On Apr 6, 6:37*pm, "modom (palindrome guy)" >
wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Apr 2009 06:45:26 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
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> > wrote:
> >On Apr 3, 7:53*pm, Dave > wrote:
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> >> "Now that we have identified the importance of these compounds,
> >> producers can start to care more about the polyphenolic composition of
> >> their oils," she says. It is certainly possible to see functional
> >> olive oils on the market in the not-too-distant future, speaking on
> >> their label of heart protective claims and the percentages of DHPEA-
> >> EDA inside the bottle. The whole "functional foods" industry is in a
> >> growth mode, and with research like this, olive oil could certainly be
> >> seen by agencies such as the FDA and the FTC as a product that could
> >> have valid health claims on labels in the near future.
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> >The only "function" that olive oil needs is to make food taste good.
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> >Jeezus! *This reminds me of balancing the "humours" in food in
> >medieval cookery.
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> Michael Pollan calls such things "nutriceuticals", as I recall, and
> dates that ay of thinking to a big blowup *when nutritionists began
> recommending reducing the amounts of red meat and butter in american
> diets. *Beef producers and dairy producers spazzed at the idea, so the
> government recommendations changed to limiting the intake of certain
> chemicals found in animal fats, not the foods themselves. *It fit
> quite nicely with the trend towards factory foods in general, and soon
> a whole new cut-and-paste attitude took wing in the American food
> industry.

Michael Pollan is cool. I wish that Obama would drop his name
occasionally. I understand him not making him Ag Sec, but if the
president suggested to Oprah that she promote The Omnivore's Dilemma,
you know she'd do it, and Americans would thereby be educated, and
perhaps edified.

Hehe, I just heard on All Things Considered that pet adoption ios
sometimes called "re-homing."

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> modom

--Bryan