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Fall Harvest Pizza: Butternut Squash and Kale
Warm up on a cozy, autumn night with this delicious and easy pizza! What you will need: 1 Butternut Squash 1/2 pound Pizza Dough Ball (or...
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10 Signs You Still Have A Diet Mindset
You Still Believe There Are Good & Bad Foods- Food is fuel. While there are some foods that are more nutritious than others, if you...
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Late-Night Munchies Done Right
There’s a cloud of beliefs floating around about the purported weight-gaining danger of snacking late at night. Accordingly, many diets...
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Deceiving Food Label Claims
There are a plethora of health claims on food labels these days, though many of them don’t actually mean that the food product is...
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Mindfully Eat Your Way to Weight Loss
Mindfulness (an awareness of whatever is happening in our lives) is a term that is becoming increasingly popular these days. Mindful...
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How to Have a Healthy Halloween (without giving up candy!)
With Halloween around the corner, we are likely to start seeing gummy bears, M&Ms, starbursts, candy corn and lots of other sugary treats...
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A Mindful Approach to Eating Through the Holidays
With the spring holidays of Passover and Easter upon us, it is easy to become overwhelmed with all the delicious foods that surround us....
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Choose Cherries For Your Health
With the LA marathon around the corner, this week’s nutritionbite is dedicated to all of you runners out there who are looking to get a...
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Trimming down the Super Bowl Splurge
You probably don’t want to hear about all the fattening, indulgent foods that you should be avoiding during the Super Bowl game this...
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Top 12 Snacks for 2012
What is your favorite snack? Have you ever looked at the ingredient list on the label? I dare you! The following are some of my favorite...
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Calcium Does a Body Good in More Ways Than One
Calcium has always been touted for its role in building strong bones. However, it has also been in the spotlight for a completely...
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"Shrooms": Who Knew They Were So Good For You?
CONCEPT Shrooms , more formally known as mushrooms, are an often-overlooked vegetable. Most people only view mushrooms as a tasty...
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July 4th Barbequing Basics
The July 4th holiday is synonymous with the word barbeque! Whether you will be throwing a shindig in your own place or going to a...
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The Raw Foods Movement
The raw foods movement has been rapidly gaining popularity over the past 10-15 years. Raw food magazines, books, food catalogs and even...
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Dairy Foods: Are They Essential to Prevent Osteoporosis?
It is common knowledge that dairy products are good sources of calcium and that eating a diet rich in calcium can reduce the risk of...
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The Gas We Pass
Whether or not one admits to it, everyone has been guilty of “passing gas” at one time or another. Despite the fact that “letting one...
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Plant Stanols and Sterols for Cholesterol Reduction
Those among us with elevated cholesterol levels are typically advised by health professionals to lose weight, exercise and consume a diet...
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Cutting the Cheese: the Healthy Way
Cheese- who doesn’t like it? Not many…in fact, there are some people who seem unable to go a day without it! Whether on a sandwich,...
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To Soy or Not to Soy
From soy chicken cutlets, soy milk, and soy-based meat substitutes, to soy nuts, chips, soy-based energy bars, and protein powders…soy...
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Acrylamide: A Cancer Causing Agent In Your Food?
When you hear that eating certain foods, such as fruits and vegetables, decreases your risk of cancer, there is a pretty good chance you...
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