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Hitting the Invisible Detox Wall - Guest blog by Tom DeVito
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Hitting the Invisible Detox Wall - Guest blog by Tom DeVitoLIMITED EXCLUSIVE Thanksgiving Recipes from The Membership Communty
Updated: 2010-04-30 09:11:03LIMITED EXCLUSIVE Thanksgiving Recipes from The Membership Communty What's Your Score?
Updated: 2010-04-30 09:11:03What's Your Score?Detox Walks This Thursday!
Updated: 2010-04-30 09:11:03Detox Walks This Thursday!In the Pipeline
Updated: 2010-04-30 09:11:03In the PipelinePart Two of Emotional Eating S.O.S. is up!
Updated: 2010-04-30 09:11:03Part Two of Emotional Eating S.O.S. is up!Updates
Updated: 2010-04-30 09:11:03UpdatesA Funny Thing Happened On the Way to Manifest Destiny
Updated: 2010-04-30 09:11:03A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to Manifest DestinyCalling All Frogs!
Updated: 2010-04-30 09:11:03Calling All Frogs!The Amazing Brown Rice
Updated: 2010-04-29 21:55:12
One of the most popular healthy foods that's making a comeback is brown rice. Brown rice or commonly known as hulled rice, is a kind of rice that is unmilled or partly unmilled.Can You Cook?
Updated: 2010-04-29 16:54:38
Home BLOG LIBRARY TOOLS OUR CAUSE CONTACT What We Stand For The Stand Up Eat site is an educational and participatory site to help people balance the calories they eat with the calories they burn each day by making active living and healthy eating choices . MORE . CALORIE NEEDS What is your calorie need JOIN THE BURN WHAT'S IN Calories in eating . Articles , downloads , and links to help you make the most of the calories that you eat . Check out the latest resources in our What's In , Healthy Eating Library WHAT'S OUT Calories out physical activity . Articles , downloads , nbsp and links to help you find ways to stand up and move more . Check out the latest resources in our What's Out , Active Living Library THE COOPER INSTITUTE BLOG Can You Cook April 29, 2010 08:25 by CI Staff SaveHow Would You Like to Get Paid to Lose Weight?
Updated: 2010-04-29 16:54:27What better incentive could you have to lose weight than to get paid for it? Welcome to the world of Healthy Wage, a program that uses incentives to not just lose weight but to live a happier, healthier life.Fit Links: Celeb Diet Disses, the Sleep-Fat Connection and More
Updated: 2010-04-29 16:54:12: , AOL.com MAIL That's Fit Main Diet Diet Diet Reviews Recipe Rehab with Tanya Zuckerbrot Jonny's Take Best Life with Bob Greene Fitness Fitness Workouts Fit or Fiction Fit After 40 Fit Family Fit Travel Guys' Guide Men's Fitness Running Walking We Tried it Yoga Your Personal Trainer : Joe Dowdell Celebrity Celebrity News Interviews Biggest Loser Success Motivation Success Motivation Success Stories Good , Fat and Hungry America Takes It Off Experts Jonny Bowden Joe Dowdell Bob Greene Liz Neporent Tanya Zuckerbrot Tweetmixx Send Feedback Fit Links : Celeb Diet Disses , the Sleep-Fat Connection and More Posted on Apr 29th 2010 10:00AM by Martha Edwards Filed Under : Diet Weight Loss Print Fit Links : Celeb Diet Disses , the Sleep-Fat Connection and More There are hundreds of wonderful
Defining Milk
Updated: 2010-04-29 12:55:44
There’s a battle brewing between real milk and faux milk, or to be exact over the exact definition of “milk”. A dairy lobby group, the National Milk Producers Federation has petitioned the FDA
that the term “milk” be reserved for cow’s milk, although it’s OK with also using the word for goat, sheep or water [...]Catching ZZZZs To Prevent Obesity
Updated: 2010-04-28 20:29:32
Home BLOG LIBRARY TOOLS OUR CAUSE CONTACT What We Stand For The Stand Up Eat site is an educational and participatory site to help people balance the calories they eat with the calories they burn each day by making active living and healthy eating choices . MORE . CALORIE NEEDS What is your calorie need JOIN THE BURN WHAT'S IN Calories in eating . Articles , downloads , and links to help you make the most of the calories that you eat . Check out the latest resources in our What's In , Healthy Eating Library WHAT'S OUT Calories out physical activity . Articles , downloads , nbsp and links to help you find ways to stand up and move more . Check out the latest resources in our What's Out , Active Living Library THE COOPER INSTITUTE BLOG Catching ZZZZs To Prevent Obesity April 28, 2010 14:27Does your health brand social media program create value for all of your potential fans?
