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How to build a healthy diet

There are all sorts of diet gurus and plans out there that will tell you what they consider to be the ideal diet, but when it comes to what’s really the healthiest option, most of us don’t have a clue. Nutrition Action, the newsletter of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, recently outlined what it considers the healthiest diet for people in terms of preventing heart disease. If you’re looking for a healthy diet plan, you could do a lot worse. A tale of three diets The newslett Continue reading

Top 10 Food Poisoning Risks

Suzanne DeChillo, Chang W. Lee/The New York Times; Brendan Smialowski for The New York TimesWill these foods make you sick? The Center for Science in the Public Interest has some answers.Each year, about 76 million people in the United States become ill from the food they eat, and about 5,000 of them die, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. Harmful bacteria are the most common cause of food-borne illnesses, with symptoms ranging from upset stomach to fever and severe vomiting Continue reading

Too Much Salt on Restaurant Menus

Even the most dedicated health nut likes to go out on the town and grab a bite at a good restaurant. But that’s often fraught with dietary land mines. Every patron is fighting a losing battle with all the salt that restaurants add to their cuisine. According to the consumer watchdog group the Center for Science in the Public Interest, restaurants are increasing their customers’ chances of high blood pressure , heart attack, and stroke with all the salt they add to their food. Among 10 popul Continue reading