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High-fructose corn syrup and your health
High-fructose corn syrup has been blamed for worsening the obesity epidemic. AP photo/ Seth Perlman.More products on the supermarket shelves display claims such as “contains no high-fructose corn...
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Make your own healthy gifts for the holidays!
Giving food as a gift is unfortunately a tradition long gone. With the economy sputtering the way it is, this holiday season is a great time to revive the lost tradition of food gift giving.Of course,...
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Strategies for a healthy holiday season
Holiday office parties, family gatherings, Thanksgiving leftovers Sticking to a healthy eating plan is definitely put to the test during the holidays. What you need are strategies to help you stick...
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Eating healthy on a budget
With the holiday season well on the way, you may feel your budget tightening significantly. Unfortunately when the money starts drying out, many Americans turn to fast food and junk food to fill their...
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Controlling your blood sugar level during the holidays
To many, the holidays represent a time of joy, celebration, and ... stress. For those with diabetes, the stress factor is even more intense because of the many challenges the holidays bring to keeping...
View ArticleFood advertising to children on TV still of poor nutritional quality, says...
Last month an analysis conducted by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) showed that nearly 80 percent of food advertisements geared toward children on Nickelodeon are for...
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Healthy holiday appetizers: vegetable Christmas tree
Planning a holiday party?How about including healthier items your friends and family are sure to enjoy! A vegetable Christmas tree is easy to make, colorful, and festive. You will need:Light Ranch...
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Five last minute health gift ideas
There's only a few days left before Christmas and you still need gifts for those hard-to-shop-for people on your list. No need to panic! This year, give them the gift of health.Here are five gift...
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Calories in alcoholic drinks add up
What would the holidays be without a toast? A little celebratory drink is harmless; but many celebratory drinks from Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year do add up. Take egg nog, for example. Nothing...
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Strategies for making New Year's resolutions that last through the year
So Christmas is over and the New Year is looming. That only means one thing: time to make a New Year's resolution! Whether you wish to lose those holiday pounds or to simply improve your diet,...
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Program offers cooking and nutrition classes to fight hunger
Food insecurity, defined as the lack of access to enough food to meet basic nutritional needs at all times due to diminished financial resources, and hunger are real issues in Vermont. Indeed, Vermont...
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The benefits of antioxidants
“Antioxidants” is a word that is thrown around a lot in the media these days. One moment they are viewed positively, and the next a research comes along to discredit them. Here’s the low-down on...
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Keep a food journal to help with weight loss
Here's an interesting bit of information: Americans spend $35 billion a year on weight loss products. Compare this to the price of pen and paper. Indeed, something as simple as keeping a written...
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Menu labeling legislation to be introduced in Vermont Senate
On Tuesday, January 12, 2010 a menu labeling bill will be introduced in the Vermont Senate. The bill would require that all foodservice establishments with more than ten restaurants nationwide...
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Food safety: stronger legislation way overdue
A Burlington boy sickened and subsequently hospitalized after consuming tainted peanut butter crackers last fall is part of a group requesting that Congress pass stronger food safety legislation,...
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Tips to protect yourself against breast cancer
Breast cancer remains high in the list of worries for a lot of women. The estimate for the number of women diagnosed in 2009, although better than in the 1990’s, is still as high as 192,370 according...
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Programs available in the Burlington area to help you protect your heart
February is Heart Awareness Month. All around the Burlington area you can find programs to help you maintain a healthy heart. Here are a few links to some of these programs:The Community Health...
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Here's another good reason to drink milk: "Keep Local Farms"
Milk is almost a perfect food. It is a great source of complete protein, bone building nutrients such as calcium, vitamin D and phosphorus; and a source of energy boosting carbohydrates. So it's...
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Hunger exists in Vermont, but so does help
When you take a stroll around Burlington or anywhere else around the state, you are not likely to run into emaciated stick figures associated with some residents of poor African countries. That...
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Vermont: Take action against Bisphenol A
Bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical used to make epoxy resin and polycarbonate plastic products. It is easily molded, temperature and impact resistant, as well as transparent. More than 2 million tones...
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