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Starbucks is renowned for having some fairly calorie-dense drinks (think of the holiday special Pumpkin Spice Crème at 500 Calories).
However, until recently, caffeine amounts have been somewhat of a mystery. Here is a handy table comparing caffeine for the various drinks.
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It’s a struggle to get my young child to eat healthy. Many times I am successful - and I congratulate myself on a another job well done.
Then later I find the chewed-up spat-out morsel lying on the ground outside.
At least I tried, and at least she tried - before deciding it tasted just a little [...]
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The September 2007 issue of Scientific American was a special on Diet, Health and Food Supply. It contains a multitude of insightful pieces on the most pressing food and health related issues facing our world today.
One such article is entitled â??The World is Fatâ? by Barry M. Popkin. This article should [...]
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Another testament to gluttony:
Hardee’s presents the Country Breakfast Burrito.
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If you ever wanted proof of the commercial juggernaut that is called dieting - this is it.
Kraft Foods is rolling out a vending machine stocked with South Beach Diet branded food.
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Pole dancing fitness has carved out a niche for itself in the past few years - becoming one of the hottest fitness trends. Recently, instructors have been offering classes to children as young as 11. To be fair, those offering classes vehemently maintain that there are no â??adult movesâ? taught, and that there [...]
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Over the next few years more and more biodegradable food packaging will become available. A number of suppliers (in the US) have begun stocking “Spudware” - a range of cutlery made from 80% vegetable starch and 20% soy or other vegetable oils.
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Found on eBay: A vintage exercise device that can… well, uh… I don’t know.
Can you figure it out?
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A new Australian study has found that obese people are “six times more likely to develop esophageal cancer than people with healthy weight.”
The researchers looked at 800 people with esophageal cancer and compared them to 1600 people who did not suffer from the disease.
Even when the researchers ruled out contributing factors to esophageal cancer [...]
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Staring at the scales need not be boring.
Art de toilette have a series of arty bathroom scales. Here are few choice ones.
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