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How social is your social media program? Beyond your current and prospective customers, consider whether you’re creating something of value for:
1. Employees: such that they are more/fully engaged; proud of your/their collective contributions; are more aware of the world around them; and seeing new and different opportunities to help make lives better
2. Shareholders: are you [...]Happy Meal Toys To Be Banned in California?
Updated: 2010-04-28 20:29:02Weight Loss Herbs
Updated: 2010-04-28 16:18:10
A large percentage of the American population is overweight, and many people sincerely wish to be slimmer. Fat is a national obsession, and marketers of everything from breakfast cereal to carbonated beverages to books want a piece of the overweight pie. The struggle to achieve or maintain a desired weight is fraught with fad diets, [...]Fighting Childhood Obesity Through Toys
Updated: 2010-04-28 12:24:31
Santa Clara County, in northern California, took a step yesterday towards reducing childhood obesity. The innovative measure – banning toys from being included as giveaways at fast food restaurants whose kiddie meals don’t meet healthy requirements.
To quote an LA Times article on the matter – “It’s a sad day for Happy Meals“. The ban is [...]V8 Vegetable Juice – Twice the Salt of McD’s French Fries
Updated: 2010-04-27 12:43:52From Fooducate reader Luke: “My question has to do with V8 (the original, or the spicy hot version of the original). Avoid? OK to buy? Please help!” We certainly can understand the confusion. Just take a look at V8’s marketing messages on each and every bottle: “Essential Antioxidants” “Heart Healthy” Heart Check Endorsement from the American [...]Sleep
Updated: 2010-04-26 19:50:12
One challenging, yet fun, part of being a registered dietitian is wearing many hats – an RD has to worry about more than just food! There is one area I often explore with clients to make sure I’m approaching successful weight loss from all angles. It’s certainly a step outside my area of expertise, but [...]Does Exercise Make You Hungry?
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Home BLOG LIBRARY TOOLS OUR CAUSE CONTACT What We Stand For The Stand Up Eat site is an educational and participatory site to help people balance the calories they eat with the calories they burn each day by making active living and healthy eating choices . MORE . CALORIE NEEDS What is your calorie need JOIN THE BURN WHAT'S IN Calories in eating . Articles , downloads , and links to help you make the most of the calories that you eat . Check out the latest resources in our What's In , Healthy Eating Library WHAT'S OUT Calories out physical activity . Articles , downloads , nbsp and links to help you find ways to stand up and move more . Check out the latest resources in our What's Out , Active Living Library THE COOPER INSTITUTE BLOG Does Exercise Make You Hungry April 26, 2010 08:00 byRaisin Bran Deconstructed – Sugar and Fiber Math
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Raisin Bran is such a popular brand of breakfast cereal that it has become a generic name used by many manufacturers (Post, Kellogg’s, and private labels). It was first introduced almost 90 years ago. Its name implies wholesome goodness – raisins are fruit, and fruit is good, and bran is also something people vaguely remember [...]Consumption of Red Meat Linked to Bladder Cancer
Updated: 2010-04-25 19:29:22Organic Authority - organic food, organic living, green living, organic thoughts.Obesity – Should We Blame Smoking Cessation?
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In conversations about the worrying obesity epidemic in the US, we’ve heard many theories as to the reasons our waistlines are ballooning. Whenever a marketer from the food industry is asked, a plethora of explanations are provided to show that junk food and beverages are not the main reason.
A sedentary lifestyle and lack of exercise [...]Have You Had Yogurt Salad?
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Yogurt is healthy. Raw veggies are too. What happens when you combine them?
Yogurt Salad.
For those of you who don’t want to add calories and chemicals (i.e. commercial dressings) to your salad, but still need to smother the tomatoes, here’s a quick and easy fix.
