Tagged : potato
Wanted: Professional couch potato wholl get paid to eat more!
London, March 15 - ANI: A company is looking to hire a professional couch potato who will be required to do nothing extra but eat more junk food and get paid for it. The firm Proactol Ltd is inviting applications to test their fat binder, which alleg.......
Published : Monday 15 Mar 2010 14:56 | Read More
London, March 15 - ANI: A company is looking to hire a professional couch potato who will be required to do nothing extra but eat more junk food and get paid for it. The firm Proactol Ltd is inviting applications to test their fat binder, which alleg.......
Published : Monday 15 Mar 2010 14:56 | Read More
UKs couch potato kids aged 4 to get lifestyle coaches
London, Mar 6 - ANI: The British government has come up with a 1-million-pound scheme, in which kids as young as four will be made to fight the flab with a team of 1,000 lifestyle coaches. Overweight primary school pupils will be drilled in exercise, .......
Published : Saturday 06 Mar 2010 16:32 | Read More
London, Mar 6 - ANI: The British government has come up with a 1-million-pound scheme, in which kids as young as four will be made to fight the flab with a team of 1,000 lifestyle coaches. Overweight primary school pupils will be drilled in exercise, .......
Published : Saturday 06 Mar 2010 16:32 | Read More
TB-spread fears follow European GM potato ruling
A ruling by the European Union to allow the production of genetically-modified potatoes in member-states has sparked claims the vegetables may lead to the spread of a deadly form of tuberculosis........
Published : Thursday 04 Mar 2010 14:34 | Read More
A ruling by the European Union to allow the production of genetically-modified potatoes in member-states has sparked claims the vegetables may lead to the spread of a deadly form of tuberculosis........
Published : Thursday 04 Mar 2010 14:34 | Read More
Eat fatter chips to stay slim
London, Mar 4 - ANI: Eat bigger and thicker chips if you want to stay slim, suggest officials from the Food Standards Agency. They have said that chunkier versions of those potato or fish fryers absorb less fat and have lower calorie content. But furi.......
Published : Thursday 04 Mar 2010 12:22 | Read More
London, Mar 4 - ANI: Eat bigger and thicker chips if you want to stay slim, suggest officials from the Food Standards Agency. They have said that chunkier versions of those potato or fish fryers absorb less fat and have lower calorie content. But furi.......
Published : Thursday 04 Mar 2010 12:22 | Read More
Mums working part-time have healthiest kids
Melbourne, Feb 28 - ANI: A new Australian study has found that mums working part-time raise healthier children than their counterparts who stay at home or have a full-time job. The study, Do Working Mothers Raise Couch Potato Kids' shows that kids of .......
Published : Sunday 28 Feb 2010 12:21 | Read More
Melbourne, Feb 28 - ANI: A new Australian study has found that mums working part-time raise healthier children than their counterparts who stay at home or have a full-time job. The study, Do Working Mothers Raise Couch Potato Kids' shows that kids of .......
Published : Sunday 28 Feb 2010 12:21 | Read More
Food inflation softens to 16.81 percent
New Delhi, Jan 21- ANI: Food inflation based on the wholesale price index softened to 16.81 percent for the week ended January 9, although potato and pulses continued to cost high. Earlier, the food inflation for the week ended January 2, stood at 17.28.......
Published : Thursday 21 Jan 2010 19:44 | Read More
New Delhi, Jan 21- ANI: Food inflation based on the wholesale price index softened to 16.81 percent for the week ended January 9, although potato and pulses continued to cost high. Earlier, the food inflation for the week ended January 2, stood at 17.28.......
Published : Thursday 21 Jan 2010 19:44 | Read More
Manhattan man named Ultimate Couch Potato after sitting for 48hrs straight
New York, Jan 4 - ANI: Jorge Cruz, from Washington Heights, Manhattan has won the title of Ultimate Couch Potato after sitting for 48 hours straight........
Published : Monday 04 Jan 2010 15:53 | Read More
New York, Jan 4 - ANI: Jorge Cruz, from Washington Heights, Manhattan has won the title of Ultimate Couch Potato after sitting for 48 hours straight........
Published : Monday 04 Jan 2010 15:53 | Read More
Vegetables, pulses push inflation to 19.83 per cent
New Delhi, Dec 31 - ANI : Countrys food inflation rose to 19.83 per cent for the week ended on December 19, on the back of spurting prices of potato and pulses. .......
Published : Thursday 31 Dec 2009 20:29 | Read More
New Delhi, Dec 31 - ANI : Countrys food inflation rose to 19.83 per cent for the week ended on December 19, on the back of spurting prices of potato and pulses. .......
Published : Thursday 31 Dec 2009 20:29 | Read More
Too much junk food can get you addicted, just like drugs
“No one can eat just one” goes the jingle of a popular potato crisps brands. And now, here’s why. .......
Published : Saturday 31 Oct 2009 12:39 | Read More
“No one can eat just one” goes the jingle of a popular potato crisps brands. And now, here’s why. .......
Published : Saturday 31 Oct 2009 12:39 | Read More
Decoding of potato genome expected to help improve its disease resistance and nutritional value
Washington, September 25 - ANI: Scientists have decoded the genome of the potato, with the first draft expected to help breeders improve yield, quality, disease resistance and nutritional value of the crop........
Published : Friday 25 Sep 2009 14:04 | Read More
Washington, September 25 - ANI: Scientists have decoded the genome of the potato, with the first draft expected to help breeders improve yield, quality, disease resistance and nutritional value of the crop........
Published : Friday 25 Sep 2009 14:04 | Read More
Scientists decode genome of mold that causes potato infection
Washington, September 10 - ANI: An international team of scientists has decoded the full genetic sequence, or genome, of Phytophthora infestans, which is a water mold that causes the serious potato disease known as late blight or potato blight........
Published : Thursday 10 Sep 2009 11:00 | Read More
Washington, September 10 - ANI: An international team of scientists has decoded the full genetic sequence, or genome, of Phytophthora infestans, which is a water mold that causes the serious potato disease known as late blight or potato blight........
Published : Thursday 10 Sep 2009 11:00 | Read More
Purple sweet potato may help fight cancer
Washington, June 30 - ANI: A purple sweet potato developed by Kansas State University researchers has been found to have increased amount of anti-cancer components........
Published : Tuesday 30 Jun 2009 10:23 | Read More
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Washington, June 30 - ANI: A purple sweet potato developed by Kansas State University researchers has been found to have increased amount of anti-cancer components........
Published : Tuesday 30 Jun 2009 10:23 | Read More