Work days are busy … so busy in fact that a recent survey conducted by the American Dietetic Association found that up to 75 percent of us eat at our desks at least 2-3 times a week. Eating at your desk may save time and help you get out of ...
Are you looking for an inexpensive way to eat a healthier diet in the coming year? Beans are the perfect way to eat well with out spending a lot of money. Dry beans contain protein, carbohydrates, fiber, B-vitamins, and minerals such as iron. Dry beans are also very low in ...
Wouldn’t it be great to eat a healthier diet without starving yourself, counting calories, or subscribing to a line of expensive pre-packaged meals? I call it Simple Supportive Nutrition. It’s not a new concept; it just seems to have gotten buried beneath a mountain of fad diets and weight loss ...
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Tick Talk CAMDEN — May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month, as declared by the Maine Legislature and the Maine Center for Disease Control. The Camden Public Library will host a “Tick Talk” with Dr. Beatrice M. Szantyr at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 24. Szantyr will present an illustrated talk on the ...
CARIBOU, Maine — According to state health statistics, there are about 6,000 people in Aroostook County who use needles, lancets or syringes — also known as medical sharps — to treat illnesses such as diabetes. In Maine, more than 12 million injections by sharps are completed each year. The state ...
The long-awaited 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans has finally arrived — only 13 months late. I’ve read and reread the recommendations and, for the life of me, I can’t figure out what took so long for these revisions to come forward. There isn’t any significant change from the 2005 Dietary ...
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It’s happened to everyone – even you. You’ve finished with lunch and suddenly you’re sleepy – ready for a nap. Eyes start closing, mind stops listening and naptime starts calling. That’s fine and dandy if you’re home and inches away from your bed (with a magically empty list ‘to do’ ...
Last month, McDonald’s devised a plan to wedge itself into the dense flow of self-promotion and micro-conversations that constitute Twitter. The fast-food giant had hoped to introduce some of the real-life farmers and producers who supply McDonald’s with potatoes, beef and other products under the organizing hashtags of (hashtag)MeetTheFarmers and ...
We’ve all heard it before, “You should drink orange juice when you are sick because it will boost your immunity.” But, is that really true? Myth 1: Orange juice boosts your immune system It turns out that the opposite is likely true. Sugar actually signals your immune system to take ...
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