Low-carb beats low-fat in diet duel
July 19, 2008
From NBC News
ATLANTA – The Atkins diet may have proved itself after all: A low-carb diet and a Mediterranean-style regimen helped people lose more weight than a traditional low-fat diet in one of the longest and largest studies to compare the dueling weight-loss techniques.
A bigger surprise: The low-carb diet improved cholesterol more than the other two. Some critics had predicted the opposite.
“It is a vindication,” said Abby Bloch of the Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Foundation, a philanthropy group that honors the Atkins’ diet’s creator and was the study’s main funder.
Fast Food Chains Post Calories Now
July 19, 2008
From NBC News
NEW YORK – Several big fast food chains say they have finally begun obeying a new rule requiring some New York City restaurants to post calorie counts right on the menu.
Burger King and McDonalds were among the chains that began changing their menu boards Friday after months of resistance.
A city health department rule requiring the switch has been in effect since May, but legal action delayed enforcement until now.
Less than 160 calories Desserts
July 17, 2008
From ABC News
By Loren Chidoni
When you’re squeezing into last year’s tankini, the dessert end of the freezer aisle seems taboo. But what would summer be without Popsicles and fro-yo? Sucky, that’s what.
To find frosty goodies that won’t test the limits of Lycra, we sampled 27 kinds. The result: these eight amazing, guilt-free indulgences–and one mother of an ice-cream headache.
Best For 100 Cals
Klondike Slim-a-Bear sandwiches
100 calories each, $4.30/box of 6
These creamy-on-the-inside sandwiches are the poster child for portion control: we could devour one without guilty urges to rip into a second or third.
L’Oreal Used Banned Chemicals in Foreign Sales
July 17, 2008
From ABC News
By Scott Michels
Cosmetics giant L’Oreal USA sold products overseas containing potentially carcinogenic chemicals, falsely advertised products containing animal-derived ingredients as “100 percent vegan,” and failed to comply with regulatory laws, according to a lawsuit filed by the company’s former regulatory affairs director.
Jerome Chevallier claims he was fired after he complained to his superiors about allegedly unlawful activities. He says the company sold Maybelline products in South America that contain carcinogenic chemicals, and that company management deleted formulae — for products allegedly containing illegal levels of a preservative — from internal computers, to avoid scrutiny from company regulators.
Don’t become the victim of a surgical error
July 17, 2008
From CNN News
By Elizabeth Cohen
I thought my husband was crazy.
When our 2-year-old daughter had hernia surgery, he insisted on seeing the surgeon minutes before to remind him that the hernia was on her right side, not her left.
The nurses weren’t happy; it wasn’t protocol to have the surgeon meet with parents immediately before a procedure.
“Maybe this is overkill,” I said to my husband. “He knows what side the hernia’s on. He’s already seen her twice in his office. Plus, we’ve told the pre-op nurses 10 times it’s on the right side.”
Teen pregnancies up for first time in 15 years
July 12, 2008
From CNN News
By Elizabeth Landau
Teen pregnancies rose in the United States for the first time since 1991, the National Institutes of Health reported Friday.
The new data also show that eighth-graders smoke less, according to the report “America’s Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2008.”
The report comes after a spate of high-profile teen pregnancies: that of 17-year-old TV star Jamie Lynn Spears, who recently gave birth to a daughter, as well as the pregnancies of numerous students at Gloucester High School in Massachusetts.
