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Slow Food Nation event urges 'fresh' recipe, diet revolution
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:10:29 GMTSAN FRANCISCO - Dark green chard plucked from a makeshift garden in front of City Hall; soft cheeses spread on freshly baked whole-grain bread and served in exhibition halls; farm-raised free-range chickens carved, seasoned and roasted.Mix together. Yield: one revolution.At least that is the hope of organizers of this weekend's inaugural "Slow Food Nation" convention, so named to represent the spectrum opposite fast foods. That means foods that are "delicious, wholesome, fresh" - and sustainably grown, says Alice Waters, owner of the ...100-Calorie Pack Misconceptions Of 'Diet Food'
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:02:17 GMTBeware of mini-packs and mini-foods, especially if you're a dieter.Chronic dieters tend to consume more calories when foods and packages are smaller, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. Authors Maura L. Scott, Stephen M. Nowlis, Naomi Mandel, and Andrea C. Morales (all Arizona State University) examined consumer behavior regarding "mini-packs, " 100-calorie food packages that are marketed to help people control calorie intake."Interestingly, one group that over-consumes the mini-packs is chronic dieters - indi ...Going bananas: Liberty Fruit thrives on a healthy diet of family and diversification
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:35:05 GMTFrom four pallets of onions and potatoes in a small stand at City Market to 4.5 million cases of produce at a 126, 000-square-foot facility, Liberty Fruit Co. Inc. has tended its growth like a garden.Founded in 1965 by Issie Caviar, Liberty Fruit has overcome the obstacles of generational and economic change, recording $76.1 million in revenue for fiscal year 2008.Now in a transition from second generation to third, the company has found a way to keep the business in the family, with a little outside help.With more than 1, 600 clients i ...Low-carb diet trumps low-fat once again
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:23:28 GMTThe Medical Society of the State of New York advises patients that the days of people eating pasta for the purpose of losing weight may be over for good.The New England Journal of Medicine released a report July 17 that compared three types of diets, and, supporting earlier but shorter studies, low-carbohydrate diets (popularized by Atkins) won again. Along with Mediterranean diets, which also did well, the low-carbohydrate diets produced greater weight loss and more favorable metabolic events than low-fat diets.The recent study invol ...Diet of the drunken English is so bland. Food is better in Soweto, Oliver tells French
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:56:16 GMTJamie Oliver has portrayed the English as a nation of beer-guzzling cultural illiterates who live on a diet of dreary food munched in front of wide-screen televisions.In an interview with a French magazine, the 33-year-old celebrity chef decries his nation's materialism, binge drinking and unrefined palates and declares the country's diet "bland".The chef's outburst comes just days after he insulted Germans when he appeared to suggest that it was odd that a nation which had overseen the Holocaust should be upset by scenes from his rec ...M&Ms as diet food? 100-calorie pack misconceptions
Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:08:38 GMTBeware of mini-packs and mini-foods, especially if you're a dieter.Chronic dieters tend to consume more calories when foods and packages are smaller, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. Authors Maura L. Scott, Stephen M. Nowlis, Naomi Mandel, and Andrea C. Morales (all Arizona State University) examined consumer behavior regarding "mini-packs, " 100-calorie food packages that are marketed to help people control calorie intake."Interestingly, one group that over-consumes the mini-packs is chronic dieters-indivi ...The great diet pill lie: Horrific side effects and expense of the industry
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:20:22 GMTFed up with being fat? Desperate to lose your love handles before that late summer holiday?Forget doing the sensible thing of eating less and moving more, all you need to do is pop down to your nearest slimming clinic, hand over around ?60 for a supply of appetite-suppressing pills and the weight will fall off in days... Or so the glossy magazines would have you believe. Just don't expect to be quizzed about your suitability for taking such drugs. Don't ask too many questions about the dangerous side-effects. And definitely don't rely ...Food goes on a diet
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:42:10 GMTConsumers might not have noticed, but their bottles of Coke are slimming down: The cap on the 20-ounce bottle is a tad smaller these days - and 24 percent lighter.Kraft Foods' new salad dressing bottles have gone on a diet, as well. They use 19 percent less plastic and take up less space in shipping containers.Seemingly mundane packaging modifications can lead to important cost savings for big food companies as they grapple with soaring commodity and energy costs.Food companies also are turning to another packaging tactic in the cost ...The online diet disasters: How personalised plans offer advice that is often wrong and sometimes dangerous
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:05:14 GMTAvoid oily fish, cut out all dairy foods, use more supplements: it's the kind of advice that flies in the face of conventional thinking on healthy eating. Yet, amazingly, this is what I was told to do to improve my health by so-called 'dietary experts' on the internet. Type 'dietary advice' into Google and you are offered 110, 000 sites in the UK alone.There are many sites which claim they can help improve health and reduce weight without ever having met their client and possibly without having any relevant qualifications.But some of t ...Victoria Beckham sues over diet pill claims; Chris Kattan splits from wife; Lily Allen in street brawl
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:07:12 GMTFormer Spice Girl Victoria Beckham is suing a British magazine over claims she uses diet pills.Beckham, 34, is "horrified" by the allegations printed in Now magazine.The magazine further claims the star's sister, Louise, is transporting the tablets from the U.K. to her home in Los Angeles.Beckham's agent Jo Milloy says, "The accusation is dangerous, defamatory and blatantly untrue."Victoria takes her position as a role model to young women very seriously and is horrified by this hurtful, fabricated story."It is now with her lawyers." ...Posh Sues Over Diet Pill Claims
