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Surprising origins of the soft drink

August 26, 2010 By: bozobouffe Category: Uncategorized

What to chug right after a workout

June 13, 2010 By: bozobouffe Category: Uncategorized

As a registered dietitian and nutrition editor at EatingWell Magazine, I’m someone who always tries to eat foods that are good for me. Until recently though, I didn’t extend this scrutiny to what I consume after I exercise.

Read more here: Best drink for after your workout

Shed pounds by changing what you drink

June 08, 2010 By: bozobouffe Category: Uncategorized

There is a potion that magically strips away pounds from your body, improves your overall health, lengthens your life, makes you more attractive to the opposite sex, and keeps you lean forever. Even better, you can have as much of this magic weight-loss potion as you want, for free, and start stripping away pounds—perhaps even several dozen pounds this year alone—without exercise, without dieting, without visiting the set of Nip/Tuck.

Read more here: Sip Your Way to a Flat Belly!

Healthy Drinks and Beverages

May 20, 2010 By: bozobouffe Category: Uncategorized

Have you tried looking for healthy beverages at your local convenience store? Good luck!

These days, unhealthy beverages like sodas and energy drinks dominate store shelves. They tend to be loaded down with sugar. Usually, they are also chock full of empty calories and devoid of actual nutrients.

Read more here: Healthy Drinks and Beverages- My Top Ten Recommendations

Enough With Drinking Water

December 21, 2009 By: bozobouffe Category: Uncategorized

Healthy people don’t have to drink nearly as much as they think
By Cathy Gulli

When it comes to water, there’s nothing clear about how much we need to drink or even what good it does us. Still guzzling eight 8-oz. glasses a day? There’s no scientific proof everyone requires so much. Urine should be colourless? That’s a sign you’ve chugged too much. Thirst means you’re already dehydrated? Not even close.

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“I want to squash that notion. It’s baloney,” says Heinz Valtin, professor emeritus of physiology at the Dartmouth Medical School in Hanover, N.H., in a recent podcast produced by the American Physiological Society. He should know. His seminal 2002 study, “ ‘Drink at least eight glasses of water a day.’ Really? Is there scientific evidence for the ‘8 x 8’?” is often cited by other researchers investigating how much water we should consume daily. Now, many physiologists are debunking the most common assumptions about water intake. Valtin’s conclusion: healthy people who live sedentary lifestyles in temperate climates don’t have to drink so much.

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