Eggs Are OK For Your Heart
If you're avoiding eggs because you think they'll raise your cholesterol, stop it. Revisionist science says the anti-egg crusade was a mistake. In the 1960s, doctors thought cholesterol in food clogged arteries and that egg yolks were prime ... [... more]
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Sneaking in Fiber
In the lexicon of weight loss, the term "good carbs" refers to complex carbohydrates. These are foods like whole grains, nuts, beans, and seeds that are composed largely of complex sugar molecules that require lots of time and energy to digest . [... more]
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Low-Carb Myths and Truths
With all the hype about low-carb diets, it's hard to know what's true and what's a myth. Get the straight facts about the effect a low-carb diet has on your health. The premise of all low-carb foods and diet plans begins with nutrition-science ... [... more]
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Hooked on Whole Grains
Discover the benefits of including more whole grains in your diet. Whole grain's high fiber is a key reason for its benefits. In a recent study, increasing cereal fiber intake by 10 grams a day (about one serving of many whole-grain cereals) ... [... more]
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Overcoming Portion Distortion
Signs of the super-size times: Restaurants have swapped their 10-inch plates, once the industry standard, for 12-inch versions. Why? More room for portions big enough to feed not just you, but the entire family--8 cups of spaghetti, a pound of ... [... more]
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Superfoods to the Rescue
These 5 superfoods work better than supplements to slash your risk of heart disease--find out what they are. Luscious strawberries dipped in rich, dark chocolate. Grilled salmon. Mashed sweet potatoes dusted with cinnamon. Spinach salad tossed ... [... more]
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Cooking Cures
We eat 50 percent less calories, fat, and sodium when we eat at home than when we eat out--use these cooking cures to make cooking at home easier. We eat 50 percent less calories, fat, and sodium when we eat at home than when we eat out, notes ... [... more]
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Salmon: A Fish Story
On the Pacific side of the United States, the situation is better for wild salmon, although they face the same threats and obstacles as in other parts of the world. Wild Pacific salmon continue to run throughout the coastal Pacific Northwest, ... [... more]
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Light Substitutions
Trying to cut back on calories and fat? Use this chart to determine which ingredients can be substituted for healthier options. [... more]
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Reduce Your Risk of Heart Disease and Stroke
Between 1950 and 2000, the death rate from heart disease in the United States plummeted nearly 70 percent, and the death rate from stroke nearly 80 percent. Seems like pretty good news! But this silver lining has a bit of cloud stuffed inside it. ... [... more]
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A Revolutionary Concept
While their former bosses were fleeing the country or losing their heads to the guillotine, chefs of the royal court found themselves out on the rue without so much as a roux to whisk. Lucky for them, a promising new institution had begun popping ... [... more]
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Best Bets Against Colon Cancer
Surprise: The long-held theory that fat causes colon cancer while fiber prevents it has not panned out, says cancer-diet researcher John Baron, M.D., of Dartmouth Medical School. Example: A new Harvard analysis of 726,000 people finds no link ... [... more]
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