Diet & Nutrition

Magazine articles on dieting, the effects of diet on health, nutrition, and healthy foods.

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Delicious Living June 2005 Elisa Bosley	What's in Season: June Sugar Snap Peas: How to chose... Preparation tips... Health benefits... Recipe: Soba Noodles with Tempeh and Snap Peas...
Health June 2005 Lia Huber	5 Diet Myths Debunked You watch the sweets and never super-size. But you still may be falling prey to some common diet myths. Here's how you can outwit them.
Seasoned Cooking June 2005 Ronda L. Carnicelli	12 Best Foods This cookbook by Dana Jacobi presents a short list of 12 foods that are nutritional powerhouses and should be included frequently in your diet. Here are some recipes: Spinach Salad with Nectarine, Blueberries and Lime Balsamic Vinaigrette... etc.
Seasoned Cooking June 2005 Michael Fick	The USDA's New, Improved, MyPyramid; Is It What's for Dinner? MyPyramid.gov is derived from the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005, which is produced every five years by a broad, heavyweight team of nutrition experts. Obviously MyPyramid isn't perfect, but it beats most of the fad diets.
AskMen.com Sabrina Rogers	Healthy Frozen Dinners More and more food companies are creating healthy, low-calorie, low-fat, low-sodium dinners to satisfy the demands of the growing number of health-conscious consumers.
Reactive Reports Issue 45 David Bradley	Oil's Not Well Cooking with highly unsaturated oils and especially re-using oils can lead to high levels of a toxic compound hydroxy-trans-2-nonenal (HNE) in the food. The compound is readily absorbed by the body and is well-known for its harmful effects on proteins, DNA, and other biomolecules.
Prepared Foods May 1, 2005 Marcia A. Wade	"Better-for-you" Beverages The taste and content of healthy beverages has come a long way since bottled water. However, if a better-for-you product does not balance health perception, texture and taste, consumer acceptance will be a complete washout.
Prepared Foods May 1, 2005 Richard F. Stier	Oils for Healthy Eating Although fat has negative connotations, the human body needs it for energy and as a precursor to many of the body's metabolites that are necessary to live. Enova, a new cooking oil, will help meet the human body's need for fat while maintaining a healthy weight.
Prepared Foods May 1, 2005	Raisin Your Health Research shows that there is a whole class of powerful, protective antioxidants, called phytochemicals, being discovered in fruits and vegetables, which may lower the risks of certain aging diseases by minimizing oxidative stress. Eating raisins provides a good source of these compounds and can benefit children and adults.
Prepared Foods May 1, 2005 Julia M. Gallo-Torres	"Neotame-ing" the Beast A line of neotame-based blends, produced by Sweetener Solutions LLC, a strategic partner of The NutraSweet Co., provides formulators with ingredients that can be used as both a general sweetener and flavor enhancer.
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