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Toasted Quinoa with Prunes and Lemon

Posted on: June 8th, 2009
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Brimming with protein, overflowing with potassium, filled with fiber—you won’t believe it, but each bowlful makes your RealAge by 11.4 days younger.

If fruits have sugars and are high glycemic, then why are fruits better desserts than desserts with refined white sugar?

Posted on: June 8th, 2009
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Because fruits also have vitamins, minerals and fiber that commercial cakes, cookies, breads and pastries lack.  Fruits also tend to be high in complex carbohydrates and fiber, and relatively low in calories and in sugar–you have to eat five oranges to get the same two tablespoons of sugar in an average processed pastry.

What’s the difference between simple and complex carbohydrates?

Posted on: June 8th, 2009
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Some simple carbohydrates are simple sugars, like glucose, fructose, lactose, maltose, sucrose and xylose–and all work in your body the same way.  Other simple carbohydrates are white flour and white rice.  

Don’t “fat-free” foods have lots of chemical additives?

Posted on: May 31st, 2009
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Many packaged and bulk foods do, but many fresh foods don’t. Flavoring agents and enhancers, like monosodium glutamate, and artificial colors and preservatives, often accompany prepared food, as well as fresh meat, poultry and fish. But not all chemical additives are bad-vitamin C keeps many foods from browning; baking soda and baking [...]

Why It Is So Confusing to Eat Right: the Case of Prostate Cancer and Milk.

Posted on: October 18th, 2007
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It’s no wonder people are confused about how to get what’s healthy on their plates.
Sure, most people know
*fruits/vegetables/beans/whole grains, good
*Snicker Salad/deep-fried pickles/energy drinks and soda, bad
But after that, then what? Take dairy, for example.
It’s well-established that high dairy and calcium intake seem to increase the risk of prostate cancer. And high calcium intake [...]
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