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Product Review. AOR Astaxanthin Ultra

Published by Doug Cook, RD on May 17, 2012 in Nutrition & Diet
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Chances are you’ve never heard of astaxanthin but if you’ve ever eaten salmon, shrimp, lobster, and crab, you’ve eaten it – not to worry, this is a good thing. Astaxanthin is skyrocketing to stardom, and with good reason, research is finding it to hold many health-promoting properties. What the heck is astaxanthin? Astaxanthin is a

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Grocery Store Navigation. Imperial Cinnamon Spread

Published by Doug Cook, RD on May 15, 2012 in Nutrition & Diet
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Product: Imperial Cinnamon Spread Manufacturer: Unilever Canada The Position: Delicious on toast, pancakes and waffles. May also be used as a tart or cake filling Ingredients: sugar, soybean oil, modified palm and palm kernel oil, spices, salt, BHA, artificial flavour, citric acid, and sulphites Analysis: Considering I could not get, as hard as I tried,

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Weekend Wrap Up – soundbites that caught my eye

Published by Doug Cook, RD on May 12, 2012 in Nutrition & Diet
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Consumption Of Probiotics Associated With Reduced Risk Of Diarrhea From Antibiotic Use Consuming probiotics reduces the risk of diarrhea caused by antibiotic usage, researchers from RAND Health, Santa Monica, California reported in Jama (Journal of the American Medical Association). Oral Zinc Found To Reduce Common Cold Symptoms In Adults More Than Kids People who take

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Healthy Eating. McDonalds McCafe Blueberry Pomegranate Smoothies

Published by Doug Cook, RD on May 10, 2012 in Nutrition & Diet
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I don’t know if you’ve seen the commercials for the new McDonald’s McCafe Smoothies? There’s one where a runner puts down two pieces of fruit on a park bench, a mango and pineapple, bends down to tie his shoe, goes back to grab the fruit and presto, chango – there’s now a mango pineapple smoothie. The implied message is clear, McDonald’s new smoothie is just like eating real fruit…

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Recipes. Quinoa Salad with Blueberries & Mango

Published by Doug Cook, RD on May 08, 2012 in Nutrition & Diet
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Quinoa 1/2 cup quinoa (washed) 1 cup water Salad ingredients (minus the quinoa) 1 mango cut into cubes 1/2 cup blueberries 1 medium cucumber cut into cubes 1/4 cup dried cranberries Dressing 1 1/2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil Juice from 1 lemon 1 teaspoon orange marmalade 10 Basil leaves chopped finely Salt and pepper to

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