Diet & Nutrition

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

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AskMen.com January 4, 2001 Simon McNeil	Are Canned Foods Good For You?
Reason January 2001 Ronald Bailey	Dr. Strangelunch Or: Why we should learn to stop worrying and love genetically modified food...
AskMen.com September 14, 2000 Simon McNeil	What Your Snacks Reveal About You In the past, psychiatrists looked at inkblots to see into the subconscious of an individual. However, "it makes more sense to look at food preferences, since smell and taste is processed in the limbic system or the same area of the brain that handles emotions."
AskMen.com December 21, 2000 Simon McNeil	Healthy Holiday Eating Habits Holiday parties and seasonal cheer often present an overload of eating, and attending these feasts can be a challenge because there is great temptation to sample luscious and sinful treats. Don't worry, you don't have to pass up that onion dip or fruitcake this holiday season...
American Family Physician December 15, 2000	You Have Diabetes--But You Don't Have to Get Heart Disease Too People with diabetes are more likely to get heart disease because diabetes can have a bad effect on your blood vessels. Some of your lifestyle habits may also raise this risk. Here are some things you can do about your lifestyle habits...
The Family Room	Break Tradition: Be A Holiday Loser Tradition has it that the average woman will gain about seven pounds between Thanksgiving and New Years Day. With a little advanced planning, a dash of determination and a sprinkle of self-discipline you can break tradition and lose weight this holiday season...
Nutrition Action Healthletter December 2000	Right Stuff vs. Food Porn Doughnuts, croissants, and danish are bad. Muffins are good. Well, sort of. Muffins are indeed better than those other sweets, because they're so much lower in artery-clogging fat. Still, most muffins are basically little more than white flour and sugar...
Nutrition Action Healthletter December 2000	Bar Exam: Energy Bars Flunk The word "energy" on any label simply means that the food supplies calories, not that eating it will make you more energetic. Eating healthy, whole foods like fruits and vegetables beats eating energy bars because foods contain phytochemicals and other constituents that aren't added to bars...
Nutrition Action Healthletter December 2000 Michael F. Jacobson	News From CSPI Government health departments typically say that they care deeply about nutrition, but just don't have the money to encourage people to eat better. But they are overlooking one simple and sensible way to fund health campaigns: taxing junk foods...
AskMen.com November 23, 2000 Simon McNeil	Power Drinks & Bars: Do They Really Work? ...There are hundreds of different brands of sports drinks and bars being marketed around the world nowadays, and athletes are blindly using them without considering their exact health benefits and drawbacks....
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