Laurel on Health Food

Have you tried Dr. Oz’s Green Drink? Dr. Mehmet Oz is “America’s Doctor” and a frequent guest on Oprah. A few weeks ago he helped host a show on staying young, and talked about his green drink that he has for breakfast every morning. I think the recipe sounds very fresh and I’m looking [...]

Self Magazine reported on an egg study from researchers at Louisiana State University. The results showed that dieters who eat two eggs a day for breakfast lost 65% more weight and 83% more in waist circumference than people who eat bagels containing the same amount of calories. LSU’s researchers said the high protein [...]

Cooking Light Magazine reported on recent findings from the Physicians’ Health Study of 21,400 male doctors over 18 years.  The findings showed that eating seven servings of whole-grain or bran breakfast cereal a week may reduce the risk of heart failure in men by 21%.

Ref: Cooking Light Magazine, August 2007, p. 39

Cooking Light Magazine reports that researchers from the University of Leeds in England found that premenopausal women who eat 25-30 grams of fiber a day are 50% less likely to develop breast cancer than those who eat less fiber. The study tracked the eating habits of over 35,000 women for seven years. [...]

MSNBC reports that Kellogg Co. announced they would boost the nutritional value of cereals marketed to children or stop marketing them as a whole.  Check out the new requirements for a single serving of Kellogg’s cereals:

200 calories or less
No trans fat
2 g saturated fat or less
230 mg sodium or less
12 g sugar or less

Kellogg’s change [...]