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 | | | Healthy Start |  | | |  | - October brings value to vegetarian dining
 October is Vegetarian Awareness Month, and this year advocates are dangling the promise of cash and prizes in addition to the promise of better health for diners. The North American Vegetarian Society will hold a drawing for prizes up to $1,000 for omnivores who eschew meat for the month, and the Philadelphia Daily News will award a vegan dinner for two to the reader who sends in the most photos of restaurants that have the "V" word in the window. SmartBrief/SmartBlog on Food & Beverage (10/9)       - Public-health expert calls for stricter food-safety rules
Stricter U.S. food-safety regulations, better tracking and bigger fines are needed to reduce foodborne disease outbreaks, says Dr. David Dausey, founding director of the Mercyhurst Institute for Health. Dausey says consumer education also is needed because people are playing a "food lottery" with the existing safety system. FoodNavigator (10/9) - It takes detective work to find hidden gluten, dietitian says
St. Louis University dietitian Rabia Rahman has to think like a detective as she helps patients with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity ferret out hidden sources of gluten. She says that not only must patients remove gluten from their diets, but they must be attuned to other sources: one person got sick after licking an envelope, and she has found that gluten can be used as a binder and coating for certain medications or in lipstick. St. Louis Post-Dispatch (10/9) - More Americans drink diet beverages, CDC data show
More people consumed diet drinks in 2012 than did in 2000, CDC researchers said, but overall only 20% of people choose diet beverages on any given day. Data showed that sugar intake from regular soda dropped from 150 calories per day in 2000 to 91 calories in 2008. USA TODAY (10/11) - Study links magnesium intake to lower risk of colon cancer
An analysis of studies that included about 339,000 people found that every 50-milligram increase in daily magnesium intake led to a 7% reduction in the risk of colon cancer, Chinese researchers reported in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Previous research linked increased magnesium to a reduced risk of colorectal cancer and stroke. Dietary sources of magnesium include green, leafy vegetables; meat; grains; milk; and starches. NutraIngredients (10/9) | Institutional Foodservice | | - Dietitian helps parents understand new school lunch rules
Parents in Boise, Idaho, who are concerned their children do not get enough to eat at lunch under federal nutrition rules usually are less worried once district dietitian Peggy Bodnar explains that students determine what they eat. Students must choose from three of five food groups, including one vegetable or fruit. But Bodnar admits that the meals, which are aimed at the average student, may not be enough for athletes who need more calories.  KIVI-TV (Boise, Idaho) (10/10) - Breakfast smoothies
Find your favorite flavors in this collection of 40 breakfast-smoothie recipes. Whole Living  | For most of our patients, when the patients change their habits, it changes the eating habits of the whole household. It's pretty educational."
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