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Habits That Can Get You Into Weight Trouble

A Harvard study has recently revealed that being a couch potato can really harm your health, setting you up for a significantly increased risk of heart disease and diabetes. The actual sitting in front of the TV is bad because when you are sitting, you are often times eating, mindlessly. So you are taking in too many calories in a day because of... Read moreChevron
posted 10/25/2011, comments (0)|
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Office Eating Habits May Sabotage Health, Weight Loss Efforts

I recently received a news release that explored an article written by Sue Shellenbarger on April 12th in The Wall Street Journal.  The article explored the concept of office snacking and desk candy bowls.  Do they help with morale or do they somehow sabotage your health?  Let's start with the concept of what the food in this... Read moreChevron
posted 09/06/2011, comments (0)|
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The Obesity Crisis: Changes to Food Labels and Recipes

There are shake ups going on in the food manufacturing industry.  In response to the burgeoning obesity crisis, changes are coming to food labels and food recipes.  Some changes have been mandated by local/national government, while others appear to be a sincere effort by manufacturers to hear the cries of health experts, who feel... Read moreChevron
posted 01/05/2011, comments (0)|
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Junk Food Started with Cracker Jacks

Yes, according to a recent New York Times article, junk food began with Cracker Jacks. Apparently back in 1896, two street vendors created this concoction and found a way to mass produce it and sell it in bags that would preserve freshness. The rest of the story is history and....America's growing waistline!!   Tootsie Rolls came next in... Read moreChevron
posted 10/18/2010, comments (0)|
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Government Leaders Ask Food Companies to Reduce Added Salt in Food

  Cargill, a well known and mega-sized food manufacturer, would have you spreading salt on everything from chocolate to ice cream to coffee, according to a recent New York Times article.  Health experts, on the other hand, think that if we can get Americans to reduce salt usage, we could reduce incidences of high blood... Read moreChevron
posted 07/20/2010, comments (3)|
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