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LONDON (AFP) – Election fever is mounting and Prime Minister Gordon Brown is preparing himself for the campaign trail by eating up to nine bananas a day, a report said on Monday.

Brown is convinced fruit can bring “radiance,” a spokesman said, while declining to confirm a report in the Sun that the premier is scoffing the fruit as an alternative to his favourite KitKat bars.

Brown is gearing up for an uphill battle to hold on to power against the main opposition Conservatives, in elections due before June but expected on May 6.

“The prime minister has always taken the view that a balanced diet is very important,” Brown’s spokesman told reporters on Monday, neither denying nor confirming the banana story.

He added: “Portions of fruit and veg taken on a daily basis can only lead to good health and radiance.”

Questioned about the amount of fruit Brown was eating, he said that any numbers were pure “speculation”.

Bananas have been risky political accessories since Foreign Secretary David Miliband was snapped brandishing one two years ago, in a photo that was widely mocked and undermined his hopes of leading the ruling Labour party.

By CBC

A coffee enthusiast in St. Andrews, N.B., has learned the customer may not always be right.

After complaining three times about “burnt” decaffeinated coffee at the local Tim Hortons, Jimmy Craig is now banned for life from that outlet and the one in nearby St. Stephen.

“It was like brown, burnt water,” said Craig. “I almost, you know, got sick in the sink.”

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With the 2010 Winter Olympics kicking off on the same weekend as Valentine’s Day, countless lovers and couples will have to balance their love for each other with their love for food & their love for the Olympics.

The Food Network created a section called Valentines Day : Recipes and Cooking which is  just for lovebirds. The recipes and tips  that are offered here will help cut the hours looking for that perfect culinary masterpiece, so lovers can spend less time searching and more time snuggling up.

Ted Allen is this year’s Cupid, guiding you to Valentine’s Day menu match-ups, demystifying aphrodisiacs and sharing romantic drink and dessert ideas. Celebrate your sweetie with a casual, make-together meal, hand-dipped strawberries or red-velvet whoopie pies – recipes you’ll both love.

With videos featuring chocolate tasting and romantic cocktails as well as a make-together menu and cuddle-up picks, the Valentines Day : Recipes and Cooking section is the perfect place to start your search for that perfect recipe.

A few other good Valentine’s Day recipe & idea resources

• A Valentine’s Day Meal at Home – Menu and Recipes
• Easy Recipes ! Prepare for love !
• Valentine’s Day Recipes & Food Ideas
• Valentines Day Food
• Valentine’s Day Food & Recipe Ideas…
• The Olympics
• Valentine’s Day 2010 Recipes

By Sarah Skidmore, The Associated Press

For decades there was only one way to use the humble ketchup packet, and it was messy. Now, fast-food lovers have a choice: the traditional squeeze play – or the option to dunk.

You want fries with that, in the minivan? No problem.

The new ketchup pack, unveiled Thursday by H.J. Heinz Co., is shaped like a shallow cup. The top can be peeled back for dipping, or the end can be torn off for squeezing. It holds three times as much ketchup as a traditional packet.

Customers at a McDonald’s in Covington, Ky., said they would welcome a redesign.

“You use up a lot of ketchup now with the packets, I always get extra ones,” said Skyler McDermott, 29. “Maybe now you won’t have to use your teeth to open them.”

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• World Chocolate Masters

EatingWell recently featured a 28 Day Heart-Healthy Meal Plan.

The 28-days of daily meal plans come in 1200, 1500, and 1800-calorie options.

By The Canadian Press

TORONTO – Gerber, one of the best-known names in baby food, has been named this year’s recipient of the “Salt Lick Award” due to the high sodium content in one of its prepared meals for toddlers.

The Canadian Stroke Network and the Advanced Foods & Materials Network chose Gerber Graduates Lil’ Entrees because the product line’s Chicken & Pasta Wheel Pickups dinner contains 550 mg of sodium – more than half a toddler’s adequate daily intake of 1,000 mg.

The organizations say the amount of sodium in the prepared food is equivalent to that contained in two medium orders of McDonald’s french fries. McDonald’s Canada website says a medium order of fries contains 270 mg of sodium.

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Brandchannel recently published Mon Dieu! French Cheese Brands Losing To Processed Competitors;

French women do indeed get fat – and that may be the result of their progressively Americanized diets.

The stereotypical image of the French sipping on a glass of red wine and lingering over a warm baguette and their favorite Camembert is changing as more mass-produced, processed, fast food brands enter their market.

Take cheese, for example. Raw-milk cheeses used to account for virtually all French production until World War II and the arrival of the US military. Today, it’s a dying brand with only a seven percent market share according to the cheese-boosters’ group.

Cancer is no longer thought to be solely the product of factors outside of our control such as heredity or accidental contact with toxic pollutants. In fact, scientists believe there is a great deal we can do to reduce our risk of developing the disease.

The 2007 Expert Report by the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) found that the food we eat and other lifestyle choices such as daily physical activity and maintaining a healthy body weight are key to preventing cancer. This epic report – which was five years in the making and reviewed 7,000 large-scale studies – found that an unhealthy diet is linked to about one third of all cancer cases.

Shopping list of food linked to cancer prevention

• Plant-based food
• Cruciferous vegetables, including broccoli, cauliflower, kale, Brussels sprouts, bok choy, kale
• Foods containing folate, including liver, spinach, beans, broccoli, oranges, lettuce, avocado, and asparagus
• Onions, chives, leeks and garlic
• Carrots & sweet potatoes
• Mushrooms, including shitake, maitake, and reishi
• Fruits- grapefruits, red grapes, papayas, berries (rasberries, blueberries, strawberries)
• Tomatoes
• Brazil nuts, sunflower seeds and fish

Avoid these

• Salty foods and foods processed with salt
• Alcohol consumption
• Sugary drinks
• Energy-dense foods, such as high in fats and/or sugars & low in nutrients and fiber

The entire article is here: Foods that prevent cancer.

By The Associated Press

NORTHFIELD, Ill. – Cadbury PLC shareholders have voted to approve Kraft Foods Inc.’s roughly $19.5 billion offer to acquire the British candy maker.

The majority vote marks the final step in Kraft’s months-long battle to acquire the company. The deal creates of the world’s largest confectionary company and greatly expands Kraft’s global reach.

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