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 | Christopher Ranch Introduces Eco-Friendly Garlic Pack For Foodservice Customers Christopher Ranch Introduces Eco-Friendly Garlic Pack For Foodservice Customers |
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 | Kinder, Gentler Green Garlic Mellows Out the Menu Green garlic, also called young garlic, is exactly what it sounds like: the green shoots of immature garlic bulbs that have been picked early. Less bite means more versatility. Use it liberally in omelets, stir-fries, soups, pasta and even raw salads. |
 | Moderate Salt Cuts Could Save Billions in Healthcare Costs Research shows that moderate salt reduction would prevent nearly 100,000 heart attacks a year and save billions of dollars in healthcare costs. Use fresh, heart-healthy garlic to flavor your dish! |
 | Garlic: 1 of Top 10 Detox Foods Start your new year off healthy using fresh garlic! |
 | Eating garlic may help prevent Alzheimer's A new study published in the online edition of the journal Nature Genetics identified two more genes where mutations are found in Alzheimer's disease patients. The study by a group of 80 scientists from all over the world found the two new genes are apparently involved in Alzheimer's disease. One new gene APOJ was found on chromosome 8 and called clustrin and the other new gene known as PICALM was found on chromosome 11. The findings may help understand the pathology of Alzheimer's disease and may help researchers develop new drugs to prevent and or treat the disease in the future. But low-tech and low-cost technologies are readily available for prevention or even treatment of incurable Alzheimer's disease, which affects an estimated four million Americans. One recent study published in Phytother Res. 2009 Jan23(1):111-5 suggests that eating garlic may reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease. The in-vitro study led by Gupta VB from Central Food Technological Research Institute in Mysore, India found aqueous garlic extract, both fresh and boiled, inhibited Abeta filbril formation in a concentration and time dependent manner. Fresh garlic juice was also able to defibrillate Abeta preformed fibrils. Fibrillar Abeta is the principal component of amyloid plaques in the brain of Alzheimer's patients and the researchers believed the prevention of Abeta aggregation or dissolution of fibrillar Abeta may help prevent the disease. The researchers concluded "The findings suggest that consumption of garlic may lead to inhibition of Abeta aggregation in human brain." For more information on Alzheimer's, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alzheimer's_disease |
 | U.S. Lawmaker Blasts China Food Safety The United States has "serious issues" with food imports from China and needs to do more to prevent contaminated products from entering the U.S. food supply, an influential House lawmaker said. |
 | Garlic Yields Up Its Health Secret (HealthDay News) -- The same source of garlic's pungent aroma and taste may provide its benefits to health, scientists say. They say an acid produced by the decomposition of an organic compound called allicin provides the food's health benefits. It's long been suspected that allicin, which gives garlic its aroma and flavor, might also be a powerful antioxidant. But researchers haven't been able to determine how allicin works or how it compares to other antioxidants, which stop the damaging effects of free radicals on cells. "We didn't understand how garlic could contain such an efficient antioxidant, since it didn't have a substantial amount of the types of compounds usually responsible for high antioxidant activity in plants, such as the flavonoids found in green tea or grapes," study leader Derek Pratt, a chemistry professor at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, said in a university news release. "If allicin was indeed responsible for this activity in garlic, we wanted to find out how it worked." In a series of experiments, Pratt's team found that the decomposition of allicin produces sulfenic acid, which rapidly reacts with radicals."Basically, the allicin compound has to decompose in order to generate a potent antioxidant. The reaction between the sulfenic acid and radicals is as fast as it can get, limited only by the time it takes for the two molecules to come into contact. No one has ever seen compounds, natural or synthetic, react this quickly as antioxidants," Pratt said. The study was published in the January issue of the journal Angewandte Chemie. "While garlic has been used as an herbal medicine for centuries, and there are many garlic supplements on the market, until now, there has been no convincing explanation as to why garlic is beneficial," Pratt said. "I think we have taken the first step in uncovering a fundamental chemical mechanism which may explain garlic's medicinal benefits." |
 | Medical and Spa Communities Unite on '09 Health Resolutions Boardcertified.com, the largest global online community of certified physicians, and Le Jardin Day Spa and Salon, the most award-winning and credentialed day spa in the Philadelphia-area, have teamed up to offer 10 ways to achieve better health in 2009. This includes eating more garlic! |
 | At Christopher Ranch, Safety Matters As a U.S. commercially grown product, Christopher Ranch garlic benefits from the application of strict safety standards in all stages of production. From harvest through processing, packaging and shipping, Christopher Ranch employs HAACP, GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) and GAP (Good Agricultural Practices) safety procedures, as well as third party auditing to trace every Christopher Ranch fresh produce item. By employing these high safety standards, we eliminate all common causes of product contamination. In offering fully traceable stock, we also guarantee consistent quality and complete safety in every product that bears the Christopher Ranch name. Our California heirloom garlic is the only commercially grown heirloom garlic. Its origins in the heirloom seed has been used by the Christopher family for more than a half century. This strain of garlic provides more consistent, lasting flavor, remaining fresh and pungent for up to seven weeks after arrival. Thanks to controlled atmosphere storage and five strategically located national shipping centers, fresh Christopher Ranch garlic is delivered 7-10 days after processing, in contrast to Chinese garlic which takes up to 3 months to arrive in U.S. markets. Christopher Ranch grows every product it ships, allowing close monitoring of both the products and the production environment. Beyond field and factory safety, Christopher Ranch offers optimum work conditions for all of our employees, from farm to loading dock. |
 | National Public Radio speaks to California Garlic National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered” pays a visit to Christopher Ranch to discuss the influx of Chinese garlic in the United States. Listen to what they have to say with regards to food safety and flavor of California Garlic. |
 | Tainted Fish enters US Ports Alabama is one of a few states that have relied less on the federal government and have come up with their own comprehensive state inspection programs. Alabama rejects 50 percent to 60 percent of all fish imports. Lab tests routinely detect antibiotics, which are banned for use in food in the United States. Some foreign countries use the antibiotics to treat fish raised in crowded conditions, where bacteria, viruses and parasites can breed. One of the things often found in imported fish is a fungicide called malachite green, which is illegal to use in food in the United States because studies show it can causes cancer and birth defects. Sparks said he has seen firsthand how tainted foreign seafood can be. He's traveled to Vietnam and witnessed fish farmed in sewage. In response, he's ordered extensive fish of all imported fish to this state. Lab testers said even when farmers in nations like China have shipment rejected for an illegal chemical, they simply switch to another harmful chemical. |
 | China at Top of Shoppers Fears The USA Today reported that 83% of Americans are concerned with food that comes from China. Did you know over 50% of the fresh and peeled garlic in the US is currently imported from China? This according to a gallup poll taken the week of July 11th. |
 | Organic, With Pesticides (Extended) Some farmers in China are taking advantage of confusing rules to falsely label food. |
 | ABC News on Good Morning America Good Morning America / ABC News reports on the Food Safety issues that surround China, including garlic! |
 | How to Peel Pearl Onions To Peel: plunge onions into a pot of boiling water and blanch for 1 to 2 minutes. Drain and chill in cold water. Squeeze onion out of skin and trim roots and skin as needed |