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From the Amazon Rainforest to a Smoothie Near You, Planet Smoothie Expands Superfoods Menu Selection

ATLANTA, July 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Planet Smoothie, home of the original "pure" Acai smoothie, announces today its partnership with Sambazon, the Acai global leader, to launch three new smoothie flavors in a limited-time offer: Amazon Energy, Amazon Cherry, and Jungle Fruit Fuzion. Superfood smoothie...

Benihana Celebrates Japanese Children's Day on May 5 by Donating Children's Menu Proceeds to St. Jude

Children Helping Children program to include local art contests throughout May MIAMI, April 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ In Japan, Kodomo no Hi, or Children's Day, is celebrated in May to honor children's happiness. Bringing the celebration to the United States, Benihana will donate 100 perc...

Bill Would Require Nutrition Info on Chain Restaurant Menus and Menu Boards, Says Center for Science in the Public Interest -- News Conference on Tuesday, March 3 in Annapolis

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Supporters of legislation that would require nutrition information on chain restaurant menus and menu boards in Maryland will hold a news conference at noon on Tuesday in Annapolis, Md. Following the news conference a hearing on the measure will be h...

Bill Would Require Nutrition Info on Chain Restaurant Menus and Menu Boards, Says Center for Science in the Public Interest

News Conference on Tuesday, March 3 in Annapolis WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Supporters of legislation that would require nutrition information on chain restaurant menus and menu boards in Maryland will hold a news conference at noon on Tuesday in Annapolis, Md. Followi...

National Restaurant Association Statement Regarding Federal Court Ruling on Menu Labeling in New York City

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National Restaurant Association Executive Vice President for Public Affairs Beth Johnson issued the following statement in response to today's U.S. Court of Appeals decision to uphold a New York City Board of Health regulation that dictates how nutrit...

Z Trim Multifunctional Fiber Lightens the Menu Labeling Legislation Issue at Mid-Atlantic Food Expo, September 17 & 18

Joins with Students from Baltimore's NAF High School to Demonstrate How Z Trim Can Improve the Nutritional Profiles and Tastes of Sauces and Desserts in Booth #165 MUNDELEIN, Ill., Sept. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Z Trim Holdings, Inc. (Amex: ZTM ) announced today...

Big Boy Restaurants Removes Tomatoes from its Menu in Compliance with the FDA Recall

WARREN, Mich., June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Due to a nationwide tomato alert issued by the Food and Drug Administration, Big Boy Restaurants International LLC has ceased serving tomatoes at all of its Big Boy restaurants until further notice. "We are committed to always serving the safest and fines...

National Restaurant Association Expresses Disappointment About Court Ruling on Menu Labeling in New York City

WASHINGTON, April 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Restaurant Association issued the following statement in response to today's U.S. federal district court decision regarding a New York City Board of Health regulation which dictates how nutrition information should be provided in som...

Chef LaLa to Provide Healthy Menu Makeovers

Journey for Control Campaign: Small Changes Can Have a Big Effect on Managing Diabetes WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J., March 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Chef, nutritionist and cookbook author, Laura Diaz-Brown, known as Chef LaLa, is encouraging people with type 2 diabetes to reco...

Consumer Group Criticizes NYC Board of Health Over Menu Labeling Bill

The Nanny-Mayor continues its misguided and ineffective assault on NYC restaurants WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today the Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) criticized the New York City Board of Health for mandating that chain restaurants incorporate nutrition labels on th...

U.S. Food Safety: Foodborne Illnesses a Menu for Disaster

Main offenders are bacterial, and they can strike at any time TUESDAY, Jan. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Foodborne illness can strike at any time and be caused by any number of different pathogens. Here is a rundown of the most common bacterial offenders, and what you can do to protect yours...

Johnson City Medical Center Begins Offering Einstein Bros. Menu Items at Second On Campus Location

Location Becomes 30th License Location to Begin Offering Menu Items in 2007 JOHNSON CITY, Tenn., Dec. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Patients, employees and visitors of Johnson City Medical Center now have an even more convenient way to get their favorite craveable food and Darn Good Coffee(R), as...

Video: Food Expert B. Smith to Provide Healthy Menu Makeovers

Diabetes New Day Campaign: Small Changes Can Have a Big Effect on Managing Diabetes Successfully WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J., Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Restaurateur, chef, author and television show host, B. Smith, is encouraging people with type 2 diabetes to recognize that ...

