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Beware of What You Groupon!

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A friend of mine that lives in Grand Rapids, MI just sent me her Groupon post of the day.   The Groupon offer was a $199 for the HCG Diet Program.  This program only allows you to consume up to 500 calories a day and requires that you inject yourself for 40 days.  Sound like fun?  With all the New Year Resolutions […]

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Healthy Muppets Move to Sesame Street

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Today, Sesame Street welcomes new healthy muppets to the set called “Superfoods.”  The new muppets are a banana, broccoli stalk, wedge of cheese and hamburger bun.  Their purpose on Sesame Street is to teach children about healthy snacks.  These “superfoods” are also part of an initiative started by the collabetation between the UnitedHealthcare, Merck Company Foundation, and Sesame Street.  Together, these organiczations are trying to […]

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Think Twice About the Twinkie Diet

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A nutrition professor at Kansas State University named, Mark Haub, recently went on a diet that consisted mostly of the famous yellow snack cake known as the Twinkie.  Mark’s story was recently reported in the Chicago Tribune.  His diet seemed to cause an uproar in the nutrition realm.   Twinkie diet…what?   As stated in the Chicago Tribune, […]

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Celebrities don’t eat sugar?

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I find it amazing how many consumers listen to the nutrition advice given by celebrities! I have heard numerous statements and comments made by celebrities lately about how they don’t eat any sugar.  These statements always make me smile!  I think it is because celebrities are so misinformed. There are three main types of carbohydrates including: starches […]

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