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The Recipe Doctor Blog
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From low fat recipes to recipes designed for persons with diabetes,
Elaine Magee, RD, MPH, shares recipes and advice to create healthy
meals that are guaranteed to please. Visit The Recipe Doctor Blog by Elaine Magee.
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Happy Music May Lead to Happy Blood Vessels
When is the last time you purposely played some joyful music and gave yourself a few moments of pleasure and inspiration? Well, you might want to start making this a daily dalliance. A small study from the Preventive Cardiology program at the University of Maryland measured blood vessel function in 10 people while they listened to music that they said gave them a sense of joy. The researchers discovered that their blood vessels dilated (expanded) by 26%.
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The Hot Dog Dilemma
We all know they aren’t good for us, but sometimes a hot dog just hits the spot. (Can you say “barbecues” and “sports”?") The frankfurter belongs in the American Hall of Food Fame, right there with apple pie and its frequent dining companion, the potato chip.
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A Bone-Building Dynamic Duo: Vitamin D Plus Calcium
Perhaps you’ve already heard that not getting enough dietary calcium and vitamin D increases your risk of low bone-mineral density and stress fractures. Here are some practical ways to increase your intake of this bone-building duo.
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Keeping Your Mouth Clean May Help Your Heart
How clean is your mouth? Believe it or not, the answer to that question might help or hurt your heart. The higher the amount of two types of oral bacteria and the higher the total number of bacteria in the mouth, the higher the risk of heart attack.
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Make Tonight Pasta Night!
There’s never been a better time to switch to whole grains. You can pick from several brands of whole grain or whole grain–blend pastas. You can even find whole wheat lasagna noodles in some supermarkets. If you’re just starting to venture into whole grain pasta, start with Barilla Plus—it looks and tastes the most like white pasta—and graduate to the 100% whole grain brands when you are ready.
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