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Is Sugar Making the World Fat, Diabetic, and Hypertensive?

Ayala Laufer-Cahana, M.D. | Posted 05.01.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Obesity, Sugar, Western Diet, Calories, Prevention, Diabetes, World Health, Sugar Intake, Sugar and Health, Junk Food, Obesity Prevention, Calorie, Sugar Health, Sugar and Obesity, Western Diets, World Diet, Junk Foods, Sugar Obesity, Diabetes Americans, Healthy Living News
Ayala Laufer-Cahana, M.D.

The new study in Public Health Nutrition reminds us that in developing countries, sugar intake continues to rise. Therefore, the developing world needs policies that limit added sugars, hopefully before the train leaves the station.

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Candy Energetics: What Filling Up Your Tank on Halloween Looks Like

Bill Chameides | Posted 12.31.2012 | Green
Read More: Energy, Candy, Food, Calorie, Halloween, Subsidies, Gasoline, Halloween Candy, Candy Health, Candy Calories, Candy Diet, Green News
Bill Chameides

A gallon of gas weighs about six pounds and contains about 130 million Joules (130,000 kilojoules) or about 30,000 calories. So here are some candy-to-gasoline equivalents.

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How To Burn Calories Like An Olympian

The Huffington Post | Laura Schocker | Posted 08.03.2012 | Healthy Living
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A week into London's 2012 Olympic games, we at Healthy Living are hooked, watching live streams from our desks and re-watching the broadcasts from the...

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What’s A Calorie? (And More Nutrition Buzzwords Defined)

The Huffington Post | Emma Gray | Posted 09.20.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Calorie, Complex Carbohydrates, Explained, Phytonutrients, What's a Calorie, Antioxidants, Trans Fats, Flavanoids, Slidepollajax, Tell Me Why, Calorie Definition, Unsaturated Fats, Omega 3s, Saturated Fats, Healthy Living News

There are a lot of terms that get thrown around in health articles. But do most of us actually know what they mean? Of course you can use the word cal...

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Look Great Naked: Drop Pounds Fast With Yoga!

Sadie Nardini | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Yoga, Weight Loss, Health, Calorie, Workout, Fat Burning, Sadie Nardini, Cardio, Fitness, Diet, Biggest Loser, Hollywood, Naked, Healthy Living News
Sadie Nardini

I dropped 20 pounds when I created my own yoga style specifically to turn the body into a fatburning machine.

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Counting Experiential Calories

Pavel Somov, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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Pavel Somov, Ph.D.

An Experiential Calorie is a unit of awareness, a unit of conscious presence, a unit of meaning. The job of an Experiential Calorie is to enrich your Mind. Take a moment to count the latter.

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