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Logos That Really Mean “Green” or Organic Foods
More and more products are coming out touting that they are less harmful to the environment or are earthy friendly, but in order to use this type of labeling the product must be manufactured with minimal energy and packaging should be made of recycled materials (think the paper grocery bags at Whole Foods supermarkets).
Don’t Relapse, Just Regroup
Getting fit and healthy is not a destination. It’s a journey filled with trials that test our abilities to live healthfully. Both turbulent and joyous, it’s one that everyone has to come to embrace by learning the fine art of regrouping. Let’s look at this posting from Blueeyes23 on my weight management board:
“I am trying to get back to my diet of eating healthy foods. I used to weigh 250 lbs. I started exercising and running. My diet consisted of counting calories and eating lots of veggies, pasta and some chicken or tuna (I don’t normally eat meat). I stayed with this diet as well as counting the calories and staying within that limit. I started running from a couple miles to 5 miles now I’m up to 7 miles a day, 3 to 4 days a week.
Diets Made Easy: Planning Healthy Weight Loss
When you look at all the diets out there, it’s no wonder there isn’t even more confusion. Unfortunately, diets get a bad rap, mostly because of the way people think about them. ”Going on a diet,” which creates the vision of something restrictive, austere and definitely not fun, is not the way you want to think about dieting. Instead, think of the Latin root of the word “diet,” which means “way of life”… or “way of eating.”
Let’s take a look at making easy changes in your diet, without having to call it something like the “Grapefruit Diet” or the “Mediterranean Diet” in order for you to accomplish your goals.
Diet Composition
Saturated fat in your diet is one of the things that makes it hard for you to lose weight, because it is very difficult for the liver to metabolize. Eating food that is difficult for the
British Doctors Call for Total Advertising Ban on Booze
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Crack open a magazine from the 1960s or 1970s and you’ll find an abundance of cigarettes ads. It’s almost startling, like a creepy trip back in time.
But today you’d be hard-pressed to find a single advertisement. It’s all part of an effort to keep people and kids from having a puff.
And now the U.K. is eyeing similar action against alcohol. A total ban on advertising, coupled with a tax on drinks higher than the inflation rate.
The British Medical Association has pitched the idea, which calls for the nixing of the industry’s $1.3 billion annual marketing budget, and the taxation of alcoholic drinks.