NutritionPedia Adds Nutrition Facts for Over 6,000 Menu Items From 70 Leading Fast-Casual and Family Dining Restaurant Chains

ATLANTA, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Nutrition Systems, LLC has added over 6,000 menu items from 70 of America's leading fast-casual and family dining restaurant chains to http://www.NutritionPedia.com, the only online nutrition search engine. NutritionPedia users can now quickly find out the nut...

Damon's Grill Completes Move to Trans Fat-Free Menu

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Damon's Grill, as part of a three- prong strategy to provide guests with healthier dining, has removed all artificial trans fats from its menu nationwide. Earlier this year Damon's, which franchises 75 sports-themed restaurants in the United States and ...

Rats Back on the Menu in Southern China

Rats are back on the menu in southern China, after traders there capitalised on an outbreak of the rodents in neighbouring Hunan province, according to various state press reports According to a report Saturday in the Information Times from Guangzhou, trucks full of mice were seen arriving ...

Fast food menu for 'Calorie Conscious'

New York City's Board of Health has asked fast-food restaurants to list the calories of all items offered in their menu. It is not a difficult thing to do//. McDonald's already offered the information regarding calories of various items offered by them, on its Web site. One can also find them on ...

Disclose calorie count on menu says NY Health Department

In their bid to combat the alarming rise in obesity in New York the health department is leaving no stones unturned in their efforts to make the public learn to be cautious and// conscious of what they eat and how that would effect their waistlines in retrospect. As part of their crusade to cra...

Chicken Dishes Were Off The Menu At Pakistan President's House

Pakistan Friday imposed a ban on chicken dishes in the menu of the Aiwan-e-Sadar, President's House, and important state functions//. Health Minister Naseer Khan told the National Assembly that chicken dishes have been excluded from the menu of Aiwan-e-Sadr and important celebrations where for...

Clones On the Menu

It has begun. Breakfast may soon be trimmings of cloned pig’s bacon, a jar of cloned cow milk and a side plate of cloned beef or goat burger; ‘Frankenstein foods’, as some// refer to it. After 5 years of research the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of US is getting ready to pass a bill allow...

NYC health agenda: Dishing out calorie content of items on the menu

New York City’s health department is chewing upon the idea of listing the calorie content of the food available on the menu in restaurants // that dish out consistent portions. Fast-food brands have not been able to digest this proposition too well. They fear that this would make an apology of the...

McDonald Sets Aside Promises of Healthy Menu

Food giant McDonald seems to have set aside promises of slimmer portions and healthy meals in its menu for the introduction of a super-size version// of the Big Mac, now to be made 40 percent larger than the regular Big Mac. The super-sized burger, expected to contain at least 690 calories is ...

Indian Railways Reverts To Serving Chicken on Menu

After the cooling down of the bird flu scare, the Indian Railways has decided to revert back to the staple diet of the non-veggies and has decided to bring back the chicken on its menu. // "Indian Railways have withdrawn the order prohibiting the serving of chickens and eggs in any form from rai...

Railways Not To Include Chicken & Eggs In Menu

Bird flu threat in India has pushed the Indian Railways to take off chicken and egg related dishes from the menu.// A standing instruction has been issued to all the Zonal Railways and other railway departments that cater to the passengers. An official quoted that such a decision was tak...

The Dannon Company Awards The I.J. & Jeanne Wagner Jewish Community Center the Fourth Annual Dannon Next Generation Nutrition Grant

...ess classes for students, ages 2 to 12 years old. The nutrition and fitness classes will also include two workshops, focused on teaching parents about menu planning, portion control, and reading nutrition labels. In addition, the JCC is partnering with the Public Utah Education Network Channel to present ...

Cutting Edge iPhone(TM)/iPod(R) Touch Apps Improve Quality of Life for Those With Celiac/Coeliac & Food Allergies

...ens: corn, dairy, eggs, fish, gluten, peanuts, shellfish, soy, tree nuts and wheat. Once tailored to their needs, users quickly browse detailed menu items from Indian, Italian and Steak restaurant cuisines with color-coded columns immediately indicating if the dish 'contains' or 'may contain' aller...

Cepheid Reports 2009 Second Quarter Results

... "Our Clinical reagent business demonstrated strong growth as expected, highlighting continued adoption of the GeneXpert System's expanding test menu which now includes six FDA-cleared products in the US and eleven CE-marked products outside the US," said John Bishop, Cepheid's Chief Executive Offic...

Birdies for Breast Cancer Announces Fifth Annual Charity Golf Classic Hosted by Top Women's Golfer, Cristie Kerr

... 14, 2009, will feature an afternoon of golf followed by a dinner reception and poker tournament. Renowned celebrity chef Todd English will steer the menu for the evening. All proceeds will benefit Birdies for Breast Cancer. Corporate partners of this year's event include Fireman Capital Partners, Aude...

