Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Calories news 18/09/2007

Lose 7 without trying (The Morning Call)
You don't have to work out longer to burn more calories. Fold this trick into your routine five times a week to drop 3 to 7 pounds a year without logging an extra minute of exercise and burn a bonus 100 calories:

Calories news 18/09/2007
A baked potato has 0 grams of fat and only 160 calories. Just dont eat fries that weigh in at 13 fat grams and 480 calories! 15. Beware of misleading claims. Reduced fat merely means that the item has 25% less fat. Use common sense. ...

Dietitians urge kids to read food labels (The San Luis Obispo Tribune)
When 10-year-old Marie Grandguillotte goes grocery shopping with her mother, she reads the food labels. She looks for calories and ingredients and knows to avoid fat and cholesterol. Reading the food labels was "a little bit confusing, but after a while I got used to it," said the fifth-grader from suburban Doral. Nutrition experts and the Food and Drug Administration think there should be more ...

Must menus in California count calories, carbs, fats? (The Christian Science Monitor)
A bill is on the governor's desk, and 4 of 5 state residents back it. But restaurant chains say mandatory measures are lawsuits waiting to happen.

FDA launches campaign encouraging kids to read food labels (KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul)
When 10-year-old Marie Grandguillotte goes grocery shopping with her mother, she reads the food labels. She looks for calories and ingredients and knows

 
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