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The human diet contains thousands of antioxidants--nutrients that may help do everything from preventing wrinkles to killing off cancerous cells. But while many foods from chocolate to popcorn promise these health benefits, your best bet for a long, vibrant future begins with produce. 


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Tomatoes
Lycopene, an antioxidant that can combat free radicals (molecules or ions that can damage healthy cells and suppress your immune system), gets the credit for tomatoes' ability to help protect against some cancers, including lung cancer. If possible, opt for Classica tomatoes--in a study of 13 tomato varieties, Classicas ranked highest in lycopene.

Kale
This popular leafy green is a major source of vitamin K (one cup cooked contains almost 12 times your recommended daily value), which may help ward off heart disease and osteoporosis. Ask for Winterbor kale at your local farmers' market--in addition to vitamin K, this variety contains

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By Lynn Andriani

We go beyond fruit, raw veggies and cheese sticks to find the best salty and sweet bites.

Creamy Chicken Noodles in celebration of Glover's victory! Last night, Ryan Seacrest announced that Candice Glover was crowned season 12's American Idol. So, what makes up an American Idol? A beautiful voice of course, a friendly personality, Mariah Carey's approval, the hearts of America, and creamy chicken noodles? Yes! Celebrate Glover's victory with her favorite meal. You will love this diva-licious dinner - and who knows, maybe you will be the next American Idol!

Ingredients:
3 lbs. chicken thighs
1 cup chicken stock
1 cup evaporated milk
2 tablespoons minced onion or 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
3 tablespoons fat from cooking thighs
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
1 teaspoon dried thyme, crushed
Salt and pepper to taste
1 pound noodles, cooked al dente and kept warm

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Directions:

1.Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

2. Place chicken thighs on a rack over a baking pan.

3. Bake for 1 hour or until juices run clear and a thermometer inserted in

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He may be a celebrity chef, but to Jamie Oliver's four kids, he's just a dad making a healthy dinner. And it doesn't stop at his own table: He's on a mission to get every child to eat better. In honor of Food Revolution Day on May 17th, Everyday Food editor Sarah Carey shows you how to make Jamie Oliver's colorful shredded salad.

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Shredded Rainbow Salad

2 raw medium beets (any color), trimmed, scrubbed, and quartered
1/4 red cabbage, quartered
2 large carrots, scrubbed and trimmed
1/4 white cabbage, quartered
2 pears, stems removed and quartered
1 cup walnut halves, roughly bashed
2 handfuls fresh curly parsley or mint, chopped

For the Dressing:

1 tablespoon mayonnaise
2 teaspoons mustard
3 tablespoons cider vinegar
6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
Sea salt and ground pepper
Worcestershire sauce
Hot sauce

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1. Put a coarse grater attachment into a food processor and push

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For any good, diet-abiding citizen, a simple trip to the supermarket or convenience store can easily feel like a tap dance across a minefield of temptations - having to narrowly skirt well-concealed calorie-bombs at nearly every turn.

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Areas like the frozen foods aisle and the chips and cookies shelves are obvious danger zones for the health-conscious shopper, but be careful not to overlook the potential diet pitfalls sitting in those beverage-stocked cold cases. From juices and iced teas to flavored milks and protein shakes, drinks can often be like the evil ninja warriors of dieting.

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Oftentimes, many of those drinks we are led to believe are "healthy" (thanks, in large part, to shrewd marketing), are actually quite the opposite.

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Pizza! If you grew up obsessed with it - postgame pizza, movie pizza, baby-sitting pizza, college pizza, pizza, pizza, pizza! - and followed that American passion for cheese, sauce, and bread with an adult pursuit of the best slice, the finest pie, the Platonic Neapolitan, then the idea of naming America's best is likely contentious.

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"A best pizza list? I know pizza. That's not great pizza!" Yes, pizza is tough to rank responsibly. Consider that just years ago, The New York Times' then critic Sam Sifton said Motorino "serves the city's best pizza." It was enough to make you roll your eyes and call him out for knowing better, right? City's best? Not its best artisanal or Neapolitan pie? What about its best slice? And what is a "best" slice or pie anyway? After all, you could argue that great pizza can be many different things.

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Have fun grilling with these cool gadgets.5 unusual gadgets that you may have never dreamed you needed, but once you try 'em out you may never want to grill without 'em!

1. The first step to any flavorful festivity is applying the right seasonings, and with our first find you can smear your seasoning directly onto the grill. The Mr. Bar-B-Q Onion Seasoning Grill Brush ($13) has little teeth that sink into an onion to hold it steady as you rub it all over the grates. And it's a two-for-one deal: this seasoning brush both flavors and cleans the grill!

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2. Depending on what you're celebrating, throw your ground meat into the Mr. Bar-B-Q U.S.A Burger Press ($10.30) to form a patty in the shape of the USA! Even after grilling, the burger keeps its shape. Patriotic patties are perfect for Memorial Day, the 4th of July, or any time you're feeling especially fun and festive.

3. In order to perfectly flip your burgers, enlist some help with the Mr. Bar-B-Q Spong ($14). The Spong combines two very

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Shine's going gluten-free this week for National Celiac Awareness month. We're serving up smart ideas, solutions, stories, and of course, super-delicious recipes to help you eat sans gluten--without feeling like you're missing a thing.

The gluten-free diet has some myths attached to it that are as sticky as the forbidden protein itself. Since I've been eating gluten-free since 1996, I've seen several gluten-free myths based on half-baked facts persist over the years. Here are the five top gluten-free myths and the raw truth that, hopefully, will blast them into oblivion.

MYTH: Gluten-free foods are healthy.
This may be loosely translated as, "It's okay that I just ate the whole package of cookies, they're gluten-free!"

FACT: Not always.
Gluten-free cakes, cookies, pizzas and other processed foods usually contain refined gluten-free flours, sugars, and fats, but they may even contain more of these than regular baked goods to compensate for the different texture and taste. Basically, junk

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