FOOD/DRINK
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Food for Fitness: Summer BBQ
Summer time is close to drawing to an end, nevertheless, many are still firing up the grill and enjoying social time out of doors.Growing up in the south, grilling out has been a summer tradition in my family for every event that falls within the warm mon...more
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SPiN opens in Hollywood
Epic Hollywood nights await you. The wildly famous NYC nightspot SPiN is to town. SPiN Hollywood at Mondrian features DJs, table tennis and owner/promoter Susan Sarandon.
First, some background: last year, a band of nightlife pioneers (one being Susan...more
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Food for Fitness: Truth about Truvia
Mary Poppins sang about how a spoonful of sugar would help the medicine go down, however, she did not sing the facts about the granulated ingredient.Sugar, also known as sucrose, is the most common of sugars and is used to sweeten most things found in res...more
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Food for Fitness: Breakfast Omelet
Breakfast has always been my favorite meal of the day, simply because breakfast foods are the best in flavor and variety in my opinion.You probably roll your eyes when you hear “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day” because you have heard...more
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Go healthy with your office lunch
Around 1:30 p.m. in the afternoon, half the office spills out onto the streets, dispersing into local delis, cafés, and restaurants. The other half remains indoors, sitting obediently at their desks within the confines of small cubicles. This scenario m...more
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Food for Fitness: Say No to a No-Carb Diet
A diet that says you should not eat carbs is ludicrous. Carbohydrates are necessary to life. “Carbohydrates are our main source of energy and provide the ideal fuel (glucose) for your body to function optimally, as well as many essential vitamins and mi...more
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Food for Fitness: Vegetarian Chili
As I have written before, nothing sounds better to me than a thick and juicy cheeseburger. My fiancé Jon shares my same sentiments towards the ground beef patty snuggled between to buns. Unfortunately, if we ate this tasty treat every day, our hearts a...more
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Crystal Langhorne’s Got Milk
WNBA player Crystal Langhorne is the latest model-athlete to stump for the “Body by Milk” campaign.
Crystal has known basketball success at every level, including on the international stage. As a member of the 2007 U21 USA Basketball Team, she won...more
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Food for Fitness: Zucchini Pancakes
Growing up with a vegetable garden, my family always had the best pick fresh produce right at arm’s length. We grew corn, lettuce, carrots, tomatoes, broccoli, and a variety of squash including zucchini.Although we had a fairly wide selection available,...more
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Food for Fitness: The tantalizing Tastes of Tempeh
I have considered life without meat. I have friends who are vegetarian some even that are vegan, and I have eaten their kinds of food with them and enjoyed it greatly sometimes.
However, I just do not think that I could live without consuming a thick, ju...more
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Food for Fitness: Edamame
A couple of years ago, I went to my favorite Asian restaurant with one of my best friends and her fiancé.
There I ordered the best rice bowl ever created in this western world, and my friend’s fiancé ordered a big bowl of edamame as an appetizer. Th...more
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Food for fitness: Great Greek yogurt instead of sour cream
Spicy Mexican cuisine, a plethora of dips, and the classic baked potato all seem to taste better crowned with a dollop of sterling white sour cream.
With its generally mild flavor and consistently rich, thick texture, sour cream is made when pasteurized ...more
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Food for Fitness: Eat Those Dark Leafy Greens
My fiancé and I have recently decided to improve our diets. By this I mean a serious cut back on calories, saturated fats, and excess carbs. Heading into our third week at this attempt, I would say that we are doing quite well.
I would be lying if I sai...more
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Got Milk? Shawn Johnson does
Gold medal gymnast Shawn Johnson is the latest milk-drinking celeb to don the famous Milk Mustache to inspire teens to ‘Drink Milk for a Change.’
Shawn joins the ranks of more than 290 other athletes, actors, models and musicians who have lent thei...more
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Food for Fitness: Finding peace with your body
If there has been a fad diet hit mainstream fitness news in the last six years, I have probably tried it. Everything from the Atkins diet to the South Beach Diet and the 48-hour flush to whatever else you can think of, I have probably subjected my body t...more
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What’s up with the cupcake craze?
If the Muffin Man really does live on Drury Lane, he has some stiff competition just around the corner. I recently discovered this rivalry as I was strolling through trendy Covent Garden, London in search of a quaint British café for High Tea. What I ...more
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The Truth About Trans Fat Oils: How Much Are You Consuming?
Starting yesterday, California restaurants are strictly banned from cooking with trans fat oils. The bill, which was signed in 2008 by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, gave restaurants in California a year’s notice to phase out any usage of trans fat oils. B...more
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Christmas Confections: Three Simple Delicious Cookie Recipes
This is certainly the most wonderful time of the year. Houses, businesses, and trees are all glowing with glittering lights reflecting the warmth felt deep within the soul of many people around the globe.
Triumphant carols are echoes of holidays past, bu...more
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