Nutrition and Bone Health
Forming and maintaining strong, healthy bones is critical to an active life style. Bones support the body, protect internal organs, and allow an amazing range of movement from sitting, standing, and w ...
Teens learn nutrition do's in supermarket
For a group of urban teen girls, lessons in nutrition began in the produce section and ended in dairy at a suburban supermarket a few miles from their school. But the give-and-take was the most energe ...
Good nutrition a healthy start
Childhood obesity is not a subject to be taken lightly. We hear about it, read about it and now that we are all truly enlightened on this subject, what are we doing about it?
Obesity leads to high bl ...
Early childhood nutrition
Scientists in New Zealand are dispelling the common myth that obesity is caused by “bad genes.”
Scientists from Auckland University’s Liggins Institute have discovered that genetic pre-disposi ...
10 Nutrition Tips
10 Nutrition Tips
If you buy butter or margarine, look for the whipped, lower fat versions available in tubs. Use them sparingly though, because they're still concentrated sources of fat.
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10 Nutrition Tips
Make your own healthy guacamole by combining an avocado with cut up tomatoes, onions and chilies to taste. Eat it with baked tortilla chips or cut up oven-baked pieces of pita bread. Remember that ...
Beware of what it says on the Nutrition Label
We as a society have become aware of the importance of watching what it is we put into our bodies, but a lot of people are getting fooled by the phrase ?fat free?.
When you see a product advertised a ...
Surprise! A New Nutrition Theory!
And it can be yours for only $25! A new report/ebook written by John Skupen (whoever that is!) claims to offer the wisdom of "forty years of research". I don't mean to be mean, but I don't see a w ...