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Eating More Fruits, Veggies Keeps Heart Disease at Bay, Report Suggests
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Eating More Fruits, Veggies Keeps Heart Disease at Bay, Report Suggests

A new report shows that most of us still aren’t eating enough fruits and vegetables. At the same time, the report shows that eating more fruits and veggies can significantly reduce the risk of heart disease. The report, which was recently published in the British Medical Journal, is based on sixteen studies involving over 800,000 […]

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Healthy Advice That Olympians Live By
By Emily Lockhart Diet and Nutrition News & Advice

Healthy Advice That Olympians Live By

If you want to know what it takes to fuel up for success, stay lean, improve your energy, and stay motivated, ask one of our 2014 Sochi Olympic athletes. The following Olympic athletes share their “golden” health advice to live by… 1. Team Work is Motivating “It’s hard to get motivated…especially when it’s the dead […]

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Tasty and Healthy Alternatives to Butter
Medically Reviewed by Julie Ching, MS, RDN, CDE Diet and Nutrition News & Advice

Tasty and Healthy Alternatives to Butter

You might swear by the buttery goodness on your morning muffin or on your favorite mid-day sandwich, but the truth is you don’t have to sacrifice taste to skip that dollop of extra calories, sodium, and fat. Here are 10 tasty and healthier alternatives that you can swap for butter…

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10 of the Strangest Ice Cream Flavors You’ve Ever Tasted
By Emily Lockhart Diet and Nutrition News & Advice

10 of the Strangest Ice Cream Flavors You’ve Ever Tasted

Are you sick of the same chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry ice cream flavors staring you in the face at your local creamery or market? The good news is that there are a ton of innovative flavors for your sampling pleasure out there in this great wide world. The bad news is that some of them […]

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