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The Truth About Granola Bars
This post is inspired by something I found in my cabinet today: a Nature's Valley Strawberry Yogurt granola bar. I don't eat granola bars (for the reasons you'll read later in this post) but I picked the thing up just to read the label for kicks. Most people think granola bars are the prime example of a healthy snack.
The Health Benefits of Pets in our Lives
Many of the benefits of pets — companionship, affection and so on — have been well known for centuries — even numerous ancient Egyptians cherished their companion animals. However, data gathered during only the last few years have shown just how significantly our health is improved if we share our lives with animals.
A study undertaken in 2002 by the Waltham Center for Pet Nutrition and United States Food and Drug Administration revealed that the heart rates and blood pressures of pet owners increased less when the individuals were presented with math problems to solve if their companion animals were present.
Healthy Lunches At School: A New Lesson
How healthy is the lunch your child is eating at school? It's a big question this fall, with a new report that about one out of every three kids is overweight. But our local schools are working hard to teach kids to eat right.Sasha and Malia used in ad campaign
By Kate Kilpatrick and Ruth McCann Washington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, August 11, 2009 The posters went up last week, 14 in Union Station. On each of the large displays, a thought bubble rises up from a picture of a beautiful 8-year-old: "President Obama's daughters get healthy school lunches. Why don't I?"Abortions at School Clinics
Critics of the Democratic health care proposal have been increasingly raising concerns that the plan would provide taxpayer-subsidized abortions (a claim we address here). The Liberty Counsel, a conservative group, puts a different twist on that concern, alleging that Page 992 of the bill "will establish school-based 'health' clinics. Your children will be indoctrinated and your grandchildren may be aborted!"CHAPTER 98
I was tired; a night with interruptions, 02:00 hrs, 05:00 hrs etc... – milk… That’s how it should be done the first 3 months… So we let it be, something new had been added these past 40 years… My parents had NOT done anything – they had me cried the first 3 nights and then – never again sleepless nights. But the “new” education says: Thy shall not be so brutal… They also explained in “big” letters and in books: there are three different types of sleepers: i.e.
America’s Unhealthiest Restaurants (Eat this, Not That)
America’s Unhealthiest Restaurants by David Zinczenko, with Matt Goulding a Yahoo! Health Expert for Nutrition http://health.yahoo.com/experts/eatthis/26542/americas-unhealthiest-restaurants Your favorite fast food restaurant is often like your favorite city: Visit some neighborhoods and you live the high life. Visit others and you’re just plain asking for trouble.Doctor Dominici
Doctor Dominici My Doctor Q: Doctor, I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life. Is this true? A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that's it...20 worst foods to eat
1. Worst fast-food chicken meal
Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips from McDonald's (5 pieces) with creamy ranch sauce
830 calories
55 grams (g) fat (4.5 g trans fat)
48 g carbohydrates
The only thing "premium" about these strips is the caloric price you pay. Add a large fries and regular soda and this seemingly innocuous chicken meal tops out at 1,710 calories.
I love this doctor!!!
Ha,ha, that's my doctor!!!!! SO, I GUESS THAT THE LESS WE TALK THE BETTER OFF WE ARE! It's so good to read the truth at last??
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