January 16, 2012 If you are at-risk for developing diabetes, the Genesys Diabetes and Nutrition Learning Center is offering a three day course entitled Preventing Diabetes. In this course, you will learn to understand the implications of elevated blood sugar. You will also learn the risk factors for diabetes and how to reduce them. How lifestyle changes, choices, nutrition and physical activity can help you prevent diabetes.
January 15, 2012 Peanut butter is a very large part of the American diet, more now than ever. Simply because it mixes well with things and it taste great. That's why the folks at General Mills thought consumers would be excited Cheerios comes in a new peanut butter flavor, but parents of children with allergies are very upset about the new cereal.
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January 12, 2012 Although Sesame Street was known for incorporating tasteful breastfeeding scenes into its educational platform in the 70s and 80s, it's since abandoned the practice in favor of bottle-feeding.
Now blogger Lani Michelle wants "Lactivism" to go mainstream, and is circulating an online petition:
Are you one of the folks in the grocery store that stops to read the labels on the food you buy’? Some stores, have’ made it even easier for you, displaying nutritional scores alongside prices.
That headline does not mean you should be ready to light up, but if you are an older adult, a non-smoker, and you suffer from memory loss maybe, just maybe, a nicotine patch can help, according to a study published in the journal Neurology.
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Are you really listening to all the health warnings on cigarette smoking? According to a recent study conducted by the National Health Service (NHS) in England, you aren’t.
January 5, 2012 These harsh ads do make the kids look miserable. If I had a child that was over weight I don't think I would feel comfortable parading them in front of a camera to talk about their issue. All in the name of money I'm sure.
The ads were done by the folks at Strong4Life. Take a look at the ad after the jump.
January 3, 2012 If you've resolved to drink less pop in the new year, this just may help you "dew" it.
Lawyers for Pepsi, the maker of Mountain Dew, claim that the product will dissolve a dead mouse.
I think one of the most popular New Years' resolutions is to lose weight. Let's face it, as we grow older we tend to gain it and it becomes harder to keep off. Research says that 80 percent of people who make the resolution to lose weight never even get started. If REALLY l
You ever noticed you’re buying more birthday presents in the summer than the winter? The Daily Beast reports its no coincidence — the winter is the time for conception, so more babies are born in the late summer and early fall.
Jell-O pudding has always billed its Temptations desserts as treats designed specifically for adults, a claim it apparently takes seriously: a new machine handing out samples of the product won’t give them to kids.