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:29:34 GMTThe Beckhams are used to hearing rumors about themselves, but one magazine has taken it too far, and Posh is taking them to court for it.Now magazine claimed that Victoria Beckham uses diet pills to stay slim and her sister is the one who is smuggling the pills for her from the UK. Beckham's agent Jo Milloy says, "The accusation is dangerous, defamatory and blatantly untrue. Victoria takes her position as a role model to young women very seriously and is horrified by this hurtful, fabricated story. It is now with her lawyers."The maga ...Athletics: Jamaicans put their sprint success down to a healthy diet
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:35:08 GMTJAMAICA'S astonishing sprint success is down to healthy food and a dedicated grooming system, according to the country's sports minister Olivia Grange, known to all on the Caribbean island as 'Babsy'.Jamaicans have by and large escaped the drugs scandals that have tainted the sport over the last two decades.For example, no sprinter who trains primarily in the country has tested positive for steroids.This island nation of just 2.8 million people are now looked to as leaders of sprinting's rehabilitation - and how the sport needs that t ...Fewer than 1 in 100 Britons eating 'healthy' diet - the rest of us eat food laden with fat, sugar and salt
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:11:40 GMTFewer than one in 100 Britons have a healthy diet, preferring instead food high in sugar, salt and fat.A study has found that only eight in 1, 000 adults - or 0.8 per cent - met all five targets for levels of saturated fats, total fats, fruit and vegetables, salt and sugar recommended by the World Health Organisation.Women were better, with 1.2 per cent meeting all five targets, compared with 0.4 per cent of men.The analysis of figures collected by the Office for National Statistics and the Medical Research Centre is to be published in ...Only one in 100 Brits have a healthy diet
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:02:12 GMTFEWER than one in 100 Brits eats a healthy diet.A shocking 99.2 per cent fail to meet five key targets set out by the World Health Organisation.Experts warned most people are putting themselves at risk of killer illnesses such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes.Researchers predicted it will take generations to change British eating habits.The gloomy findings - after a wide-ranging investigation for the Food Standards Agency's National Diet and Nutrition Survey - come as Britain faces an obesity epidemicThe survey revealed that, des ...Food packages put on cost-saving diet
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:37:27 GMTSeemingly simple modifications can help companies offset the soaring costs of commodities and energy.Consumers might not have noticed, but their bottles of Coke are slimming down: The cap on the 20-ounce bottle is a tad smaller these days - and 24 percent lighter.Kraft Foods' new salad dressing bottles have gone on a diet, as well. They use 19 percent less plastic and take up less space in shipping containers.Seemingly mundane packaging modifications can lead to important cost savings for big food companies, as they grapple with soari ...Avoiding the dreaded "Freshman 15" through semi-simple diet, exercise plan
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:39:40 GMTIt's easy to slip into some pretty unhealthy habits in college. The "freshman fifteen" isn't a cliché for nothing. And yet, it is possible to be in college without having to a buy a new-roomier-wardrobe after first semester. The easiest thing to do is just get into a habit of eating right and getting an appropriate amount of exercise. So, here's a guide to doing just that at ISU:Exercising:At Le Club, If a true workout is what you want, next to where the athletes train, Le Club offers the newest, nicest equipment on campus. Howev ...Food for fuel: Olympian Phelps' unusual diet
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:18:09 GMTAs US swimming sensation Michael Phelps sets his sights on more gold medal wins at the Beijing Olympics this weekend, the BBC's Michael Hirst examines the part an extraordinary diet has played in the sportsman's remarkable success. If it is true that you are what you eat, then here is the suggested intake if you want to become history's most successful Olympian:For breakfast: three fried egg sandwiches, with cheese, tomatoes, lettuce, fried onions and mayonnaise, followed by three chocolate-chip pancakes; a five-egg omelette; three su ...New products make gluten-free diet easier to maintain
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 06:52:31 GMTBarbara Ziska has eaten a gluten-free diet for seven years, ever since she was diagnosed with celiac disease, an inherited autoimmune disorder that affects the digestive process of the small intestine.When a person who has celiac disease consumes gluten, a protein found in wheat, rye and barley, the individual's immune system responds by attacking the small intestine and inhibiting the absorption of important nutrients into the body, according to the University of Chicago Celiac Disease Center. By going gluten-free, Ziska, of Endicott ...Bulgur salad fits healthy diet formula
Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:04:25 GMTTired of trying to make sense of what constitutes a healthy diet? There really is an easy way.Simply imagine your dinner plate divided into quarters. If you fill three-quarters of the plate with vegetables, fruits, nuts and whole grains, then fill the remaining space with lean protein, you'll be doing just fine.Of course not every meal will easily fit this formula, but it is a great approach for your overall diet.This bulgur wheat, smoked chicken and watercress salad fits this formula nicely.Whole-grain bulgur is combined with fresh w ...Federal Grant Help Schools Promote Healthy Diet
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:43:51 GMTAn area school is one of only two-dozen statewide selected for a U.S Department of Agriculture grant on eating healthy.A gorilla handed out bananas to some 400-kindergarten through sixth-graders at Samson elementary.26-thousand federal dollars will be used in creating more interest in fruit and vegetables.National studies point to child obesity and diabetes as two main threats to the health of children.Samson Elementary School principal, Donna Kirkpatrick, says, "We at Samson elementary are proud to be the recipient of the agriculture ...
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