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Diet Friendlier Fast Foods

Diet Friendlier Fast Foods
Written by Elizabeth Daeninck, MS, RD
Published in January 2007
Eating fast food can cause your calorie and fat intake to increase considerably, but it doesn’t have to be so. Below is a listing of alternate foods you can choose to save on calories and fat grams!
Instead of a…… […]

Tissue Transglutaminase Antibodies Are a Useful Serological Marker for the Diagnosis of Celiac Disease in Patients With Down Syndrome.

Tissue Transglutaminase Antibodies Are a Useful Serological Marker for the Diagnosis of Celiac Disease in Patients With Down Syndrome.
Original Articles Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition. 44(5):583-586, May 2007.
Shamaly, Hussein *,+; Hartman, Corina *; Pollack, Shimon ++; Hujerat, Mohammad +; Katz, Rina ++; Gideoni, Osnat ++; Shamir, Raanan *
Abstract:
Background: Celiac disease (CD) is […]

Stephen Hawking makes flips in weightlessness

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida: Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking savored weightlessness, flipping in the air after years of being able to make only tiny facial movements. But he hopes it is only the appetizer.
“Space, here I come,” Hawking said Thursday after going on a two-hour jet flight that creates 25-second bursts of weightlessness for its passengers […]

NYC Emits 1% of Greenhouse Gases

By AP/SARA KUGLER
(NEW YORK) New York City produces nearly 1 percent of the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions an amount that puts it on par with Ireland or Portugal according to a city study.
The study, released Tuesday, was ordered by Mayor Michael Bloomberg to assess the city’s progress in reducing its greenhouse […]

Ask Monica: What’s in a serving?

Q. I’m having trouble determining what is meant by a serving of vegetables. Often I see one-half cup listed as a serving, but how much a half cup holds varies greatly according to the size of the pieces. For example, I can get three or four baby carrots into a half cup measure, or I […]