But as it turns out, there may be one type of milk that’s nutritionally superior: the organic kind that comes from grass-fed animals. Michael Tunick, a research chemist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture and author of ” The Science of Cheese ,” told Business Insider that the difference has to do with what the cows eat.
Category: Nutrition
Millions to fight food industry sway, from a snack bar CEO
A $25 million pledge to fight the food industry’s influence on public health is coming from a surprising source – the CEO of a snack bar maker. Kind founder Daniel Lubetzky says he’s pledging his own money to create a group called “Feed the Truth” dedicated to revealing corporate influence in the nutrition field, with activities like education campaigns and investigative journalism.
A record number of poor kids are eating breakfast – thanks to a program many conservatives hate
Students choose their breakfast in the cafeteria at Bailey’s Upper Elementary School in Falls Church last September. A record number of low-income children have begun to eat breakfast at school.
Compass Minerals Posts a Double Win
Diversification can help companies like Compass weather tough conditions in one market, but every once in a while, good conditions in both markets can bring a nice positive surprise. Coming into Wednesday’s fourth-quarter financial report, Compass investors expected to see a big boost in revenue but a drop in net income.
Reckitt Targets Mead Johnson With Surprise $16.7 Billion Bid
Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc emerged as a surprise suitor for perennial bid candidate Mead Johnson Nutrition Co., starting talks on a $16.7 billion purchase of the baby food maker to build its faster growing consumer-health business and bolster its presence in Asia. The maker of Lysol cleaners said late Wednesday it’s in advanced negotiations to acquire the U.S. company for $90 a share in cash in what would be the second-biggest acquisition by a U.K. company since the Brexit vote.
Get fit on the cheap? No sweat
In this June 13, 2016 photograph, Wanda Downs, left, assists Christie Purvis of Tallulah, La., with an incline bench press using dumbbells during their training session at Wyatt’s Gym in Vicksburg, Miss. Health clubs and gyms have dropped their rates … and initiation fees sharply in the years since the recession, according to the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association.