Nutrition and Agriculture Policy concluded that “the currently available evidence is insufficient to implicate HFCS per se as a causal factor in the overweight and obesity problem in the United States.” The panel’s report was published in Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. This study adds confirmation that HFCS does not differ from regular table sugar in its effects on people’s appetite and food intake later in the day, and it backs up an earlier study, published in the journal Nutrition, which found no difference in the way the bodies of lean women metabolized HFCS versus sucrose (table sugar). CREDIT: TEXAS A&M UNIV. Organic IS better The Boulder, Colo.-based Organic Center released new evidence potentially settling the question: Is organic food more nutritious than conventionally grown foods? The answer: Yes – by at least 25 percent. The center reported its ndings in its State of Science study, “New Evidence Conrms the Nutritional Superiority of Plant-based Organic Foods.” A metaanalysis of 97 published studies revealed organic, plant-based foods are 25 percent more nutrient-dense than conventional foods and include signi cantly higher concentrations of polyphenols and antioxidants. It’s the rst comprehensive review of all major organic studies since 2003. The report can be found at www. organic-center.org. Soy may ﬁght asthma Results of a study at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago suggest soyfoods may benet asthma patients. Working rst with human immune cells exposed to soy iso avones, the researchers found the cells produced much less leukotrine, which causes in ammation. Airway in ammation is a basic characteristic underlying asthma. The iso avones were then tested for similar effects in humans. After four weeks of consuming iso avone supplements, cells taken from the subjects showed one-third less of the in ammatory substance than before taking the iso avones. The researchers concluded the ndings warrant additional research. CREDIT: UNIV. OF NEBRASKA Something ﬁshy going on Safeway Stores Inc. suspended its purchase of Chilean farmed salmon, following a similar move by Whole Foods. Along with praise for the move, the Vancouver, British Columbia-based Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform (CAAR) is calling on Safeway to phase out sales of farmed salmon from all sources until the industry shifts to more sustainable practices. CAAR is concerned the supermarket giant will buy more farmed salmon from British Columbia, where parasite outbreaks on farmed sh threaten entire populations of wild salmon. The latest scienti c paper on the impact of sea lice, published in the North American Journal of Fisheries Management, documented that infestations have spread from salmon farms to wild juvenile pink, chum and sockeye salmon and juvenile herring. Researchers calculate sea lice outbreaks from salmon farms in the Broughton Archipelago could cause the local extinction of wild pink salmon within the next four years. Salmon farms allegedly are responsible for millions of escapes of non-native farmed salmon into the wild, the depletion of wild stocks of sh, which are used for salmon feed, and the dumping of untreated waste directly into the water, harming the sea bed and shell sh populations. Food Processing’s Wellness Foods™ www.wellnessfoodsonline.com April 2008 | 3 http://www.organic-center.org http://www.organic-center.org http://www.wellnessfoodsonline.com

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