FDA has approved this year’s seasonal influenza vaccines that include new strains of the virus likely to cause flu in the United States during the 2008-2009 season.
This season’s vaccines contain three strains of the influenza virus that disease experts expect to be the most likely cause of the flu in the United States. Read more…
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Slow down if you feel out of breath. You should be able to talk during your activity, without gasping for breath.
Drink water when you are thirsty to replace the water you lose by sweating.
Wear Suitable Clothes
Wear lightweight, loose-fitting tops so you can move easily.
Wear clothes made of fabrics that absorb sweat and remove it from [...]
FDA Warns Consumers About Potential Problems at Two Baltimore Pharmacies
Expired and suspected counterfeit prescription drugs found at pharmacies
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers who filled prescriptions at The Medicine Shoppe pharmacies located at 8035A Liberty Road and 5900 Reisterstown Road in Baltimore that they may have received drugs that were either expired [...]
Worried about your kids or yourself not getting enough calcium? Try these suggestions in the newest addition on BellyBytes.com for a plethora of ideas to jazz up milk!
Ideas include:
Chocolate Milk Fix Ups
Some Like it Hot
Coffee House Favorites
Peanut Butter Cup Milk
More Delicious Ideas: Milk Plus One
Fruity Flavored Milk
Stove-Top Latte
Nighttime N’illa Milk Steamer
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Light, delicious and easy on the waistline!
Triple Layer Banana Cream Pie Bars
Ingredients:
1-1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs
1/4 cup ground peanuts
1/3 cup butter, melted
3 bananas, sliced
3 cups cold skim, 1% or 2% milk
2 packages (4 serving size) vanilla instant pudding and pie filling
2-1/2 cups light or fat free Cool Whip topping
Directions:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Mix graham [...]
WOULD you like to be more physically active, but are not sure if you can do it? Good news—if you are a very large person, you can be physically active—and you can have fun and feel good doing it.
THERE may be special challenges for very large people who are physically active. You may not be [...]
C.F. Sauer Foods Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Milk in one lot of Gold Medal Spaghetti Sauce Mix – 1.37 ounce pouch
CF Sauer Foods Inc, of Richmond, VA is recalling all packages of Gold Medal Spaghetti Sauce Mix with the code date as follows: 8119R. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to milkrun [...]
Ingredients:
1 cup freshly brewed espresso, cooled to room temperature
2 cups ice cubes
1/4 cup half-and-half or whole milk
3 tablespoons superfine sugar or to taste
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup Kahlua or other coffee flavored liqueur if desired
Garnish: cinnamon
Directions:
In a blender blend all ingredients until smooth but still thick.
Divide mixture between 2 tall glasses and sprinkle with cinnamon.
Recipe makes [...]
They’re really doing this in California. I am stunned…what do you think of this?
Food Apartheid
Banning fast food in poor neighborhoods.
A few other cities and towns have zoned restaurants for economic, environmental, or aesthetic reasons. But L.A. appears to be the first to do it for health reasons. Last year, a public-interest law group at Johns [...]
Fri, 01 Aug 2008
Until further notice, FDA is advising consumers to avoid raw serrano peppers from Mexico, in addition to raw jalapeño peppers from Mexico, and any foods that contain them.
Laboratory testing by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has confirmed that both a sample of serrano peppers and a sample of irrigation water collected [...]
