McDonalds Food – The Truth

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McDonald’s 4 Year Old Cheeseburger Video

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Soy Infant Formula Information

On December 18, an independent scientific panel that advises the National Toxicology Program released its evaluation of research on soy infant formula. Over the next few months, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the National Toxicology Program will review the outside panel’s conclusions which expressed “minimal concern” for adverse development effects in [...]

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Eating all Your Fruits and Veggies?

From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, I’m Ted Pestorius with HHS HealthBeat. Two or more servings of fruit and three or more servings of vegetables, each day. That’s what health experts think we should eat. But do we? Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention looked at state data for [...]

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Living with Diabetes

From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, I’m Jeff Levine with HHS HealthBeat. Nearly 24 million Americans have diabetes. Almost six million of them are undiagnosed. Diabetes puts people at risk for complications such as blindness, amputations, kidney disease, heart disease and stroke. But controlling blood sugar as soon after diagnosis as possible [...]

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Keeping a Healthy Heart

From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, I’m Ira Dreyfuss with HHS HealthBeat. When the heart attack comes, it’s not the time to think about all the things you could have done to prevent it. There are lots of things you can do at other times. You can get screened for risk of [...]

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On the Menu for Diabetes

From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, I’m Ira Dreyfuss with HHS HealthBeat. A study indicates many people with diabetes eat too much of what they should not, and not enough of what they should. Mara Vitolins of Wake Forest University School of Medicine saw this in survey data on more than 2,700 [...]

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Eat Healthier by Eating More Fruits and Vegetables

Recent changes in food guidelines have meant an increase in the recommended daily consumption of fruits and vegetables. That is because eating nutrient rich, low calorie, low fat foods such as fruits and vegetables, has been shown to have a strong impact on overall health. In addition, high levels of fruits and vegetables in the [...]

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Getting the Most from Fruits and Vegetables in the Diet

Every nutritional expert stresses the importance of fruits and vegetables in the diet. Fruits and vegetables are one of those rare cases in which more is better, and the new dietary guidelines recommend that everyone eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables every day. Unfortunately for the health of America, most people do [...]

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Cholesterol and Fats in your Blood

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