Archive for the ‘Nutrition’ Category
Friday, January 23rd, 2009
[caption id="attachment_494" align="alignleft" width="220" caption="Dr. David Katz"][/caption]Today SCIENCE AND SOCIETY presented an in-depth interview with Dr. David Katz, an internationally recognized authority on nutrition, weight management, and the prevention of chronic disease.
Dr. Katz discussed solutions for ending the diabetes and obesity epidemics, including action steps for schools, physicians, government, communities, ...
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Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
In July 2008 the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended that some children as young as 8 be treated aggressively with cholesterol-lowering drugs.
More recently, in the November 20th, 2008 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine,
researchers recommended that statins be prescribed for millions of healthy people with normal cholesterol levels.
Needless ...
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Sunday, November 9th, 2008
We are constantly searching the landscape for heroes, not to fill in a missing piece in ourselves, but rather to be a cause of inspiration, stimulation, and motivation. Even those of us who are self-starters, self-motivators, need coaches and mentors to cause us to reach ever-higher levels of achievement.
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Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
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Dr. Janet Brill is the author of CHOLESTEROL DOWN—10 simple steps to lower your cholesterol in 4 weeks without prescription drugs. Dr. Brill is one of the country's leading nutrition, diet, health, and fitness experts. She is a speaker and educator and lectures throughout ...
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Thursday, October 16th, 2008
Weight loss is not about suffering. It could be, of course. Plenty of people go through plenty of suffering trying to lose weight. But why have it that way? Sure there's some discipline involved, but the process can actually be empowering and personally fulfilling. Losing weight can actually a fun ...
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Sunday, October 5th, 2008
[caption id="attachment_245" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Photography by David Lemberg - Del Mar Fair, 2004"][/caption]We want to be encouraged, not discouraged, in our weight management plans. How many times do people spend two or three frustrating months of serious food deprivation in order to lose 15 or 20 pounds, only to discover ...
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Monday, September 22nd, 2008
Superfood or Monster from the Deep – featured in the 9-17-08 New York Times – focused on the expanding practice of stuffing food products with every conceivable type of nutritional-wanna-be chemical.
[caption id="attachment_202" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Photography by Haani Badeeu"][/caption]Imagine orange juice laced with anchovies – a witless attempt to provide people ...
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Friday, September 19th, 2008
As soon as I moved back to San Diego four weeks ago a friend introduced me to GoChi – "The Next Generation of GoJi Juice".
We were talking about Total Lifetime Fitness and she said, "Have you ever tried GoChi?" I hadn't yet, and she ran out to her car ...
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Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
The first step in any realistic weight loss program is to combine protein and complex carbohydrates at every small meal. This is called “food combining” and many successful food plans have been based on this principle. The science behind food combining is at least 40 years old, but most fad ...
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Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
Kids don't have that strong a relationship to vegetables. Kids will go through the motions, pushing broccoli spears and lima beans around their plate a few times, but few veggies actually reach the inside of a kid's mouth.
And yet, we want our kids to eat vegetables on a regular basis. ...
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