PEACH!
FRUIT
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It looks like an apple, but it is not!
A peach is a soft, juicy and fleshy stone fruit produced by a peach tree. Continue reading
Cabbage can reduce bowel cancer!
Scientists say they have discovered why some vegetables like cabbage, broccoli and kale – can reduce the risk of bowel cancers. The calciferous vegetable is said to be good for the gut has never been in doubt but a detailed explanation has been elusive.
This is according to the BBC.
Nutritional value of Salmon!
FOOD NEWS
Researchers in the Highlands of Scotland are giving farmed salmon feed made from genetically modified crops.
The aim of the scientific trial is to increase the nutritional value of the fish. The feed is said to be rich in healthy fish oils, which the team hope will be absorbed by the salmon.
BEANS AND CORNMEAL(EGBO)
Good day Everyone, welcome to another exciting time on Gourmetguide234.com!!!!
Today on our delicacy news, one of us Adeyemi Jeremiah, an Agricultural Engineer interviewed Miss Adeola a final year student of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Ogbomoso where she is studying Accountancy.
She talked to us about a Nigerian meal called Egbo (Beans and Corn).
Eating crickets!
Watch out for contaminated frozen mixed vegetables
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control’s directorate of Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (FSAN) recently raised an alarm over the importation of contaminated frozen mixed vegetables in the country.
NAFDAC has responded to an alert from the International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) on outbreak of Listeriosis in some parts of Europe.
Hot water challenge in Indiana, USA!
A weird challenge called ‘Hot Water Challenge’ which involves drinking boiling water, or pouring it on a friend recently left a 15-year-old boy in Indiana, USA, seriously burned.
Kyland Clark from Indianapolis said he was left with second-degree burns when a friend pulled a prank on him last week as part of the “Hot Water Challenge.
CBN to Disburse money to Nigerian Farmers
FOOD NEWS
The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk-Sharing System for Agricultural Lending
, NIRSAL, is to commence disbursement of over N246.5 million to farmers under the Anchor Borrowers Programme of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
There have been allegations by some farmers of undue delay in disbursement of CBN loans by NIRSAL in its capacity as a Partnering Financial Institution (PFI).
However, reacting to media inquiries over the allegations, the Head of Corporate Communications, Anne Ihugba, noted that NIRSAL was committed to timely disbursement of funds to applicants.
Poisoned by food!
FOOD NEWS
Nine people in Peru have died from eating contaminated food at a funeral.
Officials say the people were among 50 villagers who ended up hospitalized.