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Good eatin'

 Our Forgotten Fruit: 
 Embrace the Paw Paw 

George Washington loved them, and you can, too

Nov 3, 09 4:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Pity the poor paw paw. It's got a long history in America—George Washington even called the fruit his favorite dessert—but it gets no love today. That's a shame, writes Ari Weinzweig . It's fallen out of favor because the trees are a pain to grow and the fruit doesn't... More »

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nutrition • diet • fruit and vegetables • paw paw

85% more sugar, anyone?

Worst Cereals Are Most Heavily Marketed to Kids

Industry's promise to self-regulate an 'abject failure'

Oct 26, 09 10:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cereals marketed to kids are drastically less nutritious than those pitched to adults, despite industry promises to clean up its act, finds a new study from Yale’s Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity. The study confirms what a quick glance at the cereal aisle would tell you: Cereals... More »

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nutrition • childhood obesity • cereal • breakfast cereal

 Heart Doc's Tips 
 for a Healthy Ticker 


South Beach Diet guru shares his secrets

Oct 18, 09 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Arthur Agatston, the cardiologist who cooked up the South Beach Diet, takes no medications and embraces a philosophy of moderation—he's not starving himself or downing dozens of vitamins. He clues Prevention magazine in on his advice for keeping your heart in tip-top shape:
  • Eat four times a day:
... More »

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nutrition • sleep • health • heart • exercise • chocolate • South Beach diet • cardiology • dietary supplement • Arthur Agatston

OPINION

Pollan's 'Rules to Eat By' Hard to Swallow

'Wise ancestors' Pollan advises emulating would have loved a Whopper

Oct 15, 09 4:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Food industry critic Michael Pollan is compiling a book of "Rules to Eat By"—like "If you're not hungry enough to eat an apple, you're not hungry"—but his advice that you rely on your ancestors' wisdom for your eating decisions tastes a little off to... More »

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food • nutrition • fast food • supermarket • Michael Pollan • food industry

AD CAMPAIGN

 Dominatrix, 
 Levi Johnston 
 Sex Up Pistachios 

New commercials hope to erase recall stigma

Oct 5, 09 2:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Can sex sell nuts? Pistachio growers sure hope so. With sales off more than 20% following last year’s nationwide recall, they’ve launched a risqué $15 million ad campaign. How risqué? In one ad, a real-life dominatrix cracks open a pistachio with a whip, USA Today reports.... More »

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nutrition • advertising • diet • commercials • sexy • pistachios • nuts

 First Lady 
 to Garden 
 on Sesame 
 Street 

Michelle Obama will educate the residents on the value of healthy eating

Sep 30, 09 7:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - What do Michelle Obama, Cameron Diaz, Eva Longoria Parker, Ricky Gervais, and Kobe Bryant have in common? All of them will appear on this season of Sesame Street, its 40th anniversary. The first lady will flex her green thumb and talk about gardening and eating healthy on the show’... More »

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entertainment • nutrition • Michelle Obama • vegetables • gardening • first lady • Sesame Street • locavore

interview

 Michelle Obama 
 Walks the Walk 
 on Fitness, Health  

First lady joins administration's push for more positive habits

Sep 28, 09 4:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration's push for better fitness and nutrition starts at the top, with the gym-rat president and garden-planting first lady setting the bar high for a nation of couch potatoes. It's all about moderation, Michelle Obama tells Prevention magazine. "My message to women: Do what makes you feel... More »

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Barack Obama • nutrition • Michelle Obama • obesity epidemic • fitness • french fries • Obama administration • physical fitness • President Obama • pie • hamburger • White House garden

(Newser) - Americans eat more than twice as much added sugar as doctors recommend, and they should cut back to battle obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and heart disease, researchers say. Added calories from processed sugar should total no more than 150 for men and 100 for women, the American Heart Association said today.... More »

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obesity • nutrition • hypertension • diabetes • obesity epidemic • heart disease • diet • sugar • American Heart Association • high blood pressure • women's issues • Sugar Association

 Fiber-Rich Corn Offers 
 Digestive, Uh, Benefit 

Kernels act as 'snowplows' in intestine

Aug 24, 09 5:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Corn is an American staple—it helped the earliest settlers survive and has provided us with bread and meal ever since. Recently, though, corn has been portrayed in a more unfavorable light, whether as the source of high-fructose corn syrup or the recipient of ethanol subsidies. From a nutritional perspective,... More »

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nutrition • corn • whole grains • corn syrup • digestion • fiber

'Functional Foods' Worry Health Experts

'Nutritious' junk food grabs growing
US market share

Aug 21, 09 8:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Once dubbed junk, certain snacks are enjoying a second life as so-called “functional foods”—candy bars or sugary cereals spruced up with added nutrients, the AP reports. Despite warnings by health experts, functional foods now account for $27 billion in sales, or 5% of the US food market,... More »

