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Nutrition: Study Finds Eating Nuts Helps Cholesterol

Category : Nutrition

Eating about two and a half airplane snacks’ worth of nuts every day helps lower total cholesterol and “bad” LDL cholesterol, and improves the ratio of total cholesterol to “good” HDL cholesterol, a study reports.

Jillian Michaels Talks About ‘Losing It’, Literally

Category : Lifestyle

It’s not just pounds that are shed on the upcoming reality series featuring The Biggest Loser‘s Jillian Michaels; she’s also shedding some tears. During a conference call, the fitness trainer talked to reporters about Losing It with Jillian, and how emotional the whole show was.
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Waterford kids find out good nutrition’s not so hard to swallow

Category : Featured, Nutrition

There they were on this bed of crispy greens along with a cucumber slice and a carrot — a half-dozen tiny, beige orbs.

An obviously suspicious Abby Graham scrunched up her face, sliding one between her teeth. The 5-year-old chewed slowly, then grinned.

“It’s okay,” she said, reaching for another.

Chalk up another win for the garbanzo bean.

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