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In many parts of the world, insects are an accepted part of the cuisine, and it would behoove Westerners to welcome bugs into their diets as well. A report from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization concludes that insects are "underutilized" as food. They are good sources of protein and minerals, and their production produces fewer greenhouse gasses and is less land-dependent than the raising of livestock. Increasing our dependence on insects as a highly nutritious food source could help combat world hunger and, on the opposite end of the spectrum, even help reduce obesity. Discuss
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When it comes to dieting, prepackaged, portion-controlled food plans may be the way to go. In a recent study, dieters on a structured diet plan consisting of five pre-packaged meals each day along with a single meal prepared by the dieter lost an average of 16.5 pounds (7.5 kg) over six months—6.7 percent of their starting weight. By comparison, those merely advised on how to keep to a 1,000 calorie-per-day diet lost just 8.4 pounds (3.8 kg)—3.4 percent of their starting weight. Participants from both groups had a tendency to rebound toward their original weight, but a year in, the...
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US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) concerns about the impact of caffeine on children and teens has prompted Wrigley to temporarily halt the production, sale, and marketing of its new Alert Energy Caffeine Gum, which contains about as much caffeine as a half a cup of coffee in each piece. The company says it was marketing the product to adults and that it complied with all current labeling guidelines but voluntarily chose to halt production to give the FDA time to develop a new regulatory framework addressing the addition of caffeine to food and drinks.
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Motorists in West Virginia are getting a break from price increases at the pump. AAA East Central says the average price for a gallon of unleaded gasoline fell 4 cents in the past week to a statewide average ...
Sen. Jay Rockefeller says 27 community health centers in West Virginia are eligible for nearly $2.5 million in federal funding to help uninsured residents enroll in affordable health plans. The West Virginia ...
Bidders for multimedia rights to certain West Virginia University athletic events will have until June 18 to respond to a newly issued request for proposals, the school announced Tuesday. WVU said last ...
HARRISBURG, Pa., May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and West Virginia state officials are searching for a missing portable gauge containing sealed sources of radioactive material that was lost in West Virginia on May 3, and are asking anyone with information on the missing gauge to report it to ...
Deputies say they found several active meth lab at two homes in Ashland.
Officers say a woman left her purse at the McDonalds in Dunbar. An employee saw it and turned it over to a manager.
Officers tell WSAZ.com he walked out of the WalMart in Hurricane just after 3 p.m. Saturday with thousands of dollars worth of DVDs.
Metro 911 dispatchers tell WSAZ.com a person has been shot in the hip. That person has been rushed to the hospital.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington that remain murky and in perpetual dispute.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police shot dead a couple suspected to be terrorists after they threw four grenades, wounding five officers in an overnight stand-off, a police official said Sunday.
By Ann Saphir and Jonathan Spicer (Reuters) - The beginning of the end of the Federal Reserve's massive bond-buying program might come sooner than many investors think if recent gains in the U.S. labor market do not prove fleeting. Much will depend on how economic data, which has given mixed...
By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England Governor Mervyn King has urged successor Mark Carney not to bring to Britain his trademark policy of spelling out how long interest rates will remain low. King also said the bank could not be run as "a one-man show," a sign...
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BURBANK CA- With Disney taking full ownership of Star Wars several months ago, studio heads have been eager to get their three-fingered, white gloves on the once mighty franchise and revitalize it in a way that only Disney knows how.
CHARLESTON- In case you missed it, this Monday is "Bring Your Gun To Work, Day".  But be warned the special day does not -- we repeat, DOES NOT grant special permission to carry firearms in a Federal Building or any other business that normally bans weapons.  It does, however, serve…
Guantanamo Bay burned to the ground this morning after an inmate apparently stole matches from a guard and attempted to light his prayer mat on fire.  The desperate act was believed to be an escalation of the on-going protest within the prison facility. All inmates were consumed by the inferno,…

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