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SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Have you ever walked down the dairy aisle at the market and wondered which milk is best for you and your family? Just in time for National Dairy Month this June, the California Milk Processor Board (CMPB), the creator of GOT MILK?, and Dairy Council of California will work together to educate consumers on the various milk options available today and how their choices could make a difference in their overall health.

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"Dairy milk has been a part of the American lifestyle for centuries, but families still have many questions about this beverage," says Ashley Rosales, Registered Dietitian for Dairy Council of California. "This educational outreach hopes to take a closer look at the dairy case so that families can feel good about the milk they are drinking."

Rosales, along with other registered dietitians from Dairy Council of California, will answer consumers' frequently asked questions about milk, from the differences between dairy and imitation milks to the healthfulness of flavored milks to lactose intolerance. To "Decode the Dairy Aisle," Dairy Council of California is even launching a brochure titled "Milk! Secrets, Stories & Facts of America's Favorite Natural Beverage" that can be found on http://www.gotmilk.com/news to address some of these very topics.

Q: Are all milks created equal?

It's always best to consume food and beverages closest to their natural state. Almonds, rice and soybeans are great foods to eat, but processing them and substituting them for foods from another food group does not help consumers get all the nutrients needed for a balanced diet. A comparison of nutrient facts for whole almonds, soybeans and rice reveals that they are much more nutrient-rich in their whole, not liquid, forms. When it comes to milk there's nothing more natural, wholesome and nutrient-rich than good old-fashioned dairy milk. At 25 cents per glass, milk is the healthy, affordable choice for families.

Q: Who should drink whole milk vs. low-fat (one percent, two percent) and fat-free milk?

Thankfully, milk is offered in a variety of options to support the health of people based on their individual needs. Whole milk is recommended for toddlers between one and two years old because they need fats in their diets for nerve and brain development. Beyond age two, it really depends on the individual's needs and preferences. For people looking to cut calories, choose low-fat or fat-free milk. Whole, low-fat or fat-free, all dairy milk has the same amount of calcium and contains nine essential nutrients for strong bones, muscles, hair, teeth and nails. For adults, drinking the recommended three servings of milk a day can lower the risk of osteoporosis and high blood pressure and ward against diabetes and certain types of cancer.

Q: Is chocolate milk an ideal beverage for kids to drink?

Flavored milk offers a practical way of ensuring that kids get all of the nutrients they need with just a bit of added sugar. Whether plain or flavored, milk contains nine nutrients necessary for optimal growth and development. In addition, studies show that chocolate milk competes effectively with commercial sports drinks when taken 30 minutes post-workout. Its combination of calcium, protein and carbohydrates helps replenish the muscles, which can take a beating during exercise.

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Space food is poised to evolve from dehydrated fruits and vegetables strapped to serving trays with Velcro to fresh produce -- including strawberries, bell peppers and lettuce -- grown in an on-board garden partly tended by robots who can take commands from Earth.

And a team of University of Colorado students, with the help of faculty experts, has been selected by NASA to help develop the technology behind the next generation of cosmic cuisine for astronauts on long-term missions, such as the 80-million-mile trek to Mars.

"I'm hoping that space food in the future looks a lot more like Earth food," said Heather Hava, an aerospace engineering doctoral student working on the project. "It's like the local food movement -- but for space."

Part of the CU team's work will be to determine how the tasks should be divvied up between the robots and the on-board astronauts. Hava said, for example, that perhaps the robotics are tasked with daily watering, while the flight crews might enjoy picking their food.

Now, food that astronauts eat is similar to MREs -- Meals, Ready to Eat -- that people would take camping.

"It's OK for short periods of time," Hava said. "But for missions longer in duration, it's better for their well-being, psychological and physiological, to have fresh food and flexibility in their diets."

She said the team's work also has gardening applications for people who have limited mobility, including those who have physical disabilities or the elderly in nursing homes.

The CU project is among five university proposals picked to participate in the 2013 Exploration Habitat Academic Innovation Challenge, allowing students to get hands-on experience designing futuristic space systems that can be used in deep space exploration. "X-Hab" is led by NASA and the National Space Grant Foundation.

With the $40,000 grant, the CU team will spend the next year creating a "bioregenerative" food system that can grow, harvest and compost plants. Such a system is capable of purifying water and producing food for consumption.

Already, NASA has identified 10 pick-and-eat crops that could be grown on long-term space missions: lettuce, spinach, carrots, tomatoes, green onions, radishes, bell peppers, strawberries, herbs and cabbages. NASA has plans for hydroponic growth labs, a way to grow plants using mineral nutrient solutions in water and without soil.

