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Wonderful Winter Squashes

Brigitte Mars | Posted 10.14.2009 | Denver

Read More: Seeds, Squash, Soup, Beta Carotene, Farmers Market, Colorado, Organic Food, Recipes, Nutrition, Anti-Oxidant, Denver News

Winter squashes are warm, alkaline, and sweet with anti-inflammatory, energy tonic and immune enhancing properties. Here's a recipe for winter squash soup.

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Is Your Digestive System Making You Sick?

Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 10.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Digestive Problems, Probiotics, Food Allergies, Health, Nutrition, Mark Hyman MD, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Inflammation, Ultrawellness, Immune System, Heartburn, Living News

There might be something wrong with your inner tube, and it could be making you sick and fat.

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Prisons Raise And Serve Grass-Fed Beef

Hartke Is Online! | Posted 10.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Farming, Prison, Health, Nutrition, Beef, Food, Grass-Fed, Prisoners-Rights, Soy, Green News

Inmates at White Post are enlisted in animal husbandry at Sky Meadow to raise cattle for beef production. The program is a collaboration of several en...

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A Golden Autumn Delight: Butternut Squash

Neil Zevnik | Posted 10.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Food, Organic Food, Recipes, Nutrition, Living News

Winter squash, of which butternut squash is simply one of innumerable varieties, tend to be somewhat daunting to the modern cook, and are therefore generally underused and underappreciated.

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Smart Choices Checkmate

Roseanne Colletti | Posted 10.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Groceries, Food, Calories, Diet, Nutrition, Living News

The "Smart Choices" labels identify products that a group of manufacturers, dieticians, and academics have agreed qualify as more healthful for you than others. What do these labels really mean?

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Hunger in LA: Nearly 1 Million Without Food Every Day (VIDEO)

Posted 10.09.2009 | Impact

Read More: Jewish Federation of Los Angeles, Poverty, Nutrition, Los Angeles Hunger, Advocacy, Hunger, Impact News

Nearly 1,000,000 people in Los Angeles go hungry -- right now, as of this moment. That's one out of eight Angelenos who don't have access to proper nu...

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Study: Pilots On Fattiest Diets Perform Best

AP | DAVE KOLPACK | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Biscuits, High Protein, Butter, Brownies, Pizza, Lobster, Science, Fat, Nutrition, Fatty Foods, Air Force, Diet, Fatty Acids, Protein Diet, Low Carb Diet, Army, Gravy, Ntsb, Performance, Food, Military, Protein, Flight, High-Carb Diet, Navy, Carbohydrates, Landing, Mayo, Mre, Living News

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Running a marathon, grab a carbohydrate bar. Lifting weights, gulp a protein shake. But climbing into a fighter jet? Butter-...

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Learning To Love Foods You Don't Like

Darya Pino | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Food, Diet, Health, Health Foods, Blink, Taste. Flavor, Nutrition, Malcolm Gladwell, Darya Pino, Health Food, Living News

While it's true that taste is subjective, I've never heard a convincing argument that it's better to dislike a food than to like it. It is certainly more fun to like things, and it is often far more convenient.

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Family Fun and Fitness

Peter Clothier | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Personal Responsibility, Book Review, Childhood Nutrition, Diet, Health Care, Nutrition, Childhood Obesity, Knute Keeling, Michelle Obama Garden, Pregnancy, Obama Smoking Habit, Pre-Pregnancy, Living News

We are reminded by the current debate about health care that we are, as a nation, doing a pretty poor job of taking care of the bodies we have been given to inhabit for the course of our earthly lives.

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Probiotics - Looking Underneath The Yogurt Label

nytimes.com | TARA PARKER | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Food, Probiotics, Yogurt, Nutrition, Health, Living News

When the label tells you the food you are buying "contains probiotics," are you getting health benefits or just marketing hype? Perhaps a bit of both....

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Nutrition: 9 In 10 High Schoolers Short On Fruits, Veggies

usatoday.com | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Public Schools, Fruits, Healthy Living, The Balanced Life, Parenting Tips, Prevention, Kids, Health, Nutrition, Vegetables, High School, Parenting, Wellness, Living News

Less than 10% of U.S. high school students are eating the combined recommended daily amount of fruits and vegetables, a finding that the U.S. Centers ...

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8 Puzzling Food Labels

forbes.com | Joel Kotkin | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Shopping, Health, Nutrition, Consumer Safety, Food, Grocery Store, Balanced Diet, Grocery Shopping, Consumption, Diet, Wellness, Food Labels, Living News

If you are like the typical hurried consumer, chances are you don't spend much time considering food labels. And sometimes it can be hard to understan...