Kaiser Permanente Honored for Efforts to Combat Obesity With 2009 Pioneering Innovation Award at Weight of the Nation Conference

...ly farmed food more convenient for members, employees, and residents in surrounding communities. Posting of calorie counts on hospital cafeteria menu boards and defined nutritional quality standards for vending machine products - the first large health care system to implement such a program. ...

CDC Recognizes Innovative Obesity Prevention and Control Initiatives With Weight of the Nation Awards

...ly, CSPI assisted New York City in adopting the nation's first ordinances to ban trans-fats from restaurants and list calorie information on menus and menu boards. CSPI is working on similar measures in other cities and states and in Congress. Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permane...

Personality in a Cup

...wood, and fire-engine red. The open space creates an upscale and contemporary atmosphere with unique touches to the decor. Its American Comfort Food menu is a modern-day celebration of simple but extremely satisfying dishes using high-quality seasonal ingredients. BLD is open every day for breakfast, l...

Kaiser Permanente to Provide Calorie, Nutrition Information on Cafeteria Menus

...e." Public health advocates are calling for menu labeling at restaurants as a way to improve the na...ories and other nutrition information on menus and menu boards. The state of California has recently passed a law to do so. menu labeling has also been proposed as part of the nat...

Siemens Showcases Innovative Products and Educational Offerings

...ITE(R) 2000 XPi System , offering enhanced hardware and software to help medium- to high-volume laboratories incorporate the comprehensive immunoassay menu of specialty assays and allergy testing into routine workloads (Under development; not available for sale in the U.S.). ADVIA Centaur(R) CP Imm...

Roche Cardiac 200 Offers Rapid Cardiac Diagnostics for the Point of Care

...ng methods, which can take longer than 60 minutes. The Roche Cardiac 200 can process up to 36 tests per hour and offers a full cardiac marker menu that includes NT-proBNP, Troponin I (TnI), CKMB and Myoglobin. The instrument uses a unique internal corrected fluorescence measurement technology to ...

10 Million Workers Gain New Health and Behavior Change Tool - eMindful Courses Offered to Client of Leading Online Health Change Provider

...e offered by eMindful, to learn the skills and tools that support behavior change," says Byron Gehring, CEO of Convergence Health. "We put a menu of complementary health tools literally at their finger tips." This partnership builds on the recently developed partnership with gBehavior.c...

FDA Approves VITROS(R) Anti-HCV Assay for Use On VITROS 5600(R) Integrated and VITROS 3600(R) Immunodiagnostic Systems

...ys. Ortho Clinical Diagnostics' broad, world-class menu of immunoassays covers major disease states includ...tions and anemia. The company's VITROS((R)) assay menu covers up to 90 percent of the top 100 assays and ...ROS((R)) 3600 Immunodiagnostic Systems. Upon full menu approval, only Ortho Clinical Diagnostics' VITROS(...

Abbott Launches New Instrument to Complete Family of ARCHITECT Immunochemistry Analyzers

...alyzer can generate up to 800 test results per hour while the ci4100 integrated system can generate up to 900 test results per hour. With an extensive menu of diagnostic tests and a large sample and reagent load-up capacity, the ARCHITECT c4000 and ci4100 can consolidate a laboratory's workload to increas...

National Practice Transition Network Launches as the Country's First Membership-Based, Commission-Free Dental Practice Transition Company

...n 25 years of combined experience in dental practice sales and appraisals, is the first membership-based, commission-free organization to offer such a menu of benefits to help protect dentists throughout their careers and beyond. NPTN is an exclusive network that brings together people, resourc...

Abbott Reports Strong Second Quarter Results; Confirms Double-Digit Earnings Growth Outlook for 2009

...is and a 5.1 percent rate of major adverse cardiac events (MACE) at one year in patients treated with XIENCE V. Added Hepatitis B Test to Broad menu of Immunoassays on the ARCHITECT(R) i 2000 and i 2000SR: Launched ARCHITECT(R) CORE(TM) in the United States, an automated hepatitis B test for use o...

Seattle Sutton's Healthy Eating Opens Arizona Franchise

... The idea for SSHE was born from Sutton's work in her physician husband's practice as his registered nurse. Time and again, after handing patients a menu on a piece of paper, Sutton felt guilty she couldn't help them more. Then, one day, the idea came to her while counseling a type II diabetic about his...