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The Weekly Skinny: All the healthy news you need (10-23-09)

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Are school lunches about to get healthier? Is it worth the higher cost? FatFighterTV has a look at this story and other diet and fitness headlines making news this week.

The Weekly Skinny: All the healthy news you need (10-9-09)

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Which foods cause the most food poisonings? Even healthy ones made the list. FatFighterTV has a look at this story and other diet and fitness headlines making news this week.

Should you stop drinking soda? A food expert weighs in

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Wonder what it’s like to chat about food with award-winning author and food activist Michael Pollan? Thought-provoking. At least that’s what it was like for me when I interviewed Pollan, author of The New York Times bestseller The Omnivore’s Dilemma (Penguin, 2006), for our latest issue of EatingWell Magazine. We were talking, in part, because a young reader’s edition of The Omnivore’s Dilemma is being released in October, allowing Pollan’s thoughts on America’s food system to reach a whole new generation of eaters. Here are a few interesting snippets from our interview...

Would this poster help you kick a soda habit?

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Check out the poster I spotted on my morning commute: It's a hand pouring soda, which turns into globs of yellow fat (complete with blood vessels!) as it nears the cup. The poster is part of the New York City Health Department's campaign against obesity, which targets sugary drinks. It's…

Are you sipping your way fat?

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Raise your hand if you’ve ever knocked back a frappa-latte-something-or-other on the go or downed several glasses of wine with a super-healthy dinner. I know I have. The problem: We somehow forget to calculate the caloric impact liquids have on our diet. And get this: Roughly 37 percent…

User post: Government Manipulation of People via Soda Tax... that should make you think WTF.

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Many of the more health-conscious people on here may already be aware of the new idea US health officials want Congress to support, but if you aren't, here is the article link, http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090730/hl_afp/healthusobesitytaxdrink_20090730232047. Long story short: The head of…

Top 8 Things You Need to Know About The Soda Tax AKA the Sugar Tax

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If you read newspapers or food blogs, you've undoubtedly come across debates about a so-called soda tax (also known as the sugar tax, a form of sin tax). But it's not always clear what products would be taxed, or for how much, and when. Here's what you need to know:

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Another reason not to drink soda: Muscle weakness and possibly even paralysis

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Have you ever seen those gigantic plastic mugs at truck stops or convenience stores, the ones you know people fill up with Mountain Dew or Diet Coke or some combination of carbonated, caffeinated colas and sip on all day long? Once upon a time, I could drink almost that much soda in one sitting.