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Eggs 101: Are some eggs healthier than others?

Eggs Nutrition:
Are some eggs healthier than others?
Written by Gloria Tsang, RD
Published in February 2008
(HealthCastle.com) The egg section in your grocery store is stocked with many varieties of eggs. Some specialty eggs appear to be healthier than the regular white eggs. Are they worth the extra money?
Did You Know?
Egg yolk color is […]

Fitness: The Bicycling Paradox: Fit DoesnЙt Have to Mean Thin

Andy Hampsten, the former pro cyclist, the only American ever to win the Tour of Italy, the first American ever to win the grueling Alpe dHuez stage of the Tour de France, does his best to discourage casual riders from signing up for the cycling trips he leads in Tuscany.
All of our trips are […]

Nighttime Noise and Blood Pressure

By Sora Song
The din of airplanes landing, motorcycles roaring or a bedmate snoring can make for patchy sleep and strained nerves. But even when you manage to slumber through a rackety night, your body still registers the noise by raising blood pressure, according to a small new study.
Volunteers living near four major European […]

How to Boost your Metabolism?

Boosting Metabolism with
Diet and Nutrition
Written by Joy Bauer, MS, RD, CDN
Published in May 2007
Clients - and just about everyone I meet who learns I’m a nutritionist - ask me this question all the time: How can I boost my metabolism?
Metabolism is simply the total of all body processes that burn calories - […]

New reports: Fewer HIV cases in India

NEW DELHI (AP) India has roughly 2.5 million people infected with HIV, less than half the number of cases that previous studies estimated, the health minister and international AIDS experts said Friday.
The drastically reduced numbers come from expanded surveys and an improved methodology, providing a far more accurate portrait of India’s HIV epidemic, […]