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Beauty Comes From the Inside
HealthKey.com contributorTurns out, "Beauty comes from within" is not just something comforting to say to unattractive folks. Shimmering hair, lovely nails and glowing skin are a reflection of what is going on inside your body nutritionally. For decades, Katherine Tallmadge, MA,...Tags: White House, CNN, Vitamin Therapy, Dieting, Food Industry
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Who is to blame for obesity, and what should be done about it?
While experts argue over whether to blame individuals, society, fast food or families for the rapid rise in obesity rates, the perhaps more pressing question is what to do about it. The answers are pouring in -- from radio talk shows, blogs, editorial...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Economy, Business and Finance, Regina Benjamin, Employers, State Budgets
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Planet-saving, health-promoting changes in what you eat
The New York TimesIn the more than four decades that I have been reading and writing about the findings of nutritional science, I have come across nothing more intelligent, sensible and simple to follow than the 64 principles outlined in a slender, easy-to-digest new...Tags: Education, Dining and Drinking, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Dieting, Ice Cream
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The modern take on the Paleo diet
Q. Is the Paleo diet for real? A. The modern idea of the Paleo diet (also known as Hunter/Gatherer or Caveman diet) has been around since the 1970s, but it's resurfacing with a vengeance. Written by Loren Cordain, Ph.D., "The Paleo Diet" proposes that...Tags: Salt, Vegetarian Diet, Dieting, Diseases, Food Industry
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Beverage industry douses tax on soft drinks
Employing a broad-based lobbying effort, the soft drink industry has smothered a plan to tax sugared beverages -- a plan advocates said would have reduced obesity and helped finance healthcare reform.
Only months ago, public health advocates thought...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, State Budgets, Yale University, Colleges and Universities, Obesity
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War on Obesity: Soda Tax Battle Moves to States
After effectively quashing discussion of a federal tax on soft drinks last year, Coca-Cola, Pepsi and the fast food industry are facing a new battle on the state level, where legislators are beginning to consider their own taxes on sweetened beverages...Tags: California, Colorado, State Budgets, Lifestyle and Leisure, Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Soft drink tax battle shifts to states
After successfully quashing discussion of a federal tax on soft drinks last year, Coca-Cola Co., PepsiCo Inc. and the fast-food industry are facing a new battle on the state level, where legislators are beginning to consider their own taxes on sweetened...Tags: California, Colorado, State Budgets, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Washington, DC
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Salmonella-Based Food Recall Spreading, Now Impacting Dozens Of Items
A flavoring ingredient used in hundreds of processed foods is being recalled because of salmonella contamination, and that is leading to the recall of dozens of food items, including items from Trader Joes, Johnny's Fine Foods, Castella and Homemade...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Product Recalls, Dining and Drinking, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Lettuce Tops List of Riskiest Foods To Your Health In Controversial Study
Web ReporterA controversial new study that lists the ten riskiest foods to your health is being lashed out against by those in the food industry. The Center for Science in the Public Interest says these ten foods, in the order of the risk they represent, are among...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Ice Cream, Lifestyle and Leisure, Illnesses, Aquaculture
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Some Doctors Want Food To Come With Choking Warnings
Web ReporterPediatricians are calling for sweeping changes in the way food is designed and labeled. They want to cut down on children's chances for choking. The American Academy of Pediatrics agrees with parents of children who choked to death. They say what food...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Toy Industry, Lifestyle and Leisure, Food Industry, Toys
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Efforts to cut U.S. salt intake target food industry, restaurants
ReutersNew York City, which has banned smoking and artificial trans fats in restaurants under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, is taking on another enemy of healthy living: salt. The city's Health Department has announced it is coordinating a nationwide effort to...Tags: Consumers, Heart Attack, Dining and Drinking, Michael Bloomberg, High Blood Pressure
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Chicago Public Schools breakfasts are big on doughnuts, sugary cereals
Tribune staff reporterThe 10-year-old boy sat grinning at the colorful cellophane wrappers piled in front of him. Moments earlier they'd held three warm doughnuts. Now the treats were in the fifth-grader's belly – along with 600 calories, 18 grams of fat and 36 grams of...Tags: Pies and Tarts, Education, Yale University, Chicago Charter Schools, Colleges and Universities
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