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What exactly does “healthy” mean when it comes to food? It’s a harder question than you might think. The FDA has been trying to find an answer to this for years, and they announced they finally have a rough definition.

The origin story here is wild: Years ago, the FDA sent a letter to KIND (the makers of these energy bars, which are basically just nuts coated in syrup) saying nuts are too high in fat to be considered “healthy.” that the company is not allowed to use the word. KIND countered that nuts are naturally healthy and the FDA is wrong. The FDA said: Oh. Maybe you are right. We’ll think about it.

That was in 2016, and the agency has been pondering this question ever since (with input from the public and businesses). The old definition of “healthy” required foods to be low in sodium, fat and cholesterol, but dietary guidelines (published by another agency, the USDA) have changed since that original definition was codified. The 2015 guidelines removed restrictions on cholesterol and the 2020 guidelines introduced a restriction on added sugars. The new rule brings the definition of “healthy” in line with the current guidelines.

Here’s how the agency describes the new proposed rule for when a company can label its food products as healthy:

According to the proposed definition, in order to be labeled with the “health” claim on food packaging, products would have to:

• Contain a certain reasonable amount of food from at least one of the food groups or subgroups recommended in the dietary guidelines (e.g. fruits, vegetables, dairy products, etc.).
• Maintain certain limits on certain nutrients, such as saturated fat, sodium, and added sugars. The threshold for the limits is based on a percentage of the daily value (DV) for the nutrient and varies by food and food group. The limit for sodium is 10% of the DV per serving (230 milligrams per serving).

For example, a granola would need to contain 3/4 ounces of whole grains and no more than 1 gram of saturated fat, 230 milligrams of sodium, and 2.5 grams of added sugars.

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So a pot of yogurt could be “healthy” as it provides milk, but only if it doesn’t contain too much sugar. A packet of trail mix can be “healthy” because it contains fruits and nuts, as long as it doesn’t have too much sugar, salt, or added saturated fats. The FDA has more specific examples here.

The new rules are a bit more compatible with the notion that eating habits can be healthy or unhealthy, and aim to divert some of the focus from promoting or demonizing individual foods and nutrients. The new labels are essentially intended to say, “You can easily incorporate this into a healthy diet.”

Still, I would argue that allowing individual foods to be labeled “healthy” is undermining their own argument by the agency. (They are also considering a symbol denoting healthy foods.) So will the new definition be useful to consumers? I’m skeptical. But at least it changes over time.

In a way, the Canadians’ visit to Ottawa on Saturday night marks Jonathan Drouin’s return to the game. We say “in a way” because it’s a preseason game – the fourth of the Habs.

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Nonetheless, the 27-year-old forward will don his shirt for the first time since March 21.

He was originally scheduled to face the Maple Leafs on Wednesday. Due to illness, he had to give up his place to Juraj Slafkovsky.

A target

It was a very funny coincidence for a player who keeps hammering away at his desire to stay healthy in hopes of finally playing a full season.

“Playing 82 games is my only goal for the season,” he said again on Friday afternoon at the end of team training. Last year I didn’t have any problems with my playing style. Another injury ended my season. »

“In fact, in each of the last three, it’s been my health that has sidelined me with injuries to both of my wrists,” he continued.

Affinities to Monahan

In training, Drouin manned the left wing of a unit supplemented by Sean Monahan and Joel Armia.

Monahan, who is still recovering from surgery on his left hip, will not face the senators.

However, Drouin would see an opportunity with a keen eye to develop in the coming weeks in the company of the one drafted by the Flames in the first round (6th overall) at the 2013 auction.

According to him, their styles would complement each other perfectly.

“Sean is great at finding spots near the net and my best quality is passing the puck. In recent years when he has not been injured he has scored many goals from that pitch, Drouin recalled, citing the Ontarian’s three seasons of more than 30 goals. He has experience and he has a lot to prove with his injuries. »

And both are finishing the last year of their contract.

MacKenzie Scott is one of the richest women in the world – with a net worth of $27.9 billion as of Friday morning, according to the Bloomberg Billionaire’s Index.

On Monday, the 52-year-old filed for a divorce from her husband, Seattle schoolteacher Dan Jewett, after they got married in California last year.

Despite their wealth, their divorce will likely be “pretty standard and vanilla,” according to family law attorney David Glass, who viewed the filing filed Monday in Washington state’s King County Superior Court.

Court documents did not confirm the existence of a prenuptial agreement between Scott – who was previously married to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos – and Jewett, who did not contest the divorce, the New York Times noted in its report.

