By Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times Americans consume too much sugar, and our collective sweet tooth is killing us. So says a study published Monday by the journal JAMA Internal Medicine. It finds that 71.4 percent of U.S. adults get more than the recommended 10 percent of their daily calories from added sugars in foods […]
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By Elizabeth Campbell, Bloomberg At Donovan’s Pub in Woodside, N.Y., this season’s record corn crop means owner Dan Connor is offering a new special for football fans: free chicken wings. “Normally during football season, there’s such a spike in prices for wings that it directly affects us,” said Connor, who expects to serve as many […]
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By Kathryn Reed My sister, Pam, just rolled her eyes when I told her she was going to be helping me with a new recipe. She’s rather used to being put to work in the kitchen when she visits as well as a guinea pig of sorts. And it didn’t matter that we were spending […]
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By Tamara Jacobi, MindBodyGreen You’ve been training for months, maybe even years, for the big race. Yet, a quick snap, crackle or pop and it’s game over. Instead of heading to the starting line, you’re sitting on the couch. Did you know that sports injuries are often a sign of nutrition imbalance? Many athletes have […]
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By Brian Palmer, Slate Grilling meats is an American tradition, but it’s not the healthiest thing to do. A growing body of research suggests that cooking meats over a flame is linked to cancer. Combusting wood, gas, or charcoal emits chemicals known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Exposure to these so-called PAHs is known to cause […]
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By Kathryn Reed One reason I sometimes hesitate to cook butternut squash is the time involved. The recipe below made me a believer in fast cooking squash. However, it did take longer than what the recipe said it would. It’s not one of those “wow!” recipes that you want to make when people are coming […]
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By Lindsay Abrams, Salon The former president of Trader Joe’s thinks he can sell the food that other stores throw out. At first glance, that sentence looks like it tells you everything you need to know: Like Jeff Bezos’ vision of delivery-by-drones, or Elon Musk’s proposed hyperloop, Doug Rauch’s new venture sounds at once promising […]
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By Kathryn Reed PLACERVILLE – Brittle brown. That’s what the El Dorado County wine country looks like. While the vines are normally dormant this time of year, the ground between them is usually a lush green. Instead, it’s barren. Rick Wickham has never seen is so bad in the 30 years he has been in […]
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By Will Lyons, Wall Street Journal In a temperature-controlled cellar with little damp, a good cork will be able to protect wine for several decades. The problem arises on those rare occasions when it doesn’t. Anyone who has built up a collection of fine wines over, say, 40 years will know that perhaps the biggest […]
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By Michaeleen Doucleff, NPR The Dutch are known for their lax drug laws, tall statures and proficient language skills. Perhaps we should add stellar eating habits to that list, as well. The Netherlands ranked as the easiest country in the world to find a balanced, nutritious diet, the advocacy group Oxfam Tuesday. France and Switzerland […]
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