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Healthy-eating advice from columnist Conner Middelmann-Whitney.

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For healthy green tea, brew your own

Bottled tea drinks carry about two tablespoons of sugar per 8-ounce glass and have 10 to 100 times less polyphenol and antioxidant activity than brewed tea, and plastic bottles and can linings may add bisphenol-A exposure. For cancer prevention, the author says brew your own.

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Another Reminder To Ditch Cans And Eat Fresh Food

The FDA rejected the Natural Resources Defense Council's 2008 petition to ban BPA, saying evidence of adverse effects in humans is insufficient. The author treats the ruling as a reason to stop relying on regulators, and cites critics who link BPA's estrogen-mimicking chemicals to several diseases.

Apr 6, 2012

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Is There Such A Thing As “Healthy Meat?”

Six rules for eating meat more carefully, starting with choosing animals raised well. Cheap, poorly prepared meat can carry bacterial contamination, drug residues, excess sodium and unhealthy fats, while feed heavy in omega-6 grains yields meat lower in omega-3s than pasture-raised animals give.

Feb 15, 2012

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How to avoid the junk food trap

A nutritionist describes failing her own advice: after a day at a cancer conference with little food, no daylight and little sleep beforehand, she ransacked her host's cupboards for biscuits and chips and found only almonds, nut butter, seeds, dried apricots, oats and whole grains.

Jan 5, 2012

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