Dice cucumbers, tomatoes, and chives into small cubes. (Radishes work great as [...]Baby Fat vs. Obesity: What's the Difference?
Updated: 2010-04-23 22:57:30Just Say NO to Canned Frosting and Box Cake
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This is a guest post by Catherine Delett.
Birthdays rock. Ask any kid what their favorite day of the year is and chances are, the answer is “My birthday!”
And birthdays almost always mean birthday cake. It may seem like the easiest thing to do when it comes to making all those birthday cupcakes is to grab [...]Serving Your Family "Healthy" Foods May Not Be Helpful
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Home BLOG LIBRARY TOOLS OUR CAUSE CONTACT What We Stand For The Stand Up Eat site is an educational and participatory site to help people balance the calories they eat with the calories they burn each day by making active living and healthy eating choices . MORE . CALORIE NEEDS What is your calorie need JOIN THE BURN WHAT'S IN Calories in eating . Articles , downloads , and links to help you make the most of the calories that you eat . Check out the latest resources in our What's In , Healthy Eating Library WHAT'S OUT Calories out physical activity . Articles , downloads , nbsp and links to help you find ways to stand up and move more . Check out the latest resources in our What's Out , Active Living Library THE COOPER INSTITUTE BLOG Serving Your Family Healthy Foods May Not Be HelpfulFollow-up healthcare post about (story of) Patients Like Me and of imagining and creating new and greater value
Updated: 2010-04-22 18:28:34I wrote a post last month about PatientsLikeMe, a wonderful organization dedicated to making a difference in the lives of patients diagnosed with life-changing diseases after they were recognized by Fast Company as #2 on the list of the top ten most innovative healthcare companies. It was co-founded by Ben and Jamie Heywood after their brother Stephen (who [...]Doctor Orgs Say No to Pharma Sponsors. Will ADA Say No to Big Food?
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Yesterday, the Council of Medical Specialty Societies adopted a new ethics code that stands to limit the influence of pharmaceutical companies on decisions made by physicians. The council is comprised of 650,000 members from the American College of Physicians, the American College of Cardiology, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and 30 others.
The new guidelines [...]Three Food Things to do on Earth Day
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Today is Earth Day. The battered planet we call home gets one day a year of appreciation from the ravaging pillager known as humanity. This year marks Earth Day’s 40th anniversary.
While some extremists knock all progress that causes pollution or global warming, nobody can deny that the industrialization of the world has improved our lives [...]The FDA Sodium Reduction Plan That Never Was
Updated: 2010-04-21 12:21:09
Wow, the FDA is kicking into high gear. At least that’s we thought for a few hours. The news of a government mandated sodium reduction appeared in yesterday’s Washington Post:
Officials have not determined the salt limits. In a complicated undertaking, the FDA would analyze the salt in spaghetti sauces, breads and thousands of [...]Dukan Diet: The Real Reason French Women Don't Get Fat?
Updated: 2010-04-19 22:00:00Boomers Guide to Green Cuisine: 5 Fast Fixes to Slim Your Carbon Footprint and Your Waistline
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My mom’s a boomer, so when she asked for a few tips for Earth Month to share with her friends at book club, it got me thinking. This audience has tremendous economic clout and can truly help fight global warming through their forks. Today’s boomers are activity seeking out information to help them get [...]Claim Jumper: World's Unhealthiest Restaurant?
Updated: 2010-04-16 20:20:42Beyond the core: five pathways to creating new value for your health brand customers
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Beyond the core lies more value for your customers and your organization.
