Fitness and Freebies wishes a safe, blessed and very Happy New Year to all!
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The latest environmental catch phrase is “low carbon”, as in a low-carbon economy, which strives to cut back on fossil fuels to limit greenhouse gas emissions. Take the concept to your plate and you have a low-carbon diet, which maximizes foods that require less energy to grow, produce or transport.
How do you know if you’re [...]

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Ingredients:
1/4 cup Netsle Nesquik Chocolate Flavor Powder
3 to 4 tablespoons fat free milk
2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
3 cups baked pita chips
1 small green apple, chopped
1 small banana, halved lengthwise and sliced
Directions:
Combine Nesquik and milk in small bowl; stir with small whisk until smooth.  Whisk in peanut butter.
Pile pita chips on a platter; top with apple [...]

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Take a walk while litening to some soothing music.
Turn off your cell phone, landline phone and just close your eyes.
Read one chapter of a book or the newspaper
Call your best friend
Close your eyes for a 15 minute catnap.

And most of all, enjoy what’s left of the holiday season!
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting consumers nationwide not to purchase or consume more than 25 different products marketed for weight loss because they contain undeclared, active pharmaceutical ingredients that may put consumers’ health at risk.
View the list and read the rest of the article.
Be cautious of these ingredients. If you’re serious about [...]

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Dorsey Marketing Inc. Voluntarily Recalls Three G&J Gourmet Market Cocoa Products: 120126, 120129, 120144
December 19, 2008 — Dorsey Marketing Inc. (DMI) of Ville St. Laurent, Quebec, Canada, is voluntarily recalling the following three G&J Gourmet Market cocoa products because these products may contain melamine:

G&J Hot Cocoa Stuffer Item 120144 (UPC 061361201444). This hot cocoa product [...]

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Does it seem like after you lose weight, your body fights its way back to fat?
Researcher Barbara Nicklas of Wake Forest University says it’s the body defending its weight – what your metabolism thinks is where your weight should be.
Nicklas examined that in middle-aged and older women in a weight-loss program. The women wore devices [...]

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Type 2 Diabetes.
High-protein, low-carbohydrate diets reduce fasting blood sugar levels, lower after-meal insulin response and improve overall long-term blood sugar control.
Heart Disease.
High-protein, low-carb diets also reduce risk factors for heart disease by lowering blood pressure, cutting total cholesterol, boosting “good” high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and increasing the size of “bad” low-density lipoprotein (LDL) particles, [...]

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Kashi Company Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Milk in Kashi® GOLEAN® Powder Chocolate Energy Shake Mix
Contact: Susanne Norwitz
(269) 961-3949
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — December 13, 2008 — Kashi Company of LaJolla, CA is recalling a limited number of canisters of Kashi GOLEAN Powder Chocolate Energy Shake Mix because they contain undeclared milk. People who have an [...]

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Each year, approximately $2 trillion worth of products enter the United States from more than 150 countries and territories around the world.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates a large number of these products and is responsible for ensuring that they meet U.S. standards for safety and quality and do not jeopardize the public health [...]

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