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Elizabeth Tongne says large scale agricultural and logging projects have significant negative consequences for her community in PNG.

Hunger is the world's number one health problem, killing more people every year than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined.

This Wednesday 6 June Sydney Ideas will host a One Just World forum that asks why we can manage to produce enough food to feed everyone on the planet, and yet one in seven people go to bed hungry each night.

The forum - which includes speakers from the University of Sydney, Oxfam Australia, ANZ Bank and a PNG-based community organisation - will look at how competition for land means that all too often communities are forced to leave land they have occupied for generations, in some cases without compensation.

"Around the world, including in Australia, we are observing a mad scramble for land," says speaker Kelly Dent, Oxfam Australia's economic justice policy advisor.

"A growing global economy and population, climate change, food insecurity and changing diets are driving governments and investors to acquire land outside their own borders for future food supplies.

"Often, this land is sold to foreign governments or corporations as unused or underdeveloped, ignoring poor small-scale farmers who can be forcibly evicted from the land and left with no way of growing food and earning a living."

Elizabeth Tongne, from a community-based organisation in Papua New Guinea, Wide Bay Conservation Foundation, says large scale agricultural and logging projects have significant negative consequences for her community.

"I am from a matrilineal society where land is traditionally passed on from a woman to her children. In our traditional society women are able to get what they can from the land, work the land, and put food on the table for their families.

"Our traditional way of decision-making in terms of land usage and what type of development takes place on our land does not involve women any more. They are increasingly being left out of decisions involving land."

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Have thoughts of summer brought a smile to your face or are you stressing that youd better lose some weight? This is the time of year when many people resort to crash dieting. However, extreme diets are a terrible idea because they are not safe and ultimately they never work because no one can walk around feeling hungry and exhausted for very long. The good news is, to get beach body ready, you dont have to. Heres a better way:

Dont: Skip breakfast Do: Start your day off with a hearty breakfast If you are trying to shed pounds, skipping breakfast to save calories is counterproductive. By mid-morning, hunger kicks in and sets you up to overeat. The right kind of breakfast, such as a parfait made with high-fiber cereal, berries and some Greek yogurt, will jump-start your metabolism early in the day and keep you feeling full right until lunch.

Dont: Go cardio crazy Do: Focus on weight/strength training Cardio exercise is great for releasing endorphins and getting your heart rate up, but numerous studies have shown that it does not help much with weight loss. People who engage in prolonged cardio exercise often wind up feeling hungrier, which can lead to overeating and poor food choices. Exercise burns calories, its true, but if youve eaten more calories than youve burned by days end you are going to gain weight. Far more effective for weight loss is weight training. Lifting weights builds up lean muscle mass, and for every pound of lean muscle mass you add to your frame you can burn an extra 35-50 calories per day. That means if you add an extra 10 pounds of muscle, youll burn nearly 500 calories more per day enough to lose about 1 pound of fat every week!

Dont: Cut out carbohydrates Do: Eat more high fiber carbs Its a myth that carbohydrates make you fat. Your body needs carbs for energy and cutting carbs from your diet will leave you weak, irritable, and even nauseous. For healthy weight loss youll definitely want to eat more high fiber carbohydrates such as vegetables, fruits, and whole grains. Dietary fiber has zero-calories so the more fiber a food has, the fuller youll feel after eating it. Not only will you eat less during the day, fiber helps stabilize blood sugar levels by slowing digestion, which in turn puts an end to sugar cravings.

Dont: Be unrealistic Do: Set realistic short-term goals Thinking you can lose 20 pounds in a month is unrealistic and trying to lose that much that quickly is dangerous. A healthy rate for weight loss is about 1-2 pounds per week, and you can achieve this by eating a balanced diet thats satisfying and easy on calories and fat. Add moderate exercise to the mix, like yoga or a resistance workout, and youll see results even faster.

Dont: Ignore those between-meal bites that really add up Do: Write down in a food journal what you plan to eat and then stick to it Planning meals and snacks in advance leaves nothing to chance and journaling makes you accountable for what you put into your mouth. A study of nearly 1,700 dieters from Kaiser Permanentes Center for Health Research found that those who kept track of their food, drinks and exercise everyday lost twice as much over six months as people who did so occasionally or not at all.

Remember, just as it takes time to gain weight it takes time to take weight off. Depriving yourself of food to lose weight is bound to backfire because in the end being hungry just isnt sustainable. Eating well will get you slimmer this summer, and youll hit the beach looking and feeling great too.

