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Food Facts Health Score

March 10th, 2010
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Food Facts Health Score | Visit Foodfacts.com

There has been a major development you should know about that advances the empowerment of consumer knowledge and information with nutrition, food ingredients and labeling - the Food Facts Health Score. Read more…

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Boiling Shrimp May Reduce Allergens

March 8th, 2010
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Shrimp | Foodfacts.com

Foodfacts.com has learned that a new study published in the Journal of Food Science shows that boiling shrimp for ten minutes may reduce its allergenic properties when compared to those of raw shrimp. Read more…

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Sports Nutrition: Awareness and Education

March 5th, 2010
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Sports Nutrition | Foodfacts.com

Information about sports nutrition is not as objective or straightforward as it seems. There has to be some form of an education about the functions and processes of the human body, its reaction to the environment, its requirements for certain nutrients, and many others. Only then can optimum results be achieved. Read more…

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Healthy Eating Tips For The Elderly

March 3rd, 2010
Healthy Easting Tips For The Elderly | Foodfacts.com

Healthy Easting Tips For The Elderly | Foodfacts.com

The body composition of older folks is always in a dynamic state and hence keeps changing. Also, in old age, the hormones start losing their activity, thereby making the body lose muscles and bones and gain fat. There are some factors, which if kept in check, can help all of us lead a healthy life. Read more…

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March: Good Month To Look At Nutrition

March 2nd, 2010
National Nutrition Month | Foodfacts.com

National Nutrition Month | Foodfacts.com

March is National Nutrition Month® and since many of our Food Facts.com blog readers might not be aware of this, we thought it would be a great time to shed some light on this annual phenomenon. Read more…

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What Is Calorie Shifting?

February 24th, 2010
Calorie Shifting | Foodfacts.com

Calorie Shifting | Foodfacts.com

If you have been studying diets for weight loss, it’s possible you have run across the principle of calorie shifting. This is an idea that involves calorie shifting by changing food types to “trick” your metabolism. It works on the premise that on a weight loss diet, you may plateau and that is because your metabolism has shifted to sustain yourself on fewer calories, or fewer calories of a certain type. Read more…

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Healthy Eating: Rules for Cheating on Diet

February 23rd, 2010
Rules for Cheating on Your Diet | Foodfacts.com

Rules for Cheating on Your Diet | Foodfacts.com

Nobody’s perfect and that’s especially true when it comes to eating a healthy, well-balanced diet. Diet modification experts say you have to plan for occasional splurges as part of the long-term plan. Atlanta personal fitness trainer Beth Lewis offers empowering psychological advice to her clients who need a boost: “Don’t mistake setbacks with failure.” So, here are a few ways “cheating” on your diet can actually be a refreshing and powerful strategy to support successful weight control. Read more…

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Overweight Kids: Some Root Causes of Childhood Obesity

February 22nd, 2010
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Overweight Kids | Foodfacts.com

A few years ago, the Australian Government launched a $6 million campaign to reduce Child obesity and the Australian Medical Association (AMA) welcomed the focus on kids’ health. Read more…

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Food Allergies: More Hype than Reality?

February 19th, 2010
Food Allergy Hype | Foodfacts.com

Food Allergy Hype | Foodfacts.com

A study from Portsmouth University claims that nine out of ten sufferers of food allergies or food intolerance in Britain actually do NOT have a real medical allergy. The researchers “blamed internet searches, self-testing kits and celebrity food fads for the epidemic of make-believe allergies and intolerances. As a result…millions are unnecessarily restricting their diets, starving themselves of their favorite foods, and of key nutrients,” according to an article in the UK’s Daily Mail. Read more…

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Why So Many Diets Don’t Work

February 17th, 2010
Why Healthy Diets Don't Work | Foodfacts.com

Why So Many Diets Don't Work | Foodfacts.com

If you are overweight and have tried various diets you know they don’t work. After all, if they did you would not still be overweight. You tried to lose weight on several of these diets and you know it didn’t work. Read more…

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