Do you rely on nutrition labels to help make decisions about the foods you eat? Or, do you find packaging so confusing that you ignore the label information altogether? Regardless of your approach, new and improved nutrition facts labeling finalized last week by the FDA will help you to make healthier food choices. … Continue Reading
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Top 10 Tips On Slimming Down For Good
Whether you’re looking to maintain a healthy weight or to shed those extra pounds and keep them off, with the overload of information and misinformation out there, it can be very difficult to know the right steps to take. The good news is that it is never too late to improve your health and wellbeing… Continue Reading
What’s New In Weight Loss
The topic of weight loss is never more popular than at the beginning of the year. Between overindulgent holidays and New Year’s resolutions or mission statements, it seems everybody is looking to lose some weight. But with so much information at once, how do you know what the latest and most updated facts are?… Continue Reading
Want to Lose Weight? Reduce Added Sugars
Sugar is bad. Sugar makes you fat. We need to reduce our sugar intake. It’s an increasingly common message these days, and more and more research reinforces these facts. The question is, are we listening? A recent study published in the British Medical Journal suggests that consuming less sugar may have a moderate but… Continue Reading
2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans Released
Although somewhat belated, the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans were released late last month by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS). Since 1980, the Guidelines have been updated and issued every 5 years. The 2010 Guidelines don’t represent a significant departure from government recommendations made… Continue Reading