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A Tomato in a Pill reduces Cholesterol

This week in the UK, a new pill was launched, called Ateronon. The pill was launched at the British Cardiovascular Society in London, by Cambridge Theranostics. The pill is based on tomatoes and could ‘save lives on a global basis’. It is a ‘one a day’ natural...

World's most fattening burger? It contains 4,800 calories!

Could this be the world's most fattening burger?A burger containing 4,800 calories has launched in the US - this is double the recommended daily amount in one food item. The burger has five beef patties, five cheese slices, fries, chilli, sour cream, salsa and a pound of...

CDC: Salmonella Outbreak is Over, Go Ahead, Pick a Pepper!

Update- August 28, 2008- CDC: Salmonella outbreak appears to be overPolitisite Reported on July 18th that the FDA/CDC had released Tomatoes as its culprit for Salmonella .  We futher reported 2 weeks ago...

Help, I'm turning into my mother

"(LifeWire) -- Stacy Pearson keeps buying food she knows she'll never eat -- from tomato soup to green beans to ramen noodles -- merely because it's on sale. Why? Blame her mother. ...

You say Tomatoes, I Say Tomatos, Festivals of Them, Restaurants in New York, ...

Forgive me for the Dizzy Gillespie riff, I could not resist. This Tour de France in New York, a group of restaurants that is not a bicycle race, after the Tainted Love period we had with Tomatoes, offers New Yorkers and visitors to the Big Apple a Tomato Festival from August...

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Good 'Golden Tomatoes', Bad 'Golden Raspberries'

In the spirit of annual best and worst lists, announcements have been made for the most dazzling and the most 'razzling' flicks of 2007.The annual Golden Tomato Awards are handed out to the highest-rated films of...

Tomatoes: After $500 million in losses, the FDA appears wrong

The Food and Drug Administration may have been wrong about the source of the 11-week old salmonella outbreak.  With 1,700 samples collected and all shown to be negative for salmonella, they are now looking at...

Tomatoes Returning to McDonald's

Tomatoes are returning to the Mickey D's menu after a brief hiatus due to the salmonella scare." Spokeswoman Danya Proud said Saturday that the fast food chain's U.S. restaurants will reintroduce sliced tomatoes...

Tainted Tomatoes Traced to Florida and Mexico

With 228 reported cases of illness resulting from salmonella-tainted tomatoes, the FDA is in the process of determining the origin of the outbreak, although, Florida and Mexico are considered the most likely...

Guelph scientist testing technique to inoculate tomatoes against salmonella

With tomatoes overtaking our headlines this week- deaths, bans, and general mayhem - it is good to note that people are on it! Scientists are looking for a vaccine for this common tomato affliction. Hooray! "...

McDonald's, Tim Horton's And Many Others Ban Tomatoes From All Meals

If you're like me and enjoy a Tomato or two on your sandwhich or burger, you might be out of luck for the foreseeable future. Tim Horton's, McDonalds many other restaurants both big and small all across North...

Tomatoes Pulled After Salmonella Warning

The Food and Drug Administration is rushing to find the source of asalmonellosis outbreak that has now spread to 16 states. So far it has been linked to raw tomatoes. "Restaurants are removing tomato slices from sandwiches and grocery stores are plucking red plum tomatoes...

Genetic sleuths unmask secrets of big tomatoes

"Humans began domesticating plants in the last roughly10,000 years. They had no knowledge of genetics and noknowledge of breeding, but somehow they rendered these changesgenetically on plants," Tanksley, plant...

Between two worlds -- The far-flung story of pizza pie

A friend once marveled that fish and lemons, two foods harvested so far apart, could taste so good together. Many an everyday recipe combines ingredients of far-flung origins. Pizza pie is a good...

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