an apple a day

For anyone who’s ever been to Whole Foods, this won’t come as much of a surprise, but Alexandra Haller at Her Active Life blogged recently about how healthy foods are becoming more expensive, while unhealthy foods are getting cheaper. Haller cited this story from MSNBC, which quotes the University of Washington study that revealed this […]

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This is so cool!
A new service from diet.com allows users to send a text message to DIET1 and in return receive nutritional information about the chain restaurant menu item of their choice, according to this story from the Chicago Sun-Times.
The service is free on diet.com’s end, though you will have to cough up whatever your […]

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Chris Freytag over at Prevention.com wrote an interesting blog post about fast food restaurants’ efforts to appeal to the health-conscious consumer. She says some restaurants are trying to offer “light” options — she even eats the 6″ grilled chicken sub at Subway, guilt-free — but urges readers to check out nutrition facts before buying into […]

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