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10 Tips for Healthy Holiday Party Food

JoeR — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:53:20 -0700

by Michele Morris Last year I created a seven-course dinner to ring in 2007. But when I tallied the nutritional information, I realized I was serving my guests a meal that weighed in at well over 3,000 calories. Yikes! Just wanna have fun at parties, but don’t wanna dread getting on the scale in January? It is possible — and you don’t have to be a nutritional saint while everyone else is partying like rock stars. An indulgence here and there won’t derail a healthy diet. In fact, you’d...

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Green Gourmands on the Go, Part I of III

NG — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:30:44 -0700

As an enthusiastic traveler, I’ve developed a fondness/borderline obsession for street food. From puffed rice bhelpuri to rice noodle soup, ice-cold chicha morada to fresh-crushed sugar cane, hot dogs to hot dog, I’ll try anything being sold from a pushcart or taco truck at least once. Carts make it possible to serve fresh-cooked food to a hungry public at a much lower price than what the same food would cost at a restaurant since the overhead is much lower. And what with the...

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Healthy Eats, For Cheap!

amandakshannon — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:18:13 -0700

Is it possible to eat healthy on a low budget, and it's all in this new book...

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Slow Down to Control Overeating

amandakshannon — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:56:28 -0700

Easy does it... Eating too fast can lead to overeating by limiting the release of hormones in the gut that trigger the feeling of being full.

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Dirty Burgers?

amandakshannon — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:55:15 -0700

Two died and 26 others became ill after apparently eating ground beef that might have been contaminated with E. coli bacteria. It makes you question, how clean is that burger?

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Healthy Eating on a Budget

jride — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:45:36 -0600

By Sara Ryba, R.D., C.D.N. Finding a healthy, affordable diet is definitely a challenge given the rapidly rising cost of groceries. It used to be that buying fresh, unprocessed foods would save you money, but that no longer is the case. According to Tufts University, the rise in cost of more nutritious food is beating the rate of inflation. A recent study by The University of Washington concluded that lower-calorie foods, such as fruits and vegetables, are far more expensive than sweets...

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Would you Eat These Frightening Foods?

amandakshannon — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:19:34 -0600

Some of the world's scariest animals are seen as a delicacy in particular parts of the world. Blood and bats? Sounds like a Halloween fright!

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Caffeinated Environmentalism: Eco Coffee and Fair Trade

greenlagirl — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:08:47 -0600

Unlike Jessica of Food for Thought, I won't be kicking my coffee habit anytime soon. After all, I see a positive coffee study for every negative one -- plus my coffee's organic and fair trade! So for the caffeine-addicted like me, here's the latest on eco-coffee drinking: >> The greenest way to drink your coffee in the office. Slate’s Green Lantern explains how to eco your morning kick -- with a detailed description of why reusable mugs must be reused many many times to make the...

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Organic Cheat Sheet, Revisited

savasthi — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:59:40 -0600

After experiencing yet another sticker shock moment at the grocery store, I remembered that I once printed out an organic cheat sheet before I went shopping. The list helped me figure out which items were worth a splurge, and which ones aren't. As food prices continue to soar, I went in search of that list, which will come in handy for anyone who wants to buy organic food, but also need to pay attention to their wallet. The list comes from data from the Environmental Working Group, a...

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Broadening Your Culinary Horizons

JessicaHarlan — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:31:38 -0600

One of the suggestions I always hear for maintaining a healthy diet is to eat a wide range of foods. Some experts even advocate eating a "rainbow" of food, the theory being that the range of pigments that make these foods so colorful are also what give them a variety of vitamins, antioxidants and other nutrients. But as for me, the health attributes of eating a variety of uncommon fruits and vegetables are a side benefit to an even more important perk: they keep me from...

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