May 20th, 2012 07:34am
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Weight loss via Levi Strauss? Gene’s pants are coming off.News from Washington Post:
I am on the phone with Melanie, a customer affairs specialist for Levi Strauss & Co.
Me: I would like to discuss your product and its magical, mystical slimming powers for the restorative rejuvenation of the male physique.
Gene Weingarten
Gene Weingarten’s humor column, Below the Beltway, has appeared weekly in The Washington Post Magazine since July 2000. He also [...] Continue Reading…
May 20th, 2012 06:34am
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Diet can impact cholesterol levelsNews from Bismarck Tribune: By NICOLE ENZMINGER BismarckTribune.com | Posted: Sunday, May 20, 2012 12:15 am |
Can eating certain foods improve cholesterol levels?
Yes. Adding fiber, choosing foods with plant sterols and including plant-based protein in your diet can help you achieve a desirable cholesterol level. Fiber helps lower LDL, the bad cholesterol. Foods high in fiber include those made with whole wheat, oats, [...] Continue Reading…
May 19th, 2012 11:30am
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Tweaking dietary fat intake could help slow brain aging, study suggestsNews from Boston.com:
By Deborah Kotz, Globe Staff
In a finding sure to fuel the debate over the harms of saturated fat, researchers at Brigham and Womenâ™s Hospital published a study Friday suggesting that saturated fats — found in red meat and full-fat dairy products — causes the brain to age more rapidly than other kinds of fat. Olive oil, avocado, [...] Continue Reading…
May 19th, 2012 02:33am
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Weight loss via Levi Strauss? Gene’s pants are coming off.News from Washington Post:
I am on the phone with Melanie, a customer affairs specialist for Levi Strauss & Co.
Me: I would like to discuss your product and its magical, mystical slimming powers for the restorative rejuvenation of the male physique.
Gene Weingarten
Gene Weingarten’s humor column, Below the Beltway, has appeared weekly in The Washington Post Magazine since July 2000. He also [...] Continue Reading…
May 18th, 2012 04:36pm
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Diet during pregnancy is safe and reduces risk for complications, study findsNews from CBS News:
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(CBS News) Is it safe for a pregnant woman to go on a diet? According to a new study, not only is it safe, but it can even be beneficial and reduce the risk of dangerous complications.
Study: Autism risk tied to mom’s obesity during pregnancy1 out of 5 white women smoke while pregnant, [...] Continue Reading…
May 17th, 2012 09:31pm
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Skechers scandal proves there’s no shortcut to weight lossNews from Ct Post:
Vania Isaac, owner of H.E.A.R. Fitness Studio in Monroe, knows that few of her clients come to her because they love exercising. They’re there to lose weight. And if they could find a way to do that without exercising, they’d hop on it in a hot minute.
To that end, she’s spotted some of her clients wearing Skechers Shape-ups, [...] Continue Reading…
May 17th, 2012 09:29pm
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Does sugar make you stupid?News from Fox News:
A study on rats suggests that eating a high fructose diet for as little as six weeks may make you stupid. Luckily, a diet high in omega-3 fatty acids can counteract this IQ loss, researchers suggest.
“Our findings illustrate that what you eat affects how you think,” study researcher Fernando Gomez-Pinilla, of the University of California, Los Angeles, said in a statement. “Eating [...] Continue Reading…
May 17th, 2012 02:31am
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Diet rich in high-fructose corn syrup may make you forgetfulNews from New York Daily News:
The brain freeze from that hot fudge sundae might last longer than you think.
A new UCLA study on rats is the first to show how a diet high in processed sugar slows the brain, hampering memory and learning.
“Our findings illustrate that what you eat affects how you think,” study author Fernando Gomez-Pinilla, a professor of [...] Continue Reading…
May 16th, 2012 04:34pm
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Weight Loss and the Solution to the Obesity EpidemicNews from Huffington Post:
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve been bombarded recently with startling news about the out-of-control obesity epidemic and the ruin it is causing. It’s been in the headlines repeatedly and is the subject of HBO’s Weight of the Nation TV special. What you haven’t seen in the headlines is that we now know the solution to [...] Continue Reading…
May 16th, 2012 07:32am
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Fructose diet hampers learning, memoryNews from UPI.com:
LOS ANGELES, May 15 (UPI) — A diet steadily high in fructose slows the brain and hampers memory and learning, researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, said.
Fernando Gomez-Pinilla of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, said high-fructose corn syrup — an inexpensive liquid six times sweeter than cane sugar — is commonly added to processed foods, including soft drinks, [...] Continue Reading…
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