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At the recent Institute of Food Technologists meeting in Chicago, Mintel hosted the Global New Products Pavilion and showcased the latest food and beverage trends from around the world.  Mintel’s new product experts, Lynn Dornblaser and David Jago, identified

Bad dietary habits are the major causes of chronic diseases today. The good news is that the disease and death caused by it can be prevented. But what is dietary habits and how can nutritions save us? Here, we gather infos to explain the importance of nutrients for good health, how it works in our body, suggestions of foods and supplements to take.What’s the latest thing in food?  One of the best ways to find out what’s hot is to browse the aisles of the Fancy Food Show.  Organized by the National Association of the Specialty Food Trade, it’s the largest marketplace for specialty foods and beverages in

Here is an in-depth guide to the world of nutrition. We cover new developments in both the worlds of traditional and alternative medicine, break them down and help you make sense of your health in general. We focus especially on the impact food has on the body and how that relates to disease.
What’s hot in “natural” foods?
Take a look at what Claudia D. O’Donnell, Chief Editor of Prepared Foods, spotted recently at the Natural Products Expo West – the world’s largest natural and organics products trade show.
These types of trade shows

Health, Nutrition and Wellness, News, Articles and Tips for women, men and children. Also including mental health, diets and research.Food Channel identified the Top Ten Foods of the Decade

sushi
bacon
cupcakes
sliders
gourmet burgers made with Kobe or Angus beef
superfruits (acai, pomegranate, blueberries)
oils (including olive oil, truffle oil)
whole grains
artisan foods (particularly breads, cheeses, dark chocolate)
coffees,

Thoughts, opinions, musings and discussion about nutrition, food trends, diet myths, new products and fad-free healthy eating.On this first day of 2010, I thought I’d review all of my recent food trend posts. You’ll see predictions from a variety of sources — a forecast of what we’ll be eating in 2010.
Top Dining and Restaurant Trends for 2010 (Baum & Whiteman, Restaurants &

Here is an in-depth guide to the world of nutrition. We cover new developments in both the worlds of traditional and alternative medicine, break them down and help you make sense of your health in general. We focus especially on the impact food has on the body and how that relates to disease.As the year comes to close, I was thinking about the foods that made a lot of headlines but didn’t really live up to the hype.  The most overrated food trends of the year was the topic of my latest article in the Chicago Tribune. Click on the link to view the article online

Health and Nutrition blog that can give you great information to let you understand your body better. Knowing about the modern illness such like heart attack, hypertension, etc and how you can use nutrition supplement or alternate medicine and natural methods to recover or prevent it.I participated in a Trend Spotter Webcast yesterday conducted by the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade, the group behind the Fancy Food Show. You can learn more by visiting NASFT’s blog Under the Lid.  Or you can watch a video of the Webcast below…
 
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Here is an in-depth guide to the world of nutrition. We cover new developments in both the worlds of traditional and alternative medicine, break them down and help you make sense of your health in general. We focus especially on the impact food has on the body and how that relates to disease.Now the National Restaurant Association weighs in on restaurant trends for 2010.  Locally grown and sourced products, farm-branded ingredients, sustainable seafood, a back-to-basics approach,  nutrition, allergy awareness and better-for-you children’s meals are among the

Health and Nutrition blog that can give you great information to let you understand your body better. Knowing about the modern illness such like heart attack, hypertension, etc and how you can use nutrition supplement or alternate medicine and natural methods to recover or prevent it. 
Epicurious has come up with a clever list of food trends for 2010. I like their approach of “front burner” and “back burner” as a way to predict what will be hot next year and what trends have peaked.  Check out their epi-log for more details, but here

Thoughts, opinions, musings and discussion about nutrition, food trends, diet myths, new products and fad-free healthy eating.I’m back again with more trends.  I warned you I’d be hitting the topic hard for the rest of the year! I previously reviewed restaurant trends identified by Mintel.  This time the trend predictions are from the restaurant consultants Joseph Baum & Michael Whiteman