Texas AgriLife Extension specialists offer holiday advice: don't skip meals before a feast, since eating too little can trigger overeating; take smaller portions; and cut back on chips, dips, gravies and sugary drinks while following the 2010 Dietary Guidelines.
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Dip May Encourage Children to Eat More Vegetables
Offered broccoli with low-fat or regular dip at snack time over seven weeks, 152 preschoolers ate 80 percent more of it. Researcher Jennifer Orlet Fisher says dip gives parents another tool for children who are sensitive to bitterness.
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These 2 Mistakes Can Make You Hungrier and Fatter... (comment)
Stephanie Seneff argues that the twin recommendations to eat a low-fat diet and avoid the sun are bad advice, especially during pregnancy, and links low fat intake and vitamin D deficiency to gestational diabetes and to harm to children's brain development.
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Are You "Spiritually" Fit For the Holidays?
An interview with psychotherapist Ingrid Mathieu about her book Recovering Spirituality, in which she argues people in 12-step recovery can use prayer, meditation, chanting and service work to "check out" of painful feelings instead of doing the emotional work.
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The Easiest Way to Eat ALL the Veggies You Need Every Day...
Mercola presents juicing as a simple way to hit daily vegetable targets, improve nutrient absorption and include vegetables you would not eat whole. He suggests at least 16 ounces a day, ideally a quart split between morning and afternoon, and warns against juicing orange and grapefruit peel.
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Scientists highlight link between stress and appetite
University of Calgary researchers report in Neuron that in rats the stress of missing a meal temporarily rewires circuits in the hypothalamus, which may blunt endocannabinoid control of appetite and raise food drive. Blocking stress hormones prevented the change.
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Home is where the healthy meal is (pr)
A McGill study of 160 women's reported emotions before and after meals found that people in a good mood at home tend to prepare healthier meals and feel more rewarded after eating them, a cycle more pronounced at home than elsewhere.
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As unhealthy food outlets multiply, teens eat more junk (pr)
A UCLA Center for Health Policy Research study found nearly three-quarters of California teenagers live or go to school in areas crowded with fast food outlets, convenience and liquor stores relative to grocers and produce vendors, and those teens are more likely to drink soda and eat fast food.
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McDonald's thinks inside the box with healthier Happy Meal
McDonald's will shrink Happy Meal fries and add apples, aiming to put produce or a low-fat dairy option in all 14,000 restaurants by early 2012 and cut Happy Meal calories by 20 percent. It also pledged a 15 percent average sodium cut across its national menu by 2015.
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Want your kids to eat more veggies? Give them a choice
Children under six who filled their own plates ate up to 80 percent more vegetables, University of Granada researchers report in Brain Research Bulletin, about 20 grams more per meal among 150 children. Bitter greens and brassicas drew the least interest.
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Caffeine cravings may be brewing in your genes
A genome-wide study of 47,341 people of European descent found two loci tied to habitual caffeine intake, one near AHR and one between CYP1A1 and CYP1A2, genes involved in metabolizing caffeine. The authors report a large heritable component.
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Do kids really prefer sugary cereals for breakfast?
A Pediatrics study by Yale's Rudd Center randomly served summer campers high- or low-sugar cereals. Children given the low-sugar versions were far more likely to add fresh fruit, 54% against 8%, and took more of their calories from fruit.
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Sensible Eating Over the Holidays
Holiday advice: don't start a new diet, avoid overeating at parties, and show restraint the rest of the week rather than swinging between starving and stuffing yourself. The piece says the average American gains at least five pounds over the winter holidays.
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Insulated Lunch Box Sets, Better All the Time, at Laptop Lunches (PR)
A press release from Laptop Lunches of Santa Cruz announcing new bento lunch kits and insulated lunch totes, sold on the company's website, with compartments, a metal fork and spoon and a booklet of lunch ideas.
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Underage Drinking Sends More Teens to Hospital on Fourth of July
Emergency department visits tied to underage drinking nearly doubled over the 2008 Fourth of July weekend, a SAMHSA report found: 938 visits a day across the three-day weekend against 502 on an average July day. Officials link 5,000 deaths a year in people under 21 to alcohol.
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Pro-anorexia websites draw researchers' attention
Borzekowski and colleagues at Johns Hopkins examined about 180 pro-eating-disorder websites and found 84% carried pro-anorexia content, 64% pro-bulimia content, 85% "thinspiration" material and 38% recovery information.
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Xtreme List Targets Restaurants
The Center for Science in the Public Interest named the most calorie-dense chain restaurant dishes, among them a 2,500-calorie Cheesecake Factory pasta carbonara and 1,820-calorie PF Chang's noodles. Its nutrition director says splitting them barely helps.
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Jose Andres Restaurants
A rundown of Jose Andres' restaurants, drawn largely from Wikipedia: the six-seat minibar, Cafe Atlantico, the Spanish tapas group Jaleo, the Mediterranean mezze spot Zaytinya, Oyamel for Mexican tacos and antojitos, and The Bazaar in Beverly Hills.
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