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Dunkin’ Donuts getting healthier

Posted in Diet and Nutrition, Food, tagged , , , , , , on July 31, 2008 | 6 Comments »

Dunkin’ Donuts has a new menu for customers watching their health and weight. The “DD Smart” menu, which will debut in stores Aug. 6, will feature new flatbread sandwiches. Customers will be able to choose either a turkey sausage egg-white sandwich or a vegetable egg-white sandwich. Both will be under 300 calories with 9 grams of fat [...]

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Health tip: When eating at sit down restaurants…

Posted in Diet and Nutrition, Environment, tagged , , , , on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Chili’s, Outback, T.G.I. Fridays… Sit down full-service restaurants remain a hot spot for anyone looking for good filling meal. As great as the food and atmosphere might be, a lot of damage (as far as goals to get fit) can happen here. Most of the entrées at these establishments contain well over 1000 calories, couple that [...]

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New rule requires calories on menus in New York

Posted in Diet and Nutrition, Food, News, tagged , , , , , , on July 23, 2008 | 13 Comments »

A new rule requiring chain restaurants in New York to post calorie information on their menus took effect this past Friday. The regulation defines a chain restaurant as one that has 15 or more outlets across the country.  In New York, the rule affected 2,000 restaurants or 10 percent of the total in the city. [...]

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Obesity rises to new heights…

Posted in Diet and Nutrition, News, tagged , , , , on July 21, 2008 | 7 Comments »

A report by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention stated that the overweight populations of 45 U.S. states increased last year. The percentage between 2005 and 2007 grew about 1.7 percent to a record 25.6 percent, or about 54 million people. That pretty much means 1 in every 4 American is obese!
Mississippi, Alabama [...]

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Battle of the diets: Atkins wins

Posted in Diet and Nutrition, News, tagged , , , , , , on July 17, 2008 | 6 Comments »

The Atkins diet may have just proved itself.
A study, out this week, found that among moderately obese people in Israel (mostly men), the Mediterranean diet and the low-carb Atkins like diet actually outperformed a low-fat diet at promoting weight loss over a two-year period.
The Mediterranean diet emphasizes fish, sources of “good” fat like olive oil [...]

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Brandon Jennings gets paid!

Posted in Basketball, News, Sports, tagged , , , , , , , on July 16, 2008 | 9 Comments »

Touted as the best point guard in the class of 2008, Brandon Jennings signed with Pallacanestro Virtus Roma of the Italian pro league. Jennings who played at Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) last season, decided to bypass college and sign a ‘multimillion-dollar’ deal with the Rome-based team.
At 18, Jennings could not enter the [...]

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