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Healthy Living?


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I’m not totally convinced that a diet of frankfurters and Rustlers instant burgers really counts as Healthy Living… Read more...

Grants Give Hundreds of California Families a Jumpstart on Better Health and Nutrition
LOS ANGELES, July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Hundreds of families across California are benefitting from unique enhancements to local health and wellness programs made possible through Active Healthy Living Grants awarded by The Coca-Cola Foundation. Since January 2011, the Foundation has awarded a total of $ 100,000 to six non-profit organizations in California dedicated to family-oriented …
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Extreme diet may be cure to Type 2 diabetes
SALT LAKE CITY — British researchers may have found a cure for Type 2 diabetes. But there’s a hitch. You have to starve yourself for eight weeks. The director of the Utah Diabetes Center said the study gives new hope to patients.
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Seven summer myths debunked
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Healthy Eats … and the winner is …


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I am a nerd but I noticed when I was checking out how cool my healthy foods look. Check out the size of those apples?! And for fun, how much do you guys think this cost me? As a little experiment in SF grocery prices. Winner gets title of best pricer guesser … the price is right flickr style!! Read more...

Top five healthy snack foods
A titbit or two between meals can keep hunger at bay and the kilos under control, so long as you follow the rules.
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Fake healthy eating with green tea
No one’s perfect. There are nights when we fall asleep on the couch with our hand still inside the bag of cheese puffs. It could happen to anyone. But those are also the nights where its easy to convince ourselves that, because the cheese puffs are “organic,” they are also good for us and low in calories and fat. They are, right.
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My Plate is new guide for healthy meal choices
WASHINGTON Theres a new U.S. symbol for healthful eating: The Agriculture Department unveiled My Plate on Thursday, abandoning the food pyramid that had guided many Americans but merely confused others.
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Twelve runners have toed the line in all 21 Pittsburgh Marathons
On Saturday, the night before the Pittsburgh Marathon, 12 men will be introduced at a pasta dinner at Stage AE on the North Side. Each will receive a neon-yellow shirt with a black-and-gold design and a foot tread on the back so that everyone who sees them will know they belong to a select group: the only people who have raced in all 21 Pittsburgh Marathons.
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