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Make recipes healthier with simple substitutes

May 5, 2011
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By Miranda Tucker According to the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, certain foods are being consumed in excessive amounts making us more prone to chronic disease. Instead of dining on nutrient dense foods, children, adolescents, adults, and older adults are eating too much sodium, saturated and trans fats, added sugars, and refined grains. Some Americans [...]

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New Dietary Guidelines prompt questions about nation’s health

May 4, 2011

By Stephany Moore As Americans continue to scarf down high-calorie foods and veg out on oversized couches in front of big screen TVs, we must ask the question: “Who or what is responsible for this obesogenic nation?” Instead of pointing fingers, however, shouldn’t the better question be how will we rectify the current situation? That [...]

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Professor researches cancer fighting benefits of foods

May 3, 2011

By Melissa Short Cancer is the ultimate betrayal. The body creates lethal tumors from its own cells and, left unchecked, the tumors will eventually kill the body they depend on to grow. It begins with the mutation of a single gene that causes cells to replicate uncontrollably and often ends in radiation treatment, surgery, and [...]

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Facing the issues: K-State professor declares warfare on the state’s health problems

May 3, 2011

By Amanda Rall Expecting mothers have a great deal on their minds. What color to paint the nursery. How to budget for diapers. Breastfeeding verses formula. But one of the most influential decisions mothers make for their child is made even before she is pregnant. When Sandra B. Procter, a specialist in maternal and child [...]

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Eating disorders play havoc on coeds’ lives

May 13, 2010
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By Elizabeth Gittemeier
“An eating disorder is like a relationship with an abusive boyfriend. It will lure you back with promises of better things,” said a young woman who has battled eating disorders for 7 years.

“An eating disorder always has a promise that it can cure so many things: my anxiety will go away; I will forget stress; relationships are better; I don’t even need relationships. But every time I turn back to it, it drops me on my face.” Click to continue…

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Three ways to avoid The Freshman 15

May 6, 2010

By Erin White “The Freshman 15,” a thought that instills fear in the hearts of many new college students, can easily turn into an inevitable reality. It is important for students to understand how the changes in their eating habits will affect their body and wallet. Camille Korenek, director of Van Zile dining services at [...]

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