Archive for the ‘Healthy Diet’ Category
Monday, March 31st, 2008
Be sure to check your refrigerator to make sure that you aren't stocking Stonyfield Organic Fat Free Blueberry Yogurt in a 6 ounce container.
Stonyfield recently issued a voluntary recall on this product after consumers complained about finding foreign objects in the yogurt. Fat-Free blueberry yogurt products affected have these dates:
Apr ...
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Monday, January 28th, 2008
EU Health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou is calling for a change in food packaging in an effort to try and curb obesity across Europe.
He wants nutrition information be printed on the front of food boxes and packaging so European consumers can quickly and easily find information on how much sugar, fat, ...
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Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
Kaiser Permanente and Discovery Health recently announced an initiative to fight against childhood obesity. They have developed an educational program called "Healthy Steps to Treating Childhood Obesity" geared towards physicians and healthcare providers to help educate them about preventing and treating overweight children.
"Childhood obesity is ...
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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
Studies have found that not only can credit cards be harmful to your financial wellbeing, they may also be a contributor to bigger waistlines.
Many fast food restaurants are now offering the ability to pay for "food on the run" with the convenience of a swiped credit card. No signature ...
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Thursday, October 12th, 2006
In efforts to keep America drinking beverages other than water, Coca-Cola and Nestle are introducing a new soft drink called Enviga.
This new drink contains green tea extract and is said to be a "negative calories" and is supposed to help boost metabolism. It has no more caffeine than an average ...
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Friday, September 29th, 2006
Darren and I have always debated over whether or not pizza is healthy. I contend that pizza can't be the worst thing for you, provided that you choose healthy toppings. Obviously, pizzas packed with pepperoni, sausage, and bacon are going to pack more fat and calories than a pizza ...
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Wednesday, September 27th, 2006
If you are like most people you've thought about (or tried) a low carb diet at least once.
Today we're going to take a look into the Atkins Diet which is basically a low carb diet and discuss the pros and cons of following it.
We'll start with some pros:
1. Pretty ...
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Monday, September 11th, 2006
Have you seen those McDonald's commercials? The ones for their latest snack food?
Some smug dude sits in a chair and notes the time by the various freaked out reactions of his co-workers: one gives herself a new paintjob on her fingernails with correction fluid, another munches on his ...
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Tuesday, August 15th, 2006
Here is an interesting turn of events. A conference of international experts has heard that the number of children suffering from malmourishment is down, but children suffering from obesity has steadily climbed, and is becoming a problem in urban areas of the world as well.
US Professor Barry Pokin had ...
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Thursday, August 10th, 2006
I found an interesting report about how one extra soda per day over the course of a year could add 15 pounds to a persons bodyframe.
The study, led by Dr. Frank Hu was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutritionon Tuesday. This study was done with others from ...
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