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Tampering is not suspected in an outbreak of E. coli linked to fresh spinach, federal health officials said Monday as they continued to probe the source of the contamination and warned consumers not to resume eating fresh spinach products.

The Food and Drug Administration has linked a California company’s fresh spinach to the outbreak, which has killed one person and sickened at least 109 others. Investigators are working to pinpoint the source of the bacteria. Possible sources include contaminated irrigation water.

“At this time we have no evidence supporting tampering,” FDA spokeswoman Susan Bro said.

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Evidence is mounting of a connection between various stages of depression and low blood levels of the B vitamin folate, according to research funded by the Agricultural Research Service.

Epidemiologist Martha Savaria Morris and colleagues studied data based on a questionnaire given to 3,000 people aged 15 to 39 years. The data showed that individuals with either major or mild forms of depression had lower blood levels of folate than did those who had never been depressed. The researchers noted that low folate levels are known to be common in psychiatric patients and may hamper the effectiveness of antidepressant therapy.

Drinks Should Be Taxed Like Cigarettes, Alcohol, Popkin Says
 
SYDNEY, Australia — A leading nutritionist said we’re "drinking ourselves into obesity" and sugary drinks should be taxed like cigarettes and alcohol.The University of North Carolina’s Barry Popkin said Americans are gulping down more sodas, fruit juices and sugar-laden energy drinks than ever before.But he added, people aren’t cutting their food intake to compensate for the extra calories.
 
Popkin thinks one way to slow that trend is to put a high tax on the high-calorie sweeteners used in soft drinks.He said if those drinks were more expensive, people might drink more milk, juice or water.Another researcher at the international obesity conference in Australia said sugar’s just one factor in weight gain.He said the key to a healthy lifestyle is "balance and variety and moderation."
 
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Nutrition is the good we get from all the food we eat and it helps our bodies work.  Food is made up of different types of nutrients that contribute to our food being nutritious!  These nutrients include carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals and water.