By Anna Brillon on September 14, 2011. An award-winning app recognized by the Cleanweb Hackathon transforms ordinary produce shops into a virtual marketplace. Named ‘Freshlist,’ this app created by Joshua Rosen and Hoa Hyun gives fruit and vegetable sellers an effective means of making sales. At the same time, Freshlist also helps buyers find what [...]
This article titled “Jamie Oliver calls for global action to tackle obesity” was written by Robin McKie, for The Observer on Saturday 3rd September 2011 23.07 UTC Levels of obesity across the globe are reaching epidemic proportions, according to medical experts. Now the crisis is to be the focus of a major debate at a [...]
Amino Acid Leucine Also Boosts Muscle Recovery After Exercise, Researchers Find By Kathleen Doheny WebMD Health News Aug. 19, 2011 — Eating or drinking protein after exercise can help muscle recovery and growth, experts agree. What’s still debated is which proteins work best. Whey protein appears to be better than casein protein, according to [...]
by Bob Calvin, MS, RD, CSSD, LD/N, CSCS and Denise Barry, RD Performance Nutritionists – Athletes Performance Mild traumatic brain injuries, or as they are more commonly known concussions, have been a hot topic lately within the sporting world. According to the Brain Injury Research Institute, headed by one of the leading researchers in the [...]
Skip the Diet Coke. Tea may be the ultimate weight-loss drink. When Taiwanese researchers studied more than 1,100 people over a 10-year period, they determined that those who drank black, green, or oolong tea one or more times a week had 20 percent less body fat than those who drank none. “Tea extracts may decrease [...]
Powered by the Cleveland Clinic Make your vitamin D supplement work even harder. Taking it with your biggest meal of the day boosts the vitamin’s absorption. Not getting enough vitamin D? Instead of taking it on an empty stomach or with a light meal, down your vitamin D supplement with the biggest meal of the [...]
Powered by Cleveland Clinic Stay full for longer: Include protein and complex carbs in every meal and snack. Think peanut butter on toast or turkey-Swiss roll-ups. When it comes to successful dieting, what you eat is just as important as how much you eat. That’s because the two often go hand in hand. Choosing foods [...]
SportsOneSource Media The percentage of obese girls in the United States increased more than twice as much as the percentage of obese boys from 2003 to 2007, according to a study by researchers at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The study, Changes in State-Specific Childhood Obesity and Overweight Prevalence in the United States [...]
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