| Call to promote healthy diets in schools
But first, says Minister of Health Jerome Walcott, parents and students need to be educated about the benefits of healthy eating. Speaking during the launch of the National Chronic Non-communicable Disease Commission (CNDC) at the E. Humphrey Walcott building last Friday, Walcott said teachers, parents and students needed to be involved in the process. "A clear number of illnesses can be preventable, and people need education regarding diet, physical activity and smoking," he said. However, the minister's fight might not be an easy one, for already he was attacked on a call-in programme for suggesting that parents prepare healthier lunches for their children to take to school. Despite this, Walcott said his ministry was very concerned about the increasing number of children at the 11-Plus level who were diabetic.
Think Low-Fat, Low-Calorie Diets Are All That? Not So Fast!
Okay, listen up all you supporters of the low-fat, low-calorie diets that are supposed to save the planet from obesity and disease. It is absolutely MANDATORY that you listen to this podcast show today because I offer you hard scientific evidence backing up my claim that livin' la vida low-carb is indeed a BETTER and HEALTHIER nutritional approach than your failed diets will ever be. There's no denying the very clear fact that the low-carb lifestyle is a high-quality, proven weight and health management program that could very well be the answer we've been looking for in this great obesity crisis of our day! Share your comments about what you heard today or call the listener comment line for "The Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore" at (206) 203-4192. Tune in to the show by using any of the following ways: 1.
The Risks Of Rapid Weight Loss Diets
Knoxville (WVLT) Many celebrities promote weight loss pills and other products as a quick and easy way to lose weight. And, as Americans' waistlines continue to expand, more people are turning to rapid weight loss diets. Medical Reporter Jessa Goddard has more on what these can do to your body. Diets have changed over the decades, from the grapefruit diet to South Beach. The goal has not, to drop pounds, and fast. But weight loss is a case in which slow and steady wins the race. A very low calorie diet that's less than 1,000 calories a day may have you looking better, faster on the outside. But what's happening inside your body? First, your body goes into starvation mode and your metabolism slows to conserve energy.
Drink's big claim: It burns calories Skeptics don't buy Coca-Cola ...
Consumers cruising the aisles of supermarkets this week will find a new green tea beverage with an astounding claim -- drink it and burn calories. The Coca-Cola Co. and Nestl say consuming three cans a day of their new product, Enviga, will burn 60 to 100 calories -- and you don't have to run laps around the track, pedal a stationary bicycle or even bench-press weights. These calories can be burned merely by lifting the cans from table to mouth. It seems too good to be true, and some say it is. In fact, one watchdog group already has filed a false-advertising lawsuit against the two companies, and Connecticut's attorney general has launched an investigation into the calorie-burning claim. But Coca-Cola representatives insist that the drink has been scientifically tested and that it works.
Low-Carb Blog Entangled In The 'American Idol' Controversy
One of the hottest news stories over the past week is quite indicative of the pop culture we now endure in modern times. No, it's not the Iraq war, it's not President Bush's State of the Union address, it's not even whatever Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, and Lindsay Lohan are up to. It's American Idol and how Season 6 of the mega-hit show is somehow "meaner" than in past years. While I'm not one to care a bit in the world about what a television show does to drum up free publicity for itself (which is EXACTLY what Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul have been doing since this season debuted last week!), I will sometimes inject a relevant message in a post about what's happening in the media. That's exactly what I did in this post I wrote from last week asking rhetorically to provoke a little thought, "What If 'American Idol' Judged Weight Loss?" Well, you never know who's reading what you write and it turns out an executive producer at CBS News named Melissa McNamara saw my comments about the contestants on the show and decided to include them in her regular Blogophile column on Wednesday about what bloggers think about the attitude of the judges so far this season.
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