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food • nutrition • VitaminWater • soda • junk food • health food • functional foods

Surgeon General Nominee Consults for Burger King

Benjamin served on fast-food company's nutritional advisory panel

Aug 13, 09 2:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Burger King has paid Regina Benjamin, President Obama’s pick for surgeon general, $10,000 this year for serving on an advisory panel to the fast-food giant, the Washington Times reports. Administration reps say the Alabama physician used her position on Burger King’s nutritional advisory board to advocate for... More »

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nutrition • obesity epidemic • public health • fast food • Surgeon General • NYU • consulting • Burger King • Whopper • Regina Benjamin • Marion Nestle


 Even Celeb Chefs 
 Enjoy Fast Food 

They admit their last indulgence to Esquire

Aug 10, 09 1:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sure, fast food gets a bad rap. But even famous chefs cop to eating it, and Esquire has the details. You may notice a certain theme:
  • Alton Brown: Chick-Fil-A, last week
  • Tyler Florence: In-N-Out double-double burger, the other day
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food • nutrition • fast food • chef • KFC • In-N-Out • Jay-ZTV • Chick-Fil-A • celebrity chef

(Newser) - Vitamin D is "one hot topic" among nutritionists, the Los Angeles Times reports, and it's about to get hotter. More than 2,000 studies on the so-called sunshine vitamin have been published this year alone, exploring its role in everything from reducing the risk of pancreatic cancer and diabetes... More »

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nutrition • vitamins • sunlight • vitamin D • Institute of Medicine

(Newser) - Organic food has no health benefits compared to ordinary food, according to a report commissioned by the UK’s Food Standards Agency. Reseachers looked at 55 studies on the subject from the past 50 years, and concluded that the differences, where they existed, weren’t particularly significant from a public-health... More »

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nutrition • agriculture • organic food • United Kingdom • study

(Newser) - A mistake in the labs of the world's largest chocolate producer inadvertently led researchers to the ultimate in confectionery: a recipe that's not only heat-resistant, but that contains 90% fewer calories than normal chocolate. Food engineers fooling around at Barry Callebaut, which makes products for Nestlé and Cadbury, ended up... More »

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food • nutrition • diet • heat • calories • chocolate • candy • Nestle • chemistry • food science

Celiac Disease Diagnoses Skyrocket

Many with gluten intolerance may not
know of condition

Jul 10, 09 1:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - The number of Americans diagnosed with celiac disease has quadrupled since the 1950s, and the condition "is emerging as a substantial public health concern," Mayo Clinic researchers warn. People who had the gluten-intolerance disease and didn’t know it were four times more likely to have died during... More »

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nutrition • study • public health • gluten • wheat • Mayo Clinic • celiac disease • health research

(Newser) - During a recession, even endurance athletes have to watch their wallets. Increasingly, the Boston Globe reports, marathoners and pro athletes are turning to cheap, readily available means of replacing carbs and electrolytes—even if that means pounding pickle juice. “It’s been a hidden secret,” said the maker... More »

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nutrition • marathon • Gatorade • sports drinks • endurance sports • triathlon • pickle juice • performance-enhancing foods • electrolytes

OPINION

Those Greasy Burgers Don't Fool Us, Barack

Dowd to prez: Stop pretending you like junk food and eat healthy

Jun 17, 09 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - He might take his veep out for a burger once in a while, but Barack Obama is a health nut—so much so, notes Maureen Dowd, that when he and Michelle had dinner in New York "he managed the impossible feat of nibbling only one French fry." For... More »

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Barack Obama • nutrition • health • Michelle Obama • gardening • burger • fried food

 Wanna Fight Cancer? 
 Don't Chop Your Carrots 

Study finds cut carrots lose anti-cancer compound during cooking

Jun 17, 09 6:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Carrots preserve 25% more of their cancer-fighting properties if they're not chopped up before cooking, according to a new study. Researchers found that the amount of falcarinol—proven to reduce the risk of tumors by a third in rats—was higher in carrots that had been boiled whole. Carrots that... More »

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cancer • nutrition • carrots

(Newser) - Wary of being associated with fast food, Disney and others are leaving Happy Meals behind and targeting young buyers—well, their parents—by branding everything from eggs to apples, the Big Money reports. Disney properties like Mickey Mouse, Miley Cyrus, and Zac Efron appear on packaging as well as the... More »

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food • entertainment • nutrition • eggs • Mickey Mouse • Disney • banana • supermarket • Zac Efron • branding • Hannah Montana • Miley Cyrus • apple • fruit and vegetables

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