McDonald's® Tri-State Owners Launch Local Nutrition Network to Support Community Programs
ROSELAND, N.J., March 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- McDonald's New York Tri-State area restaurants today launched the McDonald's New York Metro Nutrition Network, a new community outreach initiative to provide funds to local organizations for grassroots nutrition programs.
Nutrition for a Healthy Pregnancy
As soon as you learn you're pregnant, eating healthy takes on a whole new meaning. After all, everything you put in your mouth affects your growing baby. A great source for all of your nutrition queries is Elizabeth Somer's Nutrition for a Healthy Pregnancy.
A registered dietitian with years of experience and a longtime contributor to Shape and Fit Pregnancy magazines, Somer offers advice according to each trimester (including a week's worth of daily menu suggestions for each), as well as pre- and post-pregnancy guidance. She covers important topics like what foods to avoid and why; dietary guidelines for pregnant women over 35; which vitamins and minerals are essential to your pregnancy, with listings of food sources that can provide th ...
Grain can add flavor, nutrition to a garden
Now that you've established a productive vegetable garden, how about growing some pancakes, pasta and home-baked breads on the side?
Is a low-carb diet the best way to lose weight?
I have a lifelong friend who believes that the Atkins diet is the only way to lose weight and "lead a healthy lifestyle." He eats hamburgers, bacon, steaks, roast beef, shrimp, drinks excessively, sleeps 12 to 15 hours a day, then sits and watches TV all day. Can you help me save a friend?
Scientific Evidence to Support the Role of Lean Beef in a Healthy, Balanced Diet is Strong
CENTENNIAL, Colo., March 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement by Shalene McNeill, PhD, RD, Executive Director, Human Nutrition Research, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, a contractor for The Beef Checkoff:
"The scientific evidence to support the role of lean beef in a healthy, balanced diet is strong and there is nothing in this study that changes that fact.
Still no fast way to lose weight
WASHINGTON - Before there was Dr. Atkins, there was William Banting. He invented the low-carb diet of 1863. Even then Americans were trying out advice that urged fish, mutton or "any meat except pork" for breakfast, lunch and dinner - hold the potatoes, please.
How to lose weight on a budget
PORTLAND, Ore. - If your New Year's resolutions includes dropping weight, you shouldn't worry about having to drop a bunch of cash, too.