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From the monthly archives:

March 2010

25 Diet-busting Foods Never to Eat

Among the many more, here are Health.com’s 25 Diet-Busting Foods You Should Never Eat article I just perused. The “foods” (I use that word liberally) that are cited have some common characteristics, such as salt, sugar, fat and high processing.

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Health Care is Law. See How You’re Affected

The legislation will tighten regulation of insurance companies and is expected to extend medical coverage to more than 30 million uninsured Americans. See how individual households are affected.

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Watch: Stem Cell Research — A Father’s Fight

Dr. John Kessler, a leader in the field of stem cell research, works to find a stem cell cure for his daughter’s spinal cord injury. Advances in stem cell research include making them from ordinary skin cells.

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One Less Cookie = 10 Less Pounds

The basic formula for gaining and losing weight is well known: a pound of fat equals 3,500 calories. That simple equation has fueled the widely accepted notion that weight loss does not require daunting lifestyle changes but “small changes that add up,” as the first lady, Michelle Obama, put it last month in announcing a national plan to counter childhood obesity.

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Beware PCBs in Fish Oil; Salmonella in Processed Food

PCBs are the carcinogenic culprit in the fish oil supplement case, and good ole salmonella makes it’s repeated visit to spread itself all over a wide range of processed foods – including soups, snack foods, dips and dressings -via a flavor-enhancing ingredient.

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