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To Clean Up Your Diet, Clean Out Your House

01/28/2012
Whether it's a new year's resolution to lose weight or a spring commitment to getting...
Calories / Chocolate / Desserts / Diet / Food / Health / Science / Weight / Weight loss
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Healthy Holidays the P.K. Way: Top Ten Tips

12/20/2011
Sure, this piece was written in 2011, and now it's 2015. The tips in this...
Calories / Desserts / Food / Health / Holidays / Nutrition / Science / Weight
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Kale and Roasted Brussels Sprouts Salad with Almonds

12/13/2011
Healthy Holidays Begin with Vegetables As we head toward the holidays, I'll write a few...
Autumn / Calories / Diet / Dietary Guidelines / Farmers' markets / Food / Health / Nutrition / Nuts / Recipe / Salad / Science / Vegetables
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Energy for the Holidays: The Ins and Outs

12/12/2011
Lots of people talk about the the need for extra energy for the holidays to...
Calories / Diet / Dietary Guidelines / Food / Holidays / Nutrition / Science / Weight
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Holiday Panic: Chocolate to the Rescue!

12/09/2011
Chocolate Brownie Stars with Maple Buttercream You know it's mid-December when...
Calories / Chocolate / Desserts / Diet / Dietary Guidelines / Food / Health / Holidays / Nutrition / Recipe / Science / Whole grains
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Should’ve Had a V-8?

11/04/2011
I have some unfinished business I need to complete regarding vegetable juices, and this is...
Calories / Diet / Dietary Guidelines / Food / Health / Juice / Nutrition / Science / Vegetables / Weight
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Away-from-home Eating: Pleasures and Perils

10/18/2011
Pleasures, sure; that one's obvious. But perhaps "perils" is too strong a word? Maybe "pitfalls"?...
Beer / Calories / Diet / Dietary Guidelines / Food / Health / International cuisine / Nutrition / Salad / Seafood / Snacks / Weight / Weight loss
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The Skinny on Soup (And Why You Should Eat More)

09/26/2011
Gorgeous, yes? Click on the pic for the cooking video and...
Calories / Diet / Food / Health / Nutrition / Recipe / Science / Soup / Vegetables / Weight / Weight loss
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A Big Salad+Corn on the Cob=Dinner (Really.)

09/21/2011
Salad: It's Not Just a Side  Why is your salad always a secondary role? Or,...
Calories / Diet / Farmers' markets / Food / Health / Nutrition / Salad / Science / Summer / Vegetables / Weight
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Lively Food, Drink, and Music in Oz

06/26/2011
This is the motto of Salsa, an upscale bistro in North Queensland, Australia. Actually, it’s...
Calories / Cocktails / Drinks / Food / International cuisine / Weight