| Why You Should Fish For Omega-3 Fatty Acids
Could a single food source prevent heart disease and depression, clear up your dry skin and brittle hair? Doctors say these benefits are as close as a daily dose of omega-3 fatty acids.
Omega-3s, in turn, are as close as a serving of salmon, a tuna sandwich or a handful of walnuts.
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Nutrition IQ
As it turns out, Mom was right when she told you to eat your vegetables. Vegetables are good for you, but do you know how good? Here's a quiz to test how much you know about adding a little color to your diet. 1 Eating the recommended amounts of fruits and vegetables daily reduces the chance of having a heart attack or stroke. True or false? .
What Is The South Beach Diet?
The South Beach Diet was developed by cardiologist Arthur Agatston to help his patients lose weight and maintain a healthy diet for a lifetime. It is designed in phases, like the Atkins Diet, with different eating recommendations in each phase. All phases have the same underlying philosophy, though. Weight loss and maintenance depends on establishing a balanced diet that avoids 'bad' fats and carbohydrates. The proponents of the South Beach diet claim that you can lose weight and maintain the weight loss without counting calories, weighing portions or depriving yourself of good-tasting, satisfying foods. This is accomplished by cutting out empty, high-carbohydrate foods like sugars, potatoes, rice and white bread. Each phase is specially designed to accomplish a particular goal.
Life Insurers Use The Body Mass Index To Tighten The Belt On Fat ...
Overweight people are in the firing line again. Life insurance companies are increasing premiums up to four fold for fat people. They've always charged more for those of us who over-eat, but during the last year the penalties have got worse. In moves to tighten the belts further, the life insurers are lowering the weight limits they use to categorise people. This tougher move means that those who are merely overweight and would have previously qualified for a standard premium, are now penalised with higher premiums – and the premium rapidly rises the more overweight they believe you are. Height and weight are just two of the questions you have to answer when you apply for life insurance. From them, the life company calculates your Body Mass Index and if that exceeds the limits they define as acceptable, they might ask for a doctor's report.
Drink's weight loss claim stirs doubt
Consumers cruising the aisles of supermarkets this week will find a new green tea beverage with an astounding claim -- drink it and burn calories. The Coca-Cola Co. and Nestli say consuming three cans a day of their new product, Enviga, will burn 60 to 100 calories -- and you don't have to run laps around the track, pedal a stationary bicycle or even bench-press weights. These calories can be burned merely by lifting the cans from table to mouth. It seems too good to be true, and some say it is. In fact, one watchdog group already has filed a false-advertising lawsuit against the two companies, and Connecticut's attorney general has launched an investigation into the calorie-burning claim. But Coca-Cola representatives insist that the drink has been scientifically tested and that it works.
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