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How To Spot Whole, Fresh Foods A simple way to eat healthfully is to emphasize whole foods or foods that are minimally processed. But how can you spot these foods at the supermarket? Just keep an eye out for... |
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The Art of Dining in Chicago If you’re heading to the American Dietetic Association’s (ADA) Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo in Chicago next month, get ready to be blown away. The city wasn’t labeled America’s “new culinary star” by Saveur last year for nothing. “Chicago is the avant-garde food capital of the world,” says Shane Kost of Chicago Food Planet, a company that hosts food tasting and cultural walking tours in Chicago. |
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Fired Up to Grill? We've got a secret that will carry you through the summer with a nearly endless variety of mix-and-match dinners, spicy rubs, and marinades to make each meal a new taste sensation. |
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Cook Like Your Life Depends On it! Piling your shopping cart high with healthful staples like veggies, fish, and lean meat? Great! Now, take it to the next level. It's what you do with those fantastic foods once you bring them home that transforms them into real nutritional superstars. Take the tomato: Eat it cooked instead of raw and you'll get as much as 171% more of the cancer-fighting compound lycopene. |
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The Top Fiber-Rich Foods List Many areas of nutrition tend to elicit controversy, but dietary fiber is usually not one of them. Scientific evidence links fiber intake to a plethora of health benefits, including treating and preventing constipation, hemorrhoids, and diverticulosis; decreasing blood cholesterol levels, which protects against certain forms of cancer; and increasing satiety to help control weight. |
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Hello, Hors D’oeuvres So you're asking your golf event participants to spend the better part of their day at your event. And now you plan on shuttling them into an elaborate sit-down dinner complete with awards presentation and auction. Let the groans begin. |
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Children's Bone Health The baby steps toward building strong bones begin in childhood. “It is in childhood that you lay down the foundation for strong bones. It is said that osteoporosis is a pediatric disease with geriatric consequences,” says Melissa Dobbins, M.S., R.D., C.D.E., nutrition expert, National Dairy Council, Rosemont, IL. Osteoporosis, a condition marked by gradually weakened bones, affects an estimated 10 million Americans each year. As bones lose mineral density over time they become porous and prone to fractures. |
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Crazy about Betty Who conjures up the image of classic nurturing kitchen queen better than good ol' Betty Crocker? Alas, if only she were real.... Betty was actually the genius creation, in 1921, of the Washburn Crosby Co. of Minneapolis (one of the big milling companies that would merge into General Mills). She presented the firm with a "personalized" approach to answering customers' baking inquiries... |
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Savor the Flavor, Nutrition of Roasted Chestsnuts The Folklore. Ancient Greeks and Romans believed that chestnuts protected against poisons, dog bites and dysentery. And history suggests some European peasants relied almost solely upon chestnuts for food during much of the year. Likewise, chestnuts were part of daily life in early America, as a food source for people and livestock, with the tree providing much-needed wood. But in the early 1900s, chestnut blight led to the near-extinction of the American chestnut tree. |
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Pick Pastas with a Healthy, Whole Grain Twist Remember the low carb craze, when pasta garnered a bad reputation? Those days are gone, thanks to a new focus on healthy carbs such as whole grains.. They are linked to a number of health bonuses |
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King Corn — A Tasteful Look at the Crop That Dominates a Nation Best friends Curt Ellis and Ian Cheney watch a sample of their hair undergoing analysis at the University of Virginia, learning that the carbon in their bodies originates primarily from corn. We’re not tal King Corn on the cob, but corn material in the food system—from high fructose corn syrup, corn starch, and hydrolyzed corn to corn-fed beef, pork, and chicken. |
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Soak Up Some Vitamin D Vitamin D gets an A when it comes to your health or maybe even your breast cancer. An explosion of scientific studies in the past five years has linked vitamin D to disease protection, and scientists and health professionals are rethinking just how important this vitamin might be for your body. |
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Organic, Local & Beyond Food choices have health, as well as environmental, consequences. Understanding how the planet’s health intersects with the public’s health is an important asset in a dietitian’s repertoire. Are you ready to face the questions? The answers aren’t always easy. |
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Top Ten Nutrition Trends for 2008 When it comes to food and nutrition trends, consumers’ appetites can be about as fickle as a toddler’s. Today’s Dietitian weighs in on the hottest trends of the coming year. |
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Functional Beverages Functional beverages, which include energy drinks and vitamin waters, are surging in sales. Marketing messages for these beverages imply additional health benefits for a public that is thirsty for healthiness-on-the-go. But just how healthy are functional beverages? |
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