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Nutrition Label: Overview

30 Jun 2010 Ever since the Nutritional Labeling and Education Act of 1990 (NLEA) gave the FDA authority to mandate nutritional labeling of foods that it regulates, most of our packaged foods have a "Nutritional Facts" table on the side. This blog post will offer an overview of what it all means.

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Lifestyle Changes

16 Jun 2010 Since we last talked about lifestyle changes, I've gotten many emails asking for more examples of these types of changes. So I've compiled a short list of 5 lifestyle changes that can help lead to a healthier outcome. Remember, you don’t have to jump right in and do all of these at once, they are just examples.

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Diet vs. Lifestyle Changes

14 Jun 2010 In our vocabulary, the word “diet” has come to mean a painful, restrictive eating plan designed to lose weight very quickly and easily as long as the plan is followed. There are all kinds of diets out there from the grapefruit diet to the Atkins diet to the cabbage soup diet.

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How many calories are there in a gram of sugar?

28 Apr 2010 I was looking at the food label and it lists that fat has 9 kcal/gram, protein has 4 kcal/gram, and carbohydrate has 4 kcal/gram. I don’t see sugar anywhere on there. So I was wondering how many calories are there in a gram of sugar?

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How to start taking better care of myself?

28 Apr 2010 It is great to hear that you are taking the first step towards a healthier lifestyle. It is hard to recommend something without knowing much of anything about your daily habits. According to your stats, you have a BMI of 31, which puts you in a borderline obese range.

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