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	What is an ideal and healthy diet?
	Date: 2008-03-02 14:47:09 Clicks: 0 Comments: 0
Nowadays our life is getting more and more tense. People live under constant stress of various problems, such as social, ecological, economic


	The Heavy Burden of Stereotyping
	Date: 2008-02-23 07:48:04 Clicks: 0 Comments: 0
Beyond counting calories and increasing physical activity, attitudes about fatness are emerging as a key factor that can help shape successful weight control or undermine it. A number of studies have documented a pervasive bias against fat people, w


	Eating Well On the Fly
	Date: 2008-02-23 07:48:04 Clicks: 0 Comments: 0
While the options for healthful, great-tasting food are increasing, hungry road warriors still need to be savvy and creative, and have deep pockets to make smart eating choices while traveling. That's one of the lessons I learned while crisscrossing


	Multivitamins, Multi Questions
	Date: 2008-02-23 07:48:04 Clicks: 0 Comments: 0
If you're among the majority of Americans who regularly take a multivitamin and mineral pill, last week's conclusion by a federal panel that there's no evidence to recommend for or against these dietary supplements may leave you feeling a bit perp


	Food Habits To Work On
	Date: 2008-02-23 07:48:04 Clicks: 1 Comments: 0
They read nutrition labels, fret about their expanding waistlines and pay attention to portions. But fat and calories still perplex them. They know they should move more but are mostly inactive. They recognize the new food pyramid but choose what to


	A Season of Temptations
	Date: 2008-02-23 07:48:04 Clicks: 0 Comments: 2
Summer may be the time when the living is easy, but it's also a season that can make or break healthy habits. Will the lazy days of summer find you vegetating, or sticking with your well-honed disciplines? Lean Plate Club members can offer advice. D


	Allergies Can Drive You Nuts
	Date: 2008-02-23 07:48:03 Clicks: 0 Comments: 0
Confused. That's how a Lean Plate Club member from Maryland felt recently when a flight attendant asked passengers not to open any food that might contain nuts. The puzzle? The same airline had served nuts on the outgoing fight. Readers Diane Standi


	Rising to the Family Challenge
	Date: 2008-02-23 07:48:02 Clicks: 0 Comments: 0
Parents pass down a lot to their children, from hair and eye color to family heirlooms. But these days, an increasing number of children inherit something else: obesity and inactivity. According to the latest government figures, nearly two-thirds of


	For Families, Next Steps
	Date: 2008-02-23 07:48:02 Clicks: 0 Comments: 0
At the Smith home in Germantown, they're serving fruit for dessert. Last week in Upper Marlboro, the Tuckers added a fresh spinach salad to a family dinner. They're also snacking on smoothies made with strawberries and nonfat yogurt. These are the


	This Summer, Change Your Oil
	Date: 2008-02-23 07:48:02 Clicks: 0 Comments: 0
French fries and fried chicken may be finger-licking good, but a new Danish report finds that where you buy them makes a huge difference in how much unhealthy trans fat they contain. Danish researchers tested fries and chicken from 43 McDonald's and


	High on Food High in Calcium
	Date: 2008-02-23 07:48:02 Clicks: 0 Comments: 0
Parents and their offspring sometimes seem like they have little in common. But they often both fall short on a key nutrient: calcium. This common mineral is best known for building strong bones. But without enough calcium, your body can't maintain


	Doctors Fault Designers?Stance Over Thin Models
	Date: 2008-02-23 07:48:01 Clicks: 0 Comments: 0
The response of American fashion designers to the problem of dangerously thin models on the runway is to propose educational reform and better working conditions. The response of eating disorder professionals is to suggest that those models should n


	Drink Up And Be Savvy
	Date: 2008-02-23 07:48:01 Clicks: 1 Comments: 0
It's not just food that is adding unwanted pounds. About half the excess calories consumed by Americans come from beverages. Liquid calories account for 20 percent of the caloric intake of those aged 2 and older, according to research conducted at t


	Free the Mind and Fewer Injuries May Follow
	Date: 2008-02-23 07:48:00 Clicks: 0 Comments: 0
IN a high school locker room in Worthington, Ohio, Sam Maniar handed a piece of string tied to a washer to each of the field hockey players sitting around him. He told the athletes to use their minds to move the washer from side to side, and he watc


	Portfolio Diet: Tough to Stay Invested In
	Date: 2008-02-23 07:48:00 Clicks: 0 Comments: 0
It's called the Portfolio diet. And you won't find it in any bookstore. The goal of the eating plan's creators was simple: to see if a portfolio of foods, each with some minor cholesterol-lowering benefits, can have a larger effect when eaten togeth

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