Fueled by a powerful brand idea, you generally have a lot more opportunities than you think to create new and greater value for your health brand customers beyond your core offering itself. Here are five pathways (along with some examples) to generate new brand-led [...]Mobile Apps to Whet the Calorie Balancer's Appetite
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Home BLOG LIBRARY TOOLS OUR CAUSE CONTACT What We Stand For The Stand Up Eat site is an educational and participatory site to help people balance the calories they eat with the calories they burn each day by making active living and healthy eating choices . MORE . CALORIE NEEDS What is your calorie need JOIN THE BURN WHAT'S IN Calories in eating . Articles , downloads , and links to help you make the most of the calories that you eat . Check out the latest resources in our What's In , Healthy Eating Library WHAT'S OUT Calories out physical activity . Articles , downloads , nbsp and links to help you find ways to stand up and move more . Check out the latest resources in our What's Out , Active Living Library THE COOPER INSTITUTE BLOG Mobile Apps to Wet the Calorie Balancer's Appetite AprilKeep A Sharp Mind By Minding Your Blood Pressure
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Home BLOG LIBRARY TOOLS OUR CAUSE CONTACT What We Stand For The Stand Up Eat site is an educational and participatory site to help people balance the calories they eat with the calories they burn each day by making active living and healthy eating choices . MORE . CALORIE NEEDS What is your calorie need JOIN THE BURN WHAT'S IN Calories in eating . Articles , downloads , and links to help you make the most of the calories that you eat . Check out the latest resources in our What's In , Healthy Eating Library WHAT'S OUT Calories out physical activity . Articles , downloads , nbsp and links to help you find ways to stand up and move more . Check out the latest resources in our What's Out , Active Living Library THE COOPER INSTITUTE BLOG Keep A Sharp Mind By Minding Your Blood Pressure April"Obesity" To Be Banned in England?
Updated: 2010-04-13 19:06:33Recovery Days: Rest or Easy Exercise?
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Intense workouts cause muscle damage, as evidenced by bleeding into the muscles themselves and disruption of the fibers and Z-bands that hold muscle fibers together.Top 4 Slimming Secrets from Your Supermarket
Updated: 2010-04-11 16:04:10There may be more “slimming secrets” out there waiting to be discovered, but the top 4 revealed here –coffee (caffeine), hot red pepper (capsaicin), cinnamon and green tea are among the most powerful studied to date. Individually, their calorie-burning effects are virtually immediate. Combined, they may greatly simplify even the most formidable of fat loss challenges.Keep 'Em Crunchy!
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Home BLOG LIBRARY TOOLS OUR CAUSE CONTACT What We Stand For The Stand Up Eat site is an educational and participatory site to help people balance the calories they eat with the calories they burn each day by making active living and healthy eating choices . MORE . CALORIE NEEDS What is your calorie need JOIN THE BURN WHAT'S IN Calories in eating . Articles , downloads , and links to help you make the most of the calories that you eat . Check out the latest resources in our What's In , Healthy Eating Library WHAT'S OUT Calories out physical activity . Articles , downloads , nbsp and links to help you find ways to stand up and move more . Check out the latest resources in our What's Out , Active Living Library THE COOPER INSTITUTE BLOG Keep Em Crunchy April 8, 2010 07:44 by CI Staff As aDoes Topical Gel Reduce Muscle Soreness Post-Exercise?
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Home BLOG LIBRARY TOOLS OUR CAUSE CONTACT What We Stand For The Stand Up Eat site is an educational and participatory site to help people balance the calories they eat with the calories they burn each day by making active living and healthy eating choices . MORE . CALORIE NEEDS What is your calorie need JOIN THE BURN WHAT'S IN Calories in eating . Articles , downloads , and links to help you make the most of the calories that you eat . Check out the latest resources in our What's In , Healthy Eating Library WHAT'S OUT Calories out physical activity . Articles , downloads , nbsp and links to help you find ways to stand up and move more . Check out the latest resources in our What's Out , Active Living Library THE COOPER INSTITUTE BLOG Does Topical Gel Reduce Muscle Soreness Post-ExerciseEaster Bunny By The Calorie Numbers
Updated: 2010-04-11 16:03:31
Ears - 49 calories
Head - 82 calories
Tail - 11 calories
Legs - 279 calories
Body - 537 calories
The total calorie cost of eating a 5.5 inch tall (6 ounces) solid chocolate bunny?
958 calories!!!!
Hope your Easter is a physically active one!
Statistics courtesy of USA Today Snapshots®, April 2, 2010.
Creating greater value beyond your healthcare offering
Updated: 2010-04-11 16:01:17
Your market is changing all around you.
Traditional competitors are evolving. New ones are forming. Market forces are redefining customer expectations and challenging your traditional definition of “value.”
So how are you responding? What’s the idea that drives your brand and gives you permission to imagine and create new value for your healthcare customers and your organization? Success, [...]