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Calories in Soda: “Just Calories?”

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Greg Asseff

One of the most common and basic pieces of advice given to people trying to lose weight is “cut out the calories in soda.” It’s true that eliminating a 20-ounce pop from your diet each day will save you about 270 calories. Multiply this by 7, and you get about 1,900 calories per week. This means you could lose more than half-a-pound per week simply by cutting out a 20-ounce soda from your daily diet, since 3,500 calories is equivalent to one pound of body weight. Although the logic works and applies to the lifestyles of many who are overweight or obese, Coca-Cola doesn’t want you associating drinking soda with packing on the pounds. As a result, the company is preparing to launch an ad campaign with a pretty simple message: it doesn’t matter where your calories come from – if you consume too many, you’ll put on weight.

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Drinking Diet or Regular Soda Could Boost Depression Risk

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Greg Asseff

You might opt for diet soda instead of regular pop to save a few calories, but a new study by the National Institutes of Health indicates that you could be doing your mental health more harm than good in either case. The results suggest that there may be a link between diet soda and depression (and other diet beverages). The study, almost 20 years in the making, included nearly 264,000 adults from various parts of the United States. The study could be very relevant to many Americans, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that around 1 in 10 adults in the U.S. report suffering from depression. People between the age of 45 and 64 seem to be the most likely to have the condition. Other groups that have high depression rates include women, people whose highest education level is lower than high school, and those that have been divorced.

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How Many People Quit Smoking at New Years? Resolution Rates Rise

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Greg Asseff

If you decided to quit smoking for your New Year’s resolution this year, you’re in good company. In comparison to 2012, twice as many people chose to base their New Year’s resolution around quitting smoking in 2013. The news comes courtesy of Legacy, a research organization that advocates smoking cessation. Legacy sent email questionnaires to over 1,500 smokers in the U.S., all of whom were over the age of 18 and had smoked more than 100 cigarettes previously to find out how many people quit smoking on New Years. The survey found that 34% of those polled who made a New Year’s resolution had opted to quit smoking. Just 18% of the same types of individuals said the same thing in 2012. The results might indicate that more and more individuals are continuing to take the health risks of smoking very seriously.

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Glucose and Fructose – Which is Better At Satisfying Hunger?

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Greg Asseff

If losing weight is a component (or the entire focus) of your New Year’s resolution, you can greatly improve your chances of success by eating foods that keep you feeling fuller, longer. A new study into glucose and fructose conducted by Yale University School of Medicine suggests that you would be wise to choose glucose sugar over fructose sugar if this is your goal. That’s because glucose does a much better job of sending signals indicating appetite satiation to your brain, subsequently causing you to feel full, according to the researchers behind the study. In comparison, eating fructose sugar does very little to contribute to a sense of fullness. While one of the best strategies for losing weight involves a significant cutback in sugar consumption, the study seems to indicate that glucose is preferable if sweets are going to be ingested.

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CPSC Issues Nap Nanny Recall

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Greg Asseff

If you’re a new parent who’s been on a baby shopping spree this holiday season, listen up: The CPSC, or U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, has issued a recall of over 150,000 products manufactured by Baby Matters, LLC. According to the recall, the affected items include Nap Nanny Generation One (5,000 units), Nap Nanny Generation Two (50,000 units) and Nap Nanny Chill (100,000 units). If you own one of these units, it’s important to abide by the Nap Nanny recall and return it to the retailer immediately as you could be putting your infant at risk. Unfortunately, Baby Matters, LLC is either unwilling or unable to participate in the voluntary Nap Nanny recall issued by the CPSC. As such, the CPSC has asked for assistance from Toys R Us, Diapers.com, Buy Buy Baby and Amazon.com, four of the biggest distributors of Nap Nanny products.

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