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The Fayetteville Observer, N.C., Kim Hasty column
The Fayetteville Observer, N.C.A low-fat diet and regular exercise. A light touch with the salt shaker. A good ol' belly laugh. That last ingredient is key. Laughter, Susan Sparks contends, is as important to your health and well-being as any of those other things. She made...Tags: Entertainment, Physical Fitness and Exercise, American Heart Association, American Red Cross, Physiology
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Does a low-fat diet increase triglycerides?
It’s easy to assume that a low-fat diet is the healthy way to go, especially since a diet low in saturated and trans fat was recommended by government agencies back in the 1980s. But in Tuesday’s Chicago Tribune story, which looked at the...
Tags: Nutrition, Health and Medical Professionals, Chicago Tribune, Cardiologists, Heart Disease
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Hungry for reliable information
One of the things that was clear from reaction to this week's front page story on good nutrition (and how little it is taught in medical schools) is that readers are hungry for clear, reliable information. The story was shared on social media hundreds...
Tags: Nutrition, Health and Medical Professionals, General Practitioners, Cardiologists, Colleges and Universities
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Prescription for nutrition
Despite a growing consensus that cardiovascular disease is a "food-borne" illness, many physicians are ill-prepared to advise patients on what they should eat to best protect them from heart attack or stroke. One provocative new study found that a...
Tags: Science and Technology, Lobbying, Research, Northwestern University, Politics
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Mediterranean diet over low fat? Well, at least it's more fun
It sounds like a happy hour dream: Now, scientists say, you can have your wine and eat the nuts that go with it, and be healthier in the bargain. A rigorous new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine should finally put to rest any doubts...
Tags: Mediterranean Diet, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Wines, Drugs and Medicines
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Mediterranean diet can ward off heart disease: study
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A Mediterranean diet high in olive oil, nuts, fish and fresh fruits and vegetables may help prevent heart disease and strokes, according to a new large study from Spain. Past research suggested people who eat a Mediterranean-...Tags: Nutrition, Mediterranean Diet, Science and Technology, Pharmaceuticals, Trials
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5 Questions: Dr. Dean Ornish on the power of mindful choices
For more than three decades, Dr. Dean Ornish has been talking about the power individuals have to affect their health, even to the extent of reversing heart disease by changing the way they eat and behave. His prescription for sick people is radical, as...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Heart Disease, Medical Research, Heart Attack, Diseases and Illnesses
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Briefs: Environmental Nutrition
Premium Health News ServiceRESEARCH ROUNDUP --FREQUENT COOKING LINKED TO LONGER LIFE. A 10-year study of Taiwanese people aged 65 and over revealed that those who cooked most frequently (up to five times a week) were more likely to be alive at the end of the study period...Tags: Nutrition, Science and Technology, Foods and Beverages, Heart Disease, Obesity
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Jean Harris dies at 89; killer of 'Scarsdale Diet' doctor
Jean Harris, the onetime headmistress of an elite girls' school whose trial in the fatal 1980 shooting of the celebrity diet doctor who jilted her generated front-page headlines and national debates about whether she was a feminist martyr or vengeful...
Tags: Punishment, Prisons, Bedford (Bronx, New York), Trials, Ellen Burstyn
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Weight loss planned for 2013? Some surveys and predictions
So here many of us are, pledging as we have before to drop some pounds, get into shape and just generally eat better. Maybe this year! How are we going to go about it -- and keep the weight off over the long haul? Surprise: Our choices may not...
Tags: Medifast Incorporated, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Weight Loss, Weight, Los Angeles Times
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High-protein diet may help some people shed pounds
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Dieters who eat meals and snacks high in protein might lose a bit more weight than those who get less protein and more carbohydrates - all other things being equal, a new analysis of past studies suggests. Researchers found...Tags: Nutrition, Diabetes, Weight Loss, Weight, Trials
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An attack on free speech
Washington Post Writers GroupRALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina is giving Steve Cooksey some choices. He can stop speaking. Or he can get a Ph.D. in nutrition, or a medical degree, or a bachelor’s degree in nutrition and then pass an examination after completing a 900-hour...Tags: Nutrition, Crime, Law and Justice, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Diabetes, Washington, DC
May 20, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
Mar 27, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Mar 27, 2013
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Mar 26, 2013
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Feb 26, 2013
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Feb 25, 2013
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Jan 30, 2013
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Dec 28, 2012
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Sep 26, 2012
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