A CDC-TV video examines binge drinking, defined as four or more drinks for a woman or five for a man on one occasion. Dr. Robert Brewer and Dr. David Jernigan challenge the idea that it is only a youth problem and point to measures such as higher alcohol excise taxes.
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Recipes & Dining
Healthy recipes, cooking advice and dining, including recipes from the American Institute for Cancer Research.
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Healthy Recipes: Sweet and Sour Chicken with Brown Rice
A lighter take on takeout: chicken stir-fried with ginger, garlic, frozen mixed vegetables and water chestnuts in an apricot, soy and rice vinegar sauce, served over brown rice for added fiber and B vitamins.
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Does Eating More Frequent Meals Really Rev Up Your Metabolism?
Dr. Mercola cites a trial in which overweight adults on identical very-low-calorie diets, split into three or six meals a day, showed no difference in fat loss, appetite control or hunger and satiety hormones. Exercise, he writes, is the more reliable metabolic boost.
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Healthy Recipes: "Chick-Chick" Salad
Curried couscous tosses with cooked chicken breast, garbanzo beans, red cabbage and celery in an orange juice and olive oil dressing. Four servings at 290 calories, 20 g protein and 6 g fiber; serve at once or chilled.
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Healthy Recipes: Argentinean Guacamole
A California Avocado Commission recipe serving 12: saffron threads lightly toasted and ground with a mortar and pestle, folded into coarsely mashed avocado with lemon juice, white onion, parsley, thyme, garlic and salt, served with purple potato and sweet potato chips.
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Healthy Recipes: Asparagus Salad and Buttermilk Herb Bread
A spring picnic pair from the AICR test kitchen: asparagus salad with lemon-soy sauce, and rosemary buttermilk herb bread. The notes say asparagus supplies folate, vitamin C and fiber, and that rosemary contains carnosol and ursolic acid, which showed antitumor activity in the lab.
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Healthy Recipes: Tuscan Chickpea Soup
Chickpeas and whole garlic simmer in reduced-sodium broth, then puree with sauteed onion, tomato paste and rosemary into a soup ready in about 30 minutes. AICR prep tips cut the sodium typical of canned beans. Six servings at 142 calories each.
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Healthy Recipes: Chickpea, Pepper and Pine Nut Salad
An American Institute for Cancer Research recipe for a spring salad of chickpeas, sweet peppers and toasted pine nuts in a lemon, basil, garlic, oil and vinegar dressing. The piece notes chickpeas supply B vitamins, protein and fiber without much fat or sodium.
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Brown Sugar Glaze for Ham
A glaze for ham made by dissolving brown sugar in cider vinegar, Dijon mustard and strong brewed coffee, then stirring in soft bread crumbs and spreading it over the ham for the last 30 minutes of cooking. The recipe comes from cdkitchen.com.
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Deviled Eggs Recipe Rachael Ray
A deviled eggs recipe adapted from Vivian Jao for Easter, using 12 eggs, mayonnaise, mustard, cayenne and paprika, with advice to bring the eggs to a boil over low heat and then move them straight into ice water so the shells peel off easily.
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Easter is on Sunday and learn how to boil eggs
Tips for boiling eggs: start them in cold water, cook on low heat for about 15 minutes rather than high heat, which can overcook the outside while the yolk stays cold, then cool them at once in plenty of cold tap water so the shell membrane peels away easily.
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Healthy Recipes: Matzah Brie
Crumbled matzah tossed with cinnamon and salt soaks up beaten eggs and hot water, then fries in canola oil and is served with apple butter or fruit spread, a modernized take on the Passover staple.
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Healthy Recipes: Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Potatoes
Dana Jacobi argues roasting fixes what people dislike about Brussels sprouts, driving off the odor and caramelizing their sugars, and pairs them with small potatoes, roughly mashed together. The same sulfurous compounds may offer protection against cancer.
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Drinking alcohol common among American youth
A federal analysis of 2006-2008 survey data found that 27.6 percent of Americans aged 12 to 20 drank alcohol in the past month, and 8.6 percent of those drinkers bought it themselves. Rates ranged from 13.7 percent in Utah to 40 percent in some states.
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Healthy Recipes: Cool Spring Salad
Garbanzo and cannellini beans toss with kalamata olives, red onion, mint, parsley and canned albacore tuna in a garlic-vinegar dressing, then chill at least 30 minutes. Four servings at 310 calories each; pregnant women, nursing mothers and small children should cap albacore at 6 ounces a week.
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Understand corned beef and cabbage recipe
The 'corn' in corned beef means the coarse salt grains used to cure a brisket, often with potassium nitrate to hold the pink colour. Ireland's St. Patrick's Day dish is bacon and cabbage; Irish immigrants in the eastern US swapped in corned beef. A slow-cooker version follows.
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St. Patrick's Day 2010 Treat
Green mashed potatoes take their color from baby spinach whirled in a food processor and folded into skin-on yellow potatoes with scallions, garlic and olive oil, no food coloring needed. Four servings at 103 calories each.
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Another corned beef and cabbage recipe using slow cooker
A slow-cooker take for St Patrick's Day, layering onion, potatoes and carrots under corned beef brisket with garlic, bay leaf, sugar and cider vinegar for seven to nine hours on low. Serves six. The writer would skip the sugar and salt at the end instead.
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