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Healthy Nutrition:6 Nutrition Claims That Need a Second Look
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All eyes have been on front-of-package nutrition labeling recently, with the release of the Institute of Medicine’s recommendations to help bring some consistency to front-of-pack systems. That’s great if we can unify the various efforts that call out nutritional
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Health Nutrition:Prevention’s Best Packaged Food Awards
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Prevention.com put packaged foods to the test once again this year, revealing 21 winners of the website’s Best Packaged Food Awards. Prevention.com asked registered dietitians and food bloggers to recommend their favorite new and healthy packaged foods. Each product
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Health and Nutrition Tips:Is Chocolate Really the New Superfruit? Maybe if Rick Bayless Made it at XOCO
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photo credit: Xoco in Chicago by Kevin P on flickr.
It wasn’t that long ago when Hershey’s made news for claiming that chocolate is the superfruit. It caused a bit of hullabaloo. Do you remember? Don’t be too quick to trade your blueberries
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Health and Nutrition Tips:So What Does It Mean To Be a Superfood?
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We are definitely in a superfoods era. In today’s world, it’s not enough to be nutritious, now you need to be a superfood.
What does it really mean to be a superfood? And why are foods desperately trying to defend
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Good Health Nutrition:FTC Puts the Squeeze on Acai Berry Weight Loss Supplements and Colon Cleansers
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Happy day.
Maybe we’ll finally get rid of all the deceptive Internet ads for acai berry supplements featuring phony endorsements attributed to Oprah and Rachael Ray. Maybe people will save their money and not put their faith in a tiny purple Brazilian berry.
The
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Health and Nutrition Tips:A Closer Look at the Coconut Craze: Are These Tropical Fruits All They’re Cracked Up to Be?
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It seems everyone is cuckoo for coconuts these days.
Coconut has emerged as a hot flavor trend – showing up in everything from ice cream and gelato to chips and snack bars. You couldn’t miss all the new coconut products at the Winter
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Good Health Nutrition:Trends in the Natural Products Industry
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What’s hot in “natural” foods?
Take a look at what Claudia D. O’Donnell, Chief Editor of Prepared Foods, spotted recently at the Natural Products Expo West – the world’s largest natural and organics products trade show.
These types of trade shows
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Health and Nutrition:The Appealing Allure of an Organic Label
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Now there’s similar evidence that “organic” labels can lead you to overeat. The labels tend to make people think their organic
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Healthy Nutrition:The Devilish Effect of a ‘Health Halo’
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Haven’t you heard that before? Haven’t you thought that?
You’re not alone. Lots of people tend to let down their guard when they think something is low fat. It’s a tempting lure on food labels and on restaurant menus.
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Health and Nutrition Tips:Why You Can Ease Up On Superfoods
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I’ve frequently written about these boastful foods and beverages — whether it’s chia seeds, coconut water, kombucha, tropical berries like acai and gogi, or superjuices, such as MonaVie and Vemma.
As I’ve said before,