Archive for April, 2009

Bakeries feel burned by ban (Albany Times Union)

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

July 1 is deadline for shops in Albany County to drop trans fats

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What’s your fat age? Celebrities put their bodies to the test with fascinating results (Daily Mail)

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Seven celebs use an online calculator to work out whether they take on too much saturated fat in their daily diet.

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Steak out: Food focus seems to be shifting away from meat (Pioneer Press)

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Meat has been the central object of worship among food religionists for some time. But lately, the food world has seen a slight retreat from this meaty fervor — a step back, a measured gaze and a thought bubbling up: Perhaps less is, after all, more.

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Studies show maintaining a healthy diet critical for seniors (The Southside Reporter)

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Medicare beneficiaries in the state of Texas experience higher rates of chronic illnesses such as diabetes and heart failure.

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Electrical safety strikes cord with fire chief (Portage Daily Register)

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Portage Fire Chief Clayton Simonson is inflamed about the topic of extension cords.

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Vegging out (The Indianapolis Star)

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Meat is off the menu for many seeking a path to better health.

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‘Yes you can’ (Philippine Daily Inquirer)

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

’Tis summertime and many people are taking a break, going off to distant or secret places in order to heal, to be healthy, to help themselves and others, to try to become whole again. You, too, and take a book along.

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Killer on the loose in the Gulf — diabetes (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

If it’s not the fatty foods it’s the lack of exercise — or probably both. More and more Arabs living in the wealthy Gulf states are suffering lifestyle diseases, especially obesity and diabetes.

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Medical student dies after she takes date rape party drug which Home Office pledged to ban (Daily Mail)

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

A talented medical student who dreamed of becoming a surgeon has died after taking a date rape drug. Police found Hester Stewart, 21, dead at home after a friend said she taken a liquid ‘party drug’ called GBL.

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Eating fatty foods may boost your memory, say scientists (New York Daily News)

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

A team of scientists found that oleic acids from fats are converted into a memory-enhancing signals in the part of the brain responsible for remembering emotional events.

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