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However, the former couple agreed on the terms of the separation, including what will become of the marital property, in a separation agreement.

“A separation agreement under Washington law is when you say to your spouse, ‘We’re going to divorce and we can work out all the details ourselves. Let’s write it down in an agreement and we’ll just let the court know, ‘found it all out,'” says Glass, who is not representing any party. “And that’s what they did here.”

Washington state law allows divorcing couples to keep a separation agreement “completely private,” Glass adds, noting that in this case, Scott and Jewett appear to have already fully worked out the terms of their divorce.

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“They each had their lawyers, they figured out who keeps what properties, who keeps what assets. They decided that there would be no spousal support of any kind and because they have no children [together], they didn’t have to deal with the custody issue,” he adds. “And so you’re basically telling the court in Washington state, ‘We have a separation agreement, we don’t need you to do anything other than issue the divorce decree.’ “

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Because the state’s laws allow separation agreements to be kept secret, Glass says that “no one will ever know” exactly how Scott and Jewett separate their assets beyond the couple themselves and their attorneys, unless they choose to share that information to disclose.

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As Glass tells PEOPLE, page three of Scott’s divorce filing contains a consent form from Jewett agreeing to the filing in its entirety, which Glass says will likely help the divorce process go quickly and smoothly.

“So he signed off and said, ‘I agree with all of this. Please have it easy [us] divorced,” Glass tells PEOPLE. “So there will be no trials, there will be no court hearings and probably no other papers will be filed with the court until the court has issued the one piece of paper that says you are now divorced and you are both single.

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Although Scott and Jewett’s divorce appears to be amicable, Glass says, “It’s hard to predict how long it will be for the court to issue this divorce decree.”

MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett

the pledge Dan Jewett and MacKenzie Scott

“You submitted this on the 23rd and it was only released on the website [Thursday]’ Glass says to PEOPLE. “So it’s hard to say. If both parties agree, there is no waiting period.”

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In contrast, Glass notes that California state law requires divorcing couples to wait six months for a divorce decree, even in similar circumstances.

Scott shares four children with Bezos, 58. The two were married for 25 years before announcing their split in 2019.

Since her divorce from Bezos, Scott has spoken out about her goal of giving away large amounts of her fortune.

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Earlier this month, she donated her $55 million Beverly Hills estate to support the nonprofit California Community Foundation and its affordable housing grants and immigrant integration program. In March, Scott donated $436 million to Habitat for Humanity.

The philanthropist previously donated $2.7 billion to 286 underfunded organizations fighting wealth inequality. And in December 2020, Scott and a “team of advisors” donated $4.2 billion to organizations across the United States that have been helping with relief during the COVID-19 pandemic.

As The Washington Post reported, Scott and Jewett first met at their children’s school.

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Delays and cancellations were not uncommon for airlines in the United States last year. Staff shortages have meant that a single problem, like a power outage or a hurricane, could trigger a cascade of scheduling issues across the country. Unlike in Europe, however, no freight forwarder has ever had to deal with a work stoppage. Delta could face a pilot strike in the near future.

Delta Air Lines pilots can now vote against or to authorize a strike. The Air Line Pilots Association, which represents 14,600 Delta pilots, has been in negotiations with Delta since February 2020. The talks have been suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Negotiations resumed earlier this year, but both sides failed to reach an agreement.

Captain Jason Ambrosi, Chairman of Delta ALPA’s Master Executive Council, said in a statement:

“This is a critical step in our efforts to secure a comprehensive, industry-leading deal. We do not make such a decision lightly. However, a new agreement is long overdue. We intend to send a strong message to management that Delta’s 14,600 Pilots are willing to go the distance to fulfill the contract we deserve.”

“We’ve made progress on some parts of our contract, but now we’re only discussing the high-value items. This spring and summer, Delta pilots flew record amounts of overtime to help Delta meet its overly ambitious schedule. We are fed up with management’s empty platitudes. It’s time for Delta to get serious at the negotiating table.”

The Delta pilot voting window closes on October 31 at 2:00 p.m. ET. It is not inevitable that if pilots vote to authorize a work stoppage, the vote will result in a strike. The National Conciliation Board would make itself available to settle the dispute. If that fails, there would be a 30-day cooling-off period, similar to that before the announced rail strike.

A 39-year-old woman died in her cell after being arrested on Friday night in Nunavik, in the North-du-Quebec region, for violating municipal regulations.

