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Burning The Scale

April 30th, 2008

10 Ways To Cut Back On Your Sugar

I really need this 10 Ways To Cut Back On Sugar list especially after my in-laws’ visit last weekend. See, I take my coffee with sugar and cream. Usually, I just pour milk in my coffee instead of creamer. My mother-in-law loves her creamer so my husband thought he’d get her something she likes. He […]

By DEXIE -- 11 comments

November 30th, 2007

Not-So-Healthy Health Food: Granola

MSNBC has a great article online right now about seven foods that may seem healthy, but actually are not. One in particular, granola bars, made me think: Do people really still consider granola as healthy?
I personally love granola, and would eat it all day if I could. But the fact is, it’s loaded with fat, […]

By Claire -- 1 comment

October 8th, 2007

Does A Low-Calorie Diet Boost Longevity?

There’s been some buzz in the news about very low calorie diets (VLCDs) not just for weight loss, but for living longer and reducing the risk for cardiovascular disease. Some folks think that if they eat dramatically less, they’ll increase their life span and be healthier.
Then, in one of those articles, I came across this:
“Researchers […]

By Claire -- 2 comments

September 10th, 2007

Good Food, Bad Food - The FDA Decides

In Britain, there is a food-labeling “traffic light” system that consists of either a green, yellow or red dot to signal that the food is low, medium, or high in fat, sugar, etc. The FDA has just opened a 2-day-long meeting to decided whether simliar measures will be taken in the U.S. (MSNBC)
This won’t happen […]

By Claire -- 0 comments

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