Archive for the 'Diet & Nutrition' Category
Buckwheat Pancakes
Sunday, January 2nd, 2011Five degrees outside this morning. Very cold indeed. However, the sun is shining and it is the start of a new year. It is a buckwheat pancakes kind of day. Luckily I also had some bananas and buttermilk to use up. Best way to start the day – and the year. I went a little [...]
Drinking Diet Soda While Pregnant Could Lead To Premature Delivery
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010According to Denmark scientists, pregnant women should stay away from daily diet soda intake, because it could cause premature births. The soda-drinking patterns of almost 60,000 Danish women were followed by researchers for six years. Results suggest a link between diet carbonated and noncarbonated drinks and premature births. In the study, the researchers found that [...]
Companies Offering Workers Money for Dieting
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010Would money make you lose weight? Many employers are betting they can pay you to lose weight. At least a third of U.S. companies offer financial incentives, or are planning to introduce them, to get their employees to lose weight or get healthier in other ways. Take OhioHealth for instance, a hospital chain whose workforce [...]
USDA tightens requirements for school lunch safety
Friday, February 5th, 2010The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced some new steps Thursday to “assure the safety and quality of food” purchased for the National School Lunch Program. The measures include such things as tightening requirements on companies that supply ground beef to schools, testing the beef more often and more thoroughly, and improving communications within the USDA [...]
4 Best Foods For Runners
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009If you are a runner, you want to keep full, but not pack on the pounds. Keep it all healthy as you run the miles. Here are four great foods specifically for runners, but all of us can enjoy them. Almonds are high in the antioxidant vitamin E and help prevent achy muscles. Their protein [...]
