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Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 | Food and Beverage |
Whether it's the Christmas holiday season or the middle of
summer, the necessity of having to shop for a birthday or
anniversary present is inevitable. While it's always a thrill to
find just the right gift for a friend or associate, sometimes
issues such as lack of time or the difficulty of trying to find
a unique gift: how many ties can you buy your brother in law,
make the buying experience stressful and a hassle. Unique
gourmet gifts: salmon, lobster, crab and steak
There's really no need ...
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2012 | Sports and Fitness |
Most of us don't eat the perfect diet and we have struggles with
food, same as everyone else. Having an awareness of this and
knowing a little bit about our health and food nutrition can
help when it comes to making wise decisions.
Many people struggle with food "cravings." Studies tell us that
it's fairly common for food cravings to happen quite often at
around bedtime. Your guard may be down, you may have had an
unusually hard day, and off you go on your not-so-merry way to
find that tasty ...
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Tuesday, January 17th, 2012 | Sports and Fitness |
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Drive down any suburban or city street and you will witness an
overload of fast food marketing. Brightly colored signs, cheap
value meals, happy cartoon logos, and a familiar smell will fill
your senses. Fast food restaurants have established themselves
as a leader in our nation's daily menu. What is the net affect
fast food and its ingredients have on our health? What, if any,
moral and social obligations do fast food companies have to
their ...
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Tuesday, January 10th, 2012 | Sports and Fitness |
b>Nutrition Basics for the Exercising Adult
Food is necessary for all humans to sustain life. For our
bodies to properly function at rest, calories are needed from
food to provide the energy needed to breathe, help our heart
beat, allow our blood to flow and aid in hundreds of other
functions that occur involuntarily and not necessarily at a
conscious level. This energy requirement for basic human
function is called Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR). [For an excellent
discussion on metabolism, ...
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Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012 | Sports and Fitness |
A high fiber food chart helps you know the foods high in dietary
fiber. Adding more foods high in dietary fiber from the high
fiber food chart can help you obtain the recommended 25-30 grams
of fiber each day. Sufficient daily fiber intake is important,
not just because of helping the bowels function, but to provide
nutrients to friendly bacteria in the digestive tracts.
Low-fiber diets have been connected to numerous diseases and
conditions such as colon cancer, constipation, Crohn's ...
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