Archive for August, 2007

S.D. Grazing School slated for Oacoma

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

Titled "Let the Animals be the Harvesting Machines," the grazing school features topics including grazing concepts, holistic grazing, balancing rations and animal nutrition, according to a news release. The school will be held at Al's Oasis and on the see more

Sugar a crutch for sleepy workers: poll

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

And although the problem is caused by poor nutrition, more than half of Canadian workplaces don't offer nutritional snacks. Chips, pop and other sweets, the standard fare of office vending machines, don't do much to ward off the afternoon drowsies. link

Current Beach cams

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

Nonprofit public health advocacy organization released its School Lunch Report Card today. The study rates school districts on their efforts to prevent childhood obesity and chronic disease and promote health through the foods they serve and nutrition link

Mindful cooking, eating are key to this plan

Saturday, August 18th, 2007

As chair of nutrition and food science at the University of Vermont, she developed a weight-loss program that homed in on mindfulness: paying attention to what you eat, how often you're active and how much you weigh. All this was necessary to foster read more

Don’t skip breakfast

Saturday, August 18th, 2007

Alice Lichtenstein, a professor of nutrition at Tufts University in Boston, says the study supplies interesting information, but "I think we need to know a lot more about dietary patterns." She would like to see more detailed monitoring of what the link