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3 Nuts You Should Be Cracking

self.com | Posted by Merritt Watts | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Health, Antioxidants, Nutrition, Weight Loss, Diet, Wellness, Peanuts, Living News

Dieters who ate 3 ounces of almonds every day reduced their weight and body-mass index by a solid 18 percent compared with an 11 percent drop in the ...

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Going Barefoot

Jordan Hoffman | Posted 11.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Care, Nutrition, Wellness, Remote Area Medical, Living News

With all the talk in the media about health care reform, there are some who say we have the best health care system in the world. If this is true, then the definition I am choosing to use is the one I saw on display all last week.

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New Big Ag Push to Fight World Hunger Misses What Organic Ag Is Already Doing

Timothy LaSalle | Posted 11.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Monsanto, Global Harvest Initiative, Organic Food, World Hunger, Organic Farming, Nutrition, Chemical Agriculture, Green News

Absent from the Global Harvest Initiative was an honest assessment of the limits of dead-end chemical agriculture to play a leading role in actually feeding people.

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Hunger's Perfect Storm Is Back

Josette Sheeran | Posted 11.22.2009 | World

Read More: Malnutrition, Hunger, World Hunger, Nutrition, World News

A hungry world is a dangerous world. And the world is hungry right now. Let's not wait for more riots to erupt and people to die to realize that we are losing a generation to hunger.

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The Health Benefits Of Sweet Potato

self.com | Posted by Merritt Watts | Posted 11.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Skincare, Vitamins, Recipes, Nutrition, Antioxidants, Cooking, Food, Skin Care, Wellness, Living News

Did you know that snacking on sweet potatoes can help your skin stay clear, smooth and young-looking? The reason: Crayola-colored orange in sweet pot...

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Does Anyone in the Healthcare Debate Really Care About Health?

Randall Amster | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Big Pharma, Opportunity, Naturopathic, Lobbyists, Health Insurance, Diet, Stress, Education, Health, Nutrition, Health Care Reform, Food, Universal Health Care, Health Care, Medicine, Healthcare, Economics, Politics, Living News

How many plans in existence today provide coverage for midwives, naturopaths, nutritionists, masseuses, or the like?

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Family Dinner: 8 Reasons To Make Time

health.com | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Family Dinner, Children, Nutrition, Raising Children, Childhood Nutrition, Parenting, Wellness, Family, Living News

Eating meals together goes beyond the opportunity for bonding and relaxing. And despite the feeling that there's no time for such luxuries, 59% of fam...

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Sleep, Stress, May Cause Overeating

cnn.com | Rachel Grumman | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Exercise, Nutrition, Health, Diet, Overeating, Sleep Deprivation, Sleep, Living News

We all know we're supposed to eat healthy portions. So why is it that a rough day at the office or even just the smell of chocolate-chip cookies can c...

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Beware of Late-Night Eating

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Circadian Rhythms, Weight Gain, Nutrition, Bedtime Snack, Eating, Weight, Diet, Sleep, Insomnia, Food, Living News

I've always said that getting good sleep is one of the easiest (and cheapest) ways to lose weight. Now there's one more reason hit the hay on a empty stomach.

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Fats Affect Brain Signals And Diet, Study Suggests

medicalnewstoday.com | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Fat, Food, Diet, Nutrition, Health, Insulin, Living News

Findings from a new UT Southwestern Medical Center study suggest that fat from certain foods we eat makes its way to the brain. Once there, the fat mo...

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Go Bananas During National Food Desert Awareness Month

Mari Gallagher | Posted 11.15.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Food, Health Policy, Local Food, Sustainable Food, Health, Food Politics, Food Access, Nutrition, Food Deserts, Chicago News

Fast, cheap and easy is not a porn film; it's the new American diet.

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Feed Your Children Well

Dan Imhoff | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Slow Food Usa, National School Lunch Program, Childhood Nutrition, Nutrition, Childhood Obesity, Childhood Nutrition Act, School Lunches, Politics News

The cheap calorie delivery system -- funded for the past few decades through both the Farm Bill and the Child Nutrition Act -- has become a key player in the Supersizing of our kids.

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Are $5 Fast Food Deals Making Us Fat?

Dr. Eric Braverman | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Braverman, Path, Health, Fast Food, Calories, Burger King, McDonald's, Nutrition, Kfc, Earl Mindell, Sweet Tea, Living News

Be wary of a $5 fast food deal. What's cost effective now might be incredibly expensive to deal with in the future, just in health care dollars alone.

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