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Produce Consumption Ups Eater’s Looks

Fruit and veggies don’t just improve your diet--they could enhance your looks. A new study, done with primarily Caucasian subjects, finds that eating produce heightens red and yellow skin tones, which increases attractiveness.

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Invasive Insects Take Big Cash Bite

Many wooden shipping crates that enter the U.S. contain hungry stowaways: invasive species of insects. Although these pests often dine on trees, they also devour a different resource: money.

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The Salt Wars Rage On: A Chat with Nutrition Professor Marion Nestle

Is salt bad for us? In just the past few months researchers have published seemingly contradictory studies showing that excess sodium in the diet leads to heart disease , reduces your blood pressure, or has no effect at all . We called Scientific American advisory board member Marion Nestle , a professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University and the author of Food Politics , to help parse the latest thinking regarding salt and heart health

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Olympian Fitness Featuring Lenda Murray

Olympian Fitness Featuring Lenda Murray

by Philippe Matthews We’ve heard it before, but we obviously need to hear it again — America is out of shape. According to recent health and fitness studies, over 30% of all adults are considered obese — 20% to 40% over ...

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10 Inspiring Success Stories

May is Small Business Month, and to celebrate we're honoring 31 inspiring stories of small business success. Here's a look at ten of them. Chris Zane is in the experience business

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When, and why, did everyone stop eating gluten?

Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease in which the ingestion of gluten induces enteropathy, or inflammation of the gut, in genetically susceptible individuals. This destruction of the gut means that nutrients cannot be absorbed, leading to a variety of clinical symptoms: anemia due to the lack of iron, atherosclerosis due to the lack of calcium, failure to thrive in children, and GI stress, among others.

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In the Business of Ignoring Diet Fads

Weight Watchers made Erin Baker's business almost overnight, then nearly destroyed it even faster. In 1994 , Erin Baker, the founder and owner of Erin Baker's Wholesome Baked Goods, began making healthy breakfast cookies

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