Tag: "Food"

Gastric Bands For Teens?

Gastric Bands For Teens?

The FDA is currently in talks about the option of expanding the availability of gastric bands to fourteen to seventeen year olds. At the moment, you have to be severely obese and over the age of eighteen to qualify for a gastric band. However, some studies show that certain gastric bands can prove to be [...]

Flat Belly Diet

Flat Belly Diet:Flatbellydiet.com-Flat Belly Diet is the title of a new book written by Prevention magazine’s Editor in Chief Liz Vaccariello and Nutrition Editor Cynthia Sass.The Flat Belly Diet claims to be effective,simple and easy to follow. Liz Vaccariello and Cynthia Sass appeared on Good Morning America to explain how it works: -Start with a [...]

The 3 Day Diet

The 3 Day Diet was introduced to the world over 20 years ago.Although the 3 Day Diet is not the most appetizing and delicious food regiment one can follow,but it is known for being very efficient.Here is the 3 Day Diet plan and instruction :

Trans Fats Ban In California

Trans Fats Ban In California – Trans fats in Californian restaurant is now history.The western state became the first in the US to ban trans fats from all restaurants.Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger passed the legislation that will forbid retail food establishments from cooking with oil, margarine and shortening that have trans fats, which have been associated [...]

Good Food Gone Bad

1. Pizza – What a pity that most Americans have never eaten pizza and confuse it for the junk food advertised on television. In Italy there are laws defining pizza, which set allowances on the type of flour, tomato, mozzarella, olive oil, basil and oregano. Pizza is inherently nutritious and filling. Street corner pizza shops [...]

Research says boiling broccoli ruins its anti-cancer properties

Researchers at the University of Warwick have found that the standard British cooking habit of boiling vegetables severely damages the anticancer properties of many Brassica vegetables such as broccoli, Brussel sprouts, cauliflower and green cabbage. Past studies have shown that consumption of Brassica vegetables decreases the risk of cancer. This is because of the high [...]