| Delicious Superfood Smoothies | |
(HealthNewsDigest.com)-You may want to raise a glass and toast a delicious new way to improve your diet-drinking smoothies that offer customized nutritional benefits. |
| Juice A Thirst Quencher? Jo-Ann Heslin, RD, Food & Nutrition Columnist, www.HealthNewsDigest.com | |
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Like many other areas of the supermarket the juice aisle seems to grow weekly fresh, frozen, refrigerated, bottled, boxed, and fortified with vitamins, minerals, sterols, phytochemicals and fiber. Not to mention organic, sweetened, unsweetened, artificially sweetened, and light varieties. The options can be mind boggling. |
| Soy Smoothies Satisfy Sweet Tooth |
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - There are probably a million and one different drink combinations out there for you to serve at your next party or barbeque. However, many of these beverages contain very little nutritional value. Now is a great time to introduce your friends and family to the wonderful world of soy with delicious, refreshing soy smoothies.
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| My Oil of Choice, Olive Oil! | |
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - My oil of choice is Olive Oil, because while a fat is a fat when we refer to calories, not all fats (including oils) are equal when we refer to our health. I've chosen Olive Oil because it leads by a margin when we compare it to other oils that are good for our health! |
| Supersweet Corn is Ready for Grilling |
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - For many Americans, Memorial Day is the official start to summer and grilling season. The weekend warriors begin to join the year-round grill masters by dusting off their set of grill tools and checking the dates on bottled marinades.
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| Go Mediterranean! | |
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Go Mediterranean with the Mediterranean Diet, that is! We may not all live surrounded by the crystal blue waters of the Mediterranean, but I suggest we eat like we do. We can do this by eating the foods that the people from the Mediterranean do, more often and by making it an eating lifestyle! |
| Healthy Fast Food on the Road | |
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - The latest trend in fast food is healthy and organic, and luckily for conscious consumers, several chains offering just such fare are taking root in different parts of the U.S. One of the leaders of this small but scrappy pack of fast food upstarts is ONaturals. The small chain currently runs two stores of its own in Maine (Falmouth and Portland) and one in Acton, Massachusetts, and franchises out additional locations in Kansas and Florida. |
| Blueberry Juice Tops The ORAC Antioxidant Chart | |
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - PORTLAND, Maine, -- USDA's database of antioxidant values for various foods, places blueberry juice at the top of the list among more than a dozen juices tested including pomegranate, apple, prune, cranberry and Concord grape. |
| Five Foods For Digestive Health | |
(HealthNewsDigest.com)-Most people don't give their digestive tract the attention it deserves. Digestive health, however, is vital to day-to-day well-being and plays a key role in long-term health. Studies show that a properly functioning GI tract ensures optimal absorption of nutrients into the body and the timely elimination of unwanted waste and harmful compounds such as carcinogens. |
| Grillin' Beans for Spring and Summer |
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Knoxville, Tenn. With as many as 12.4 billion grilled meals eaten each year1, its no wonder consumers use familiar recipes and serve the same sides over and over. Now just in time for its 100th anniversary, Bush Brothers & Company helps put an end to the monotony with new Grillin Beans, the first line of premium prepared beans specifically formulated to complement top-quality chicken, steak and chops.
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| Caffeine and Health |
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Washington, D.C. - To help answer questions and clarify the science surrounding caffeine, the International Food Information Council (IFIC) Foundation is providing a comprehensive update of the research on caffeine and health.
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| Cranberries: The Little Fruit With a Great Big Punch |
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - WAREHAM, Mass., -- Do you know anyone who's a Type-A personality? A multi-tasking, go-getter? Well, if fruit could take personality tests, the cranberry would turn out to be Type-A. There's a lot of good stuff in these little red gems. But the antioxidants deserve some special attention.
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