Archive for the ‘Commentary’ Category
Tuesday, August 1st, 2006
Just a heads up to any oyster lovers out there.
The FDA has advised against eating raw oysters that were harvested out of Washington State. They made this decision based on a rash of bacteria caused illnesses that have people sick on both the east and west coasts. All oysters ...
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Monday, July 31st, 2006
It seems like the folks at Burger King are following the march of burger rival Hardee's.
They have added an entire line of Flame Broiled Burgers to their menu offerings so I decided to see what the published nutrition facts on one of these monster burgers were.
I was somewhat shocked ...
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Monday, July 24th, 2006
In a move to offer more services to customers at WalGreen's the comapny announced that they are planning on adding a number of different health clinics within their drugstores.
Last week the company opened 10 Health Corner Clinics in Kansas City and will be opening 9 more in the ...
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Friday, July 7th, 2006
I thought that this was an interesting story.
A man named Darrell Nelson decided he needed to lose weight and was having a difficult time sticking to a regular diet plan, so he came up with a plan of his own. He decided that he would eat better and mow ...
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Tuesday, June 27th, 2006
Congratulations to Manuel Uribe on losing 200 pounds!
In a move to get his life back the 41 year old man made a plea in January for help losing weight.
His weight at the time was 1,235.
Manuel Uribe pictured with "Fit For Life" author, Dr. Barry Sears
With the help of ...
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Thursday, June 22nd, 2006
It was announced that Swedish company, Nestle is going to purchase Jenny Craig, a leading weight loss product maker.
I think this is an interesting move for Nestle, since up until recently they have marketed and sold primarily candies. They also produce the Lean Cuisine Frozen Food Line, Powerbars and ...
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Friday, June 16th, 2006
The organic and natural food supermarket, Whole Foods, has just announced that they are going to stop selling Live Lobsters and crabs immediately, due to humanity concerns.
"Although we discovered significant improvements are possible from capture up to in-store tank conditions, we are not yet sufficiently satisfied that the process ...
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Tuesday, June 6th, 2006
Should scientists push embryonic stem cell research further?
I was reading an article about how scientists at Harvard have been cloning humans to create stem cells. These stem cells replace defective tissue with new tissue that grows in it's place, healing the person afflicted and using stem cells as treatment. ...
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Tuesday, May 30th, 2006
I recently watched the movie "Last Holiday" starring Queen Latifah, and thought it was a pretty good flick.
The main character, Georgia Burns, works in a department store as a sales clerk. In fact she's the best salesperson in the entire store.
But when she takes a fall and is ...
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Friday, May 26th, 2006
I just wanted to wish everyone a happy and safe Memorial Day weekend.
To a lot of people, it's the official kick-off of the summer season with a bonus day off work,
but let's not forget the real meaning behind Memorial Day.
It's to remember the men and women that ...
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