When researchers at the University of Rhode Island set out to test the oft-given advice to eat more slowly so you'll eat less, it turned out to be true. They asked a group of 30 young women to eat quickly...
A friend who "stumbles" sent me this page from foodgawker on tofu dishes. Yes, it made me LOL, but it also shows a lot of really cool ways to eat tofu (less meat, lower on the food chain, greener and...
A quick Google search confirms that melamine, currently in the news because it was added to baby milk in China that sickened more than 54,000 babies and killed four, is the same substance that was added to pet food last...
After all these years of weighing produce at Central Market and punching in the product code, you'd think I'd snap to this universal organic truth expounded by Andrew Weil in his September newsletter: "To quickly determine if fresh produce is...
Are you a fan of mini-size snack packages? Think they help you eat less? Maybe yes, maybe no. Here's how the September Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter describes what happened in a European experiment: Researchers offered snacks to 140...
Kerry Stallo, owner of Age-Intercept Inc., will talk about "Fitness at Any Age" Saturday at 10 a.m. at Eden's Organic Garden Center in Balch Springs. The free lecture at the laid-back, country center takes place during its regular market day,...
Fiber, fiber, fiber. It's not just for Grandma anymore. And while we're on the subject, don't forget popcorn. Air-popped and unbuttered, it contains 4 grams of fiber per 1-ounce serving (3 to 4 cups) for just 110 calories, the September...
Environmental Nutrition, one of the best and most useful health and nutrition newsletters out there, notes in its September issue that Americans are living longer as the average life expectancy has reached 78.1 years, according to the Centers of Disease...
So not everyone is as high on Michael Phelps as we are. The swimming star is bucking tradition. Rather than being featured on the Wheaties cereal box, the eight-time gold medalist will be on Frosted Flakes and Corn Flakes boxes....
A new craze in healthy foods is to add isolated fibers that boost the fiber count and imply additional benefits. But the July-August Nutrition Action Healthletter, published by the watchdogs at Center for Science in the Public Interest, says not...
According to this AP story, there is a drug being tested on mice that may chemically mimic exercise. There are actually two drugs, when you get down to it: one that seems to be helping the mice burn more calories,...
Be good to your body when you celebrate the Fourth of July -- and you'll be in great shape to enjoy the rest of the weekend. Here are some cool tips on how to do that from KickYourButtIntoGear.com (gotta love...
Mmm we love juice. None of this "fruit-flavor added" or "juicy cocktail" for us. No sirree. We like the pure stuff. But which is best? Sure, pomegranate is way up there, if 160 calories for eight ounces doesn't bother...
With so many people watching their waistlines these days, many restaurants have stepped up and provided low calorie or low fat entrees along with their nutrition information. But WXYZ Detroit Action News put restaurant meals through a series of tests...
I don't know about you, but I am always trying to lose weight, gain muscle, or fit into a cute pair of skinny jeans. My constant cutting calories to lose weight can sometimes leave me without energy to exercise at...
As I shoveled a sweet and salty mix of cereal, M&M's, animal crackers and pretzels into my mouth in between scenes during our preview performance of Grease, I wondered how many of those calories I was actually burning. So today,...
Put down the candy bar. It's back to the dark times when chocolate was unhealthy, no matter it's percentage of cocoa. While browsing the Runner's World Blog this morning, I came across the terrible news: a double-blind, placebo study by...
I'm in shock. The All Natural Belly Bar shake is actually good. I was expecting something grainy like those protein powder shakes from the gym, but the Due for Chocolate flavor tasted like, uh, chocolate. (This entry deserves a photo,...
Much as we love Christopher's 5 Favorite Fattening Fast Foods , we think that, alas, we need to serve as the whistle-wielding counselor to his deliciously decadent eating shenanigans. That said, we offer Kashi granola. Specifically two new kinds,...
As I was flipping through last month's issue of Runner's World yesterday, I came across a short snippet about how a low fat diet (less than 30% calories from fat) has been linked to injuries in runners. A Web search...
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