An average Malaysian eats the equivalent of 26 teaspoons of sugar a day. Doctors say this is leading to a rise in the number of diabetics in the country. This is worrying health planners who want the government to discourage advertising of food products, particularly those aimed at children. Health officials believe the sugar content [...]
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Malaysia Is World’s Eighth Highest Sugar User
Posted: July 29, 2009 in Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) president S.M. Mohamed Idris, Diabetic, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Health, International Diabetes Institute, Malaysia, sugar, World Health OrganizationTags: fructose, Health, sugar
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Japanese Farmer Sells Giant Strawberries For RM 2,000 Each
Posted: February 17, 2009 in agriculture, Japan, Malaysia, News of the World, SabahTags: fructose, Mainichi Shimbun, Mikio Okuda, strawberries
A Japanese farmer has succeeded in breeding giant strawberries, and each has a price tag of up to 50,000 yen (RM2,000). Each newly harvested fruit measures about 8.5 cm in length and weighs more than 80 gm, compared to the standard strawberry that weighs about 28 gm. Mikio Okuda, 55, tried to exceed the [...]
