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Chow Line: Pay attention when dining out (for 3/9/08)
February 29, 2008 When I go to lunch with co-workers, I push to eat at "healthier" fast food places, but my friends say they're not really any better. Is that true? Well, it's true that some restaurants offer more healthful options tha ...
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Chow Line: Over 50? Consider B12 supplement (for 2/4/07)
January 26, 2007 Should I take a vitamin B12 supplement? I'm 68 and in good health. Vitamin B12 deficiency is rare, but older people may, in fact, benefit from taking a supplement. First-- even though you're in good health — you may want to disc ...
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Chow Line: Onions good for flavor, health (for 8/8/10)
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/chow-line-onions-good-flavor-health-8810-0
July 30, 2010 We use onions when preparing supper almost every night. Do they add as much nutrition as they do flavor? Onions are a perfectly good vegetable. They're not exactly a powerhouse of vitamins and minerals, but they do offer a respectable a ...
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Chow Line: Not everyone can tolerate gluten (for 5/9/10)
April 30, 2010 In the past few months, two of our friends have told us that they need to avoid eating wheat products, even though they said tests for celiac disease came back negative. Are there other reasons people would need to avoid wheat? It could be ...
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Chow Line: Mushrooms offer nutrients, few calories (for 11/26/06)
November 17, 2006 Are mushrooms a vegetable? Well, that's how they're classified in the food groups. There's no sense in giving "edible fungi" their own category, is there? While they're not nearly as nutrient-dense as many o ...
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Chow Line: Most of us need to eat more produce (for 11/22/09)
November 13, 2009 I think I eat a lot of produce, but my sister, a dietitian, says I should eat more. I usually have a piece of fruit as a mid-morning snack, and I always have a salad and a side dish of vegetables at dinner. Well, I hate to enter into fam ...
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Chow Line: More say: 'Yogurt, it's Greek to me' (for 4/25/10)
April 16, 2010 What can you tell me about Greek yogurt? Greek yogurt is new enough in the American dairy case that it's not yet listed in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Nutrient Database-- the standard database that contains foods ...
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Chow Line: Trick yourself to stop binging on treats (for 10/21/07)
October 12, 2007 With Halloween coming up, I need to figure out how to avoid binging on candy. Any ideas? For anyone interested in maintaining healthful eating habits, the fat and calories in candy can be the scariest thing about this holiday. According t ...
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Chow Line: Triglyceride levels sensitive to diet (for 4/12/09)
April 3, 2009 My dad mentioned to me that a blood test revealed high triglycerides, and he was told to reduce not only fats in his diet, but carbohydrates, too. Is that right? That's partly right. Even though triglycerides are fatty acids, the amount ...
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Chow Line: Milk a good option for protein, calcium (for 4/15/07)
April 6, 2007 I read that the protein in milk could cause kidney damage and the calcium in milk isn't well absorbed. Is this accurate? Both statements could be viewed as technically accurate, but most nutritionists would say they are also misleading. ...