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8 Chocolate Treats Under 80 Calories
Thursday, January 28th, 2010You love chocolate, but you don’t want a ton of calories. You could just forget chocolate, but really, who can do that? We’re talking chocolate here. Instead, just hit the link below and check out some chocolate treats under 80 calories.
Stuff like Godiva’s White Chocolate Praline Heart for just 60 calories, 1/4 cup Häagen-Dazs Chocolate [...]
E. coli: Calif. company recalls 864,000 pounds of beef
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010Here we go again. When are you going to stop trusting the FDA? They keep nothing safe. They can’t and they have their own agenda anyway. Now a Southern California meat-packing firm has recalled some 864,000 pounds of ground-beef that might be contaminated with E. coli.
The Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said [...]
The Best Energy Bars
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010We all know that Snickers satisfies you, or so they say, but it might not be the best choice. Many people prefer energy bars. But which bars taste great and still give you a boost? Well, recently Health.com put four standout energy bars to the test.
Hit the link to see how they did. Know [...]
4 Ways to Eat Smart at the Drive-Thru
Thursday, January 14th, 2010Sure you would rather not eat fast food on your diet, but sometimes it’s the only option. So if you are going to do it, you may as well do it right. Fast food may be evil, but at least they try. McDonald’s sliced apples or Burger King’s veggie burgers are at least better than [...]
20 fast soups
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010Today, we are all in a hurry, but even so you need to eat something good. And at this time of year soup definitely hits the spot. So hit the link below and check out 20 fast soups that you can make that will have your stomach pleased.
All of the soups at the link below [...]
Frozen Diet Foods That Taste Great
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010Frozen diet entrees are a simple and fast way to limit calories, but not all of them taste good. In fact most are downright inedible. So Consumer Reports editors had some testers try 24 microwaveable diet meals. Several got good scores for taste and for containing 600 milligrams or less of sodium. Some of the [...]
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 and [...]
General Mills to Cut Sugar in Kids’ Cereals
Friday, December 11th, 2009If you ask, many adults would tell you that kids cereals are very bad for their health. Why? Mostly because they are so sugary. Well, something is finally being done about that.
General Mills plans to further cut the amount of sugar in its cereals that it markets to children under 12. The company will reduce [...]
Fight Prostate Cancer With Coffee And Exercise
Thursday, December 10th, 2009It seems like an odd combination, but drinking a few more cups of coffee and exercising each day can reduce a man’s risk of dying of prostate cancer, according to two studies. Now this isn’t a proven treatment, but data shows a clear association with both activities.
Of almost 50,000 men in one study, spanning the [...]
9 Unexpected Things in Drinking Water
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009They say that our drinking water is safe, but we know that when their lips are moving they are usually lying. I mean look at our food supply. How many recalls do you need to make things safe? Anyway, there are many surprising things in our water supply. Some you might expect, some you might [...]
