Health

How sugar substitutes sneak into foods and affect your health

sNawaWebs.ADV 3 weeks ago

Many people are cutting back on their sugar intake for health reasons. But the food industry has found another way to give consumers their sweet fix.

It is quietly replacing the sugar in many packaged foods with sucralose, stevia, allulose, erythritol and a wide variety of other artificial sweeteners and sugar substitutes.

Low- and zero-calorie sweeteners have been used in diet soft drinks for decades. But now food companies are adding them to a growing number of packaged foods, including many that might surprise you!

These include bread, yogurt, oatmeal, muffins, canned soups

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Turkish restaurant flagged for 8 infractions by Toronto health inspectors

sNawaWebs.ADV 2 months ago

A Turkish restaurant and cafe chain in Toronto was flagged by health inspectors at one of its locations this week after several infractions were detected. 

Mado’s downtown location at 144 Yonge Street is well known for offering flavourful Turkish breakfast platters, gozleme (stuffed flatbread), and a wide selection of baklava. 

The restaurant received a conditional pass notice on Feb. 1 after health inspectors found eight infractions, six of them significant, one of them minor, and one categorized as “other.” 

The significant infractions included failing to “ensure equipment surface cleaned as necessary,” failing to “keep toxic substance in container bearing identifying

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Health Canada downplayed scientific concerns about risks of toxic pesticide that causes birth defects

sNawaWebs.ADV 2 months ago

Canada’s pesticide regulator repeatedly ignored red flags raised by its own scientists about the health risks posed by the pesticide chlorpyrifos, stalling a review of the pesticide for close to 20 years, documents obtained by the environmental group Ecojustice reveal. All the while, health concerns raised here at home and worldwide about the pesticide were never publicly shared.

Commonly used on crops like wheat, in greenhouses and to kill mosquitoes, chlorpyrifos harms the nervous system and can cause brain defects in children. People are typically exposed by consuming contaminated food residue or water. Canadian farmers used on average 360,000 kilograms

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Toronto health inspectors hit restaurant chain with many infractions

sNawaWebs.ADV 2 months ago

A restaurant chain known for its many flavours of chicken wings was put on notice for several violations by Toronto health inspectors.

Wild Wing, which can be found across Canada and has 105 locations in Ontario, was cited for infractions at three of its nine Toronto locations: 675 King St. W., 1617 Wilson Ave., and 2819 Kingston Rd.

Inspectors did give each location a conditional pass, so they all remain open.

The location at King and Bathurst Ave. was last inspected on Jan. 6 and earned 10 infractions, according to DineSafe, Toronto Public Health’s

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Restaurant receives 16 infractions from Toronto health inspectors across 3 locations

sNawaWebs.ADV 3 months ago

A restaurant chain known for its chicken wings is not winning over any fans with the DineSafe police who have recently flagged three of its locations with a range of health infractions.

Wild Wing, a growing restaurant chain that started in smalltown Ontario but now has many locations across the province, was nailed for infractions at its restaurants at 1617 Wilson Avenue, 675 King St. West and 2819 Kingston Road.

The worst hit among the chain was the location near King and Bathurst that received a whopping 10 infractions on Jan. 6 including three crucial infractions including “food premise maintained

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