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 | February 2010 | | | |  Chips declared Britain's official 'feel good' food
As National Chip Week gets underway, scientists have been hard at work to discover what keeps the British love affair with chips alive. Is it their taste or tempting aroma? Certainly, but experts at Aston University’s School of Life and Health Sciences have also delved deeper and revealed that after eating chips people are calmer and more cheerful. Dr Mike Green who led the research explained: “The consumption of chips clearly improved respondents’ mood. The psychological data showed that participants who were feeling down felt better after eating chips. In fact, calmness was restored within twenty minutes.”
Source: Potato Council
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| | | Psyllid pest threatens price hike for NZ consumers
The price of potatoes could rise next year as farmers fight the infestation of an insect that could cost the $550 million industry up to a quarter of its revenue. Farmers are facing massive costs in handling the outbreak of psyllid, an insect that feeds on and causes disease in crops. Some growers are reducing their crop sizes and others are on the brink of quitting the industry - which could lead to a shortage of spuds that would cause a price hike in the Kiwi staple.
Source: NZ Herald
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