The Bureau of Independent Investigations (BEI) has opened an investigation into the suspicious death of a woman being held in Puvirnituq, Nunavik.

Police officers reportedly arrested a 39-year-old woman at around 5:45 p.m. Friday night for violating municipal statutes. The woman was then taken into custody at Puvirnituq Police Station.

However, at around 7:15 p.m., she was found unconscious in her cell. His death was then declared.

The BEI is asking anyone who witnessed this event to contact them through its website at www.bei.gouv.qc.ca/nous-contact.

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(Kitco News) – There’s no denying that 2022 was a challenging year for gold. The precious metal has not responded to ongoing geopolitical uncertainty, rising inflation and growing global economic turmoil.

Despite all the economic malaise, the gold market has fallen for the past six straight months. Gold’s disappointing price action blew out bearish investors full force as negative sentiment hit its highest level in four years.

The negative mood is reflected in the recent headlines in the precious metals market. This week, commodities analysts at ING noted that gold has been in a technical bear market since peaking in March. At the same time, analysts at BMO Capital Markets have downgraded their 2023 gold and silver prices by 6% and 11%, respectively.

Before you give up gold and silver, however, it’s important to note that this negative sentiment has never proven to be sustainable. The last time the gold market was in decline for six months was from April to September 2018. After September, the precious metal built a strong uptrend that culminated in a new all-time high of over $2,000 an ounce.

The same pattern is also forming in gold’s bearish speculative positioning, which is at its highest since December 2018. We’re not saying gold prices will return to $2,000 any time soon, but eventually investors will start to see the value in opportunity building within the precious metals space.

If you’re looking for the spark that will ignite the next gold bull run, you don’t have to look much further than the Federal Reserve. The US Federal Reserve’s aggressive monetary policy has pushed real bond yields up to around 1% from around -1% at the start of the year. This, in turn, has pushed the US dollar to its highest level in two decades. These are two powerful headwinds for gold.

However, the monetary policy of the US Federal Reserve is beginning to weigh on the global economy. Market analysts have noted that extreme dollar strength is creating a significant imbalance in the global forex market. In the past seven days, both the Bank of Japan and the Bank of England have had to intervene in their respective markets.

Market volatility will only worsen as the Federal Reserve stands relatively alone as the only major central bank to tighten monetary policy. Yes, the Federal Reserve has a duty to support the US economy, but can it keep raising rates in a vacuum?

In a recent interview with Kitco News, Robert Minter, director of ETF Investment Strategy at abrdn, warned investors that the Federal Reserve has already made its policy mistake and the global economy is just waiting to see the consequences.

“A lot of people are on the sidelines waiting for something to break, and when they see it break, they turn to gold,” he said.

Minter is not alone; Ronald-Peter Stöferle, Managing Director of Incrementum AG, said that the US dollar’s strength will lead to a deep and severe recession.

Gold still faces difficult headwinds, but in this environment there is an increasingly contrarian view that it makes sense to hold some gold as a safe haven asset.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are those of the author and may not reflect those of the author Kitco Metals Inc. The author has made every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information provided; however, neither Kitco Metals Inc. nor the author can guarantee such accuracy. This article is for informational purposes only. It is not an invitation to exchange goods, securities or other financial instruments. Kitco Metals Inc. and the author of this article assume no responsibility for any loss and/or damage resulting from the use of this publication.

Sep 30 (Portal) – Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) announced on Friday that its board of directors has approved the provision of personal security services to former Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, citing “continued threats to her safety”.

However, the company did not elaborate on the threats facing Sandberg, one of the most powerful women in Silicon Valley. She is expected to continue paying for security services at her homes and during her personal travel from October 1 to June 30 next year.

Sandberg, a close associate of Meta’s chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, said in June she would be leaving the social media giant after 14 years of leading the company’s often-criticized ad-based business model.

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Under Sandberg, the company was also rocked in 2018 by revelations that British consultancy Cambridge Analytica had abusively collected data on millions of its US users to target election ads.

In the same year, UN human rights investigators said the use of Facebook played a key role in spreading hate speech that fueled violence against the Rohingya community in Myanmar.

Sandberg will no longer be an employee after September 30 but will remain on the board, the Facebook owner said in a regulatory filing.

Previously, Meta has spent heavily on the security of its top executives. Last year, the company spent $26.8 million on Zuckerberg’s personal security and private planes, it announced in April.

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Reporting by Niket Nishant in Bengaluru; Edited by Shailesh Kuber and Sriraj Kalluvila

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