Tanya Zuckerbrot MS, RD, is a nationally known registered dietitian based in New York and the creator of a proprietary high-fiber nutrition program for weight loss, wellness and for treating variousmedicalconditions. Tanya authored the bestselling weight loss bookThe F-Factor Diet, and she is the first dietitian with a national line ofhigh-fiber foods, which are sold under the F-Factor name. Become a fan of Tanya onFacebook, follow her onTwitterandLinkedIn, and visit her websiteFfactor.com.

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Ive written about one of the most common mistakes people make when theyre trying to lose fat, by doing slow and long-distance cardio. I discussed the most effective type of cardio that burns more fat. Another common mistake I see people make involves nutrition.

That biggest mistake is dieting! Thats rightdieting is a big mistake.

People have tried one, two, or more diets in their attempt to lose weight. If diets work, why do people have to try more than one?

Diets dont work because psychologically, you start off with a negative action. When you think dieting, you start thinking about the food you have to give up, eating what you really dont like, etc. It doesnt sound motivating at all.

Diets can be too restrictive or difficult to follow. Depending on the diet, some foods are forbidden, and the ones that are not might be foods you dont like.

Diets dictate the exact amount of food you should eat, how many calories, what time you should eat, the percentage of calories coming from carbs, protein and fat, etc.

Diets are generally not practical for everyday life. Imagine having to weigh, measure and calculate everything you put in your mouth. If you are a professional athlete who needs your body to be at optimal levels, then yes, you should be that detailed. However, being fastidious is not practical if you dont rely on your body to earn a living.

The number one thing that will help you in your nutrition goals is to focus on adopting one healthy eating habit at a time. Far too often, people try to change too many habits at one time, which is a recipe for failure because behavioral changes take time to occur. Adopt one habit and be consistent in observing it. Once you become consistent, add another to work on, and so on.

Here are three simple healthy eating habits to get you on the right track for maximum fat loss.

1. Take a multivitamin and a fish oil supplement.

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The panel that investigates deaths of developmentally disabled people in state care has recommended additional training for nursing-home staff members in the wake of the latest choking death of a convalescent-home resident.

Charlotte Valdambrini, 82, died after choking on marshmallows on March 6 at the Aurora Senior Living Center in Cromwell. She had been a client of the state Department of Developmental Services.

A nurse at the Aurora home had improperly given a visitor permission to give Valdambrini two marshmallows as she sat in a wheelchair in front of a nursing station. The nurse was fired after the incident, and state healthcare regulators fined the nursing home for not following protocols for residents on highly restricted diets.

Choking deaths are on the rise in institutional settings, said James McGaughey, executive director of the Office of Protection & Advocacy for People with Disabilities. The agency's Fatality Review Board examines such deaths and makes recommendations on how to better protect people and improve the system.

The review board this week recommended designing a series of training sessions for nurses and aides aimed at helping them work with patients who are on ground-food diets and require constant supervision while eating.

"The idea would be to raise awareness about some of the common problems we have seen that contribute to deaths of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities,'' McGaughey said.

He said, for instance, that it was crucial that staff members in nursing homes strictly follow the doctor's orders and the patient's treatment plan concerning "consistency of food and the individuals' feeding and eating protocols.''

He said the board contemplates separate levels of training for nursing supervisors and for the direct-care staff. He said nurses with the Department of Developmental Services could do the training, which would also involve case studies.

Valdambrini's death was the second fatal choking in a little more than four weeks at a Connecticut nursing home.

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Not to upset the apple cart, but things are changing at the Royal Gorge Regional Museum & History Center.

The newest exhibit, "Getting to the Core: The Story of the Apple Industry in Fremont County," will blossom June 1 with an opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. at the museum, 612 Royal Gorge Blvd. Refreshments will be provided by the Friends of the Museum.

"Some of the artifacts that we will have on display are ribbons from the Fruit Days, one is dated 1899; the traveling band competition trophy that started in 1973; a fruit-picking ladder and an apple-picking bag," said Archivist/Curator Lisa Studts.

Photo boards showcase the Fruit Day Festival that originated local festivals, including the May Day Festival, the Blossom Festival and Penrose's Apple Day Festival.

Assistant Archivist Sue Cochran said early-day miners played a key role in the formation of Fremont County's rich and long-standing apple industry.

"The miners that came out here went into the hills with very little prep time," she said. "They were living on dried-meat and biscuits -- their diets were horrible."

She said miners needed a way to get fresh fruits and vegetables into their diets, but canned goods were not available on the frontier, and there was not a railroad at that time in the area.

"There was a handful of guys that came along that said there's a buck or two to be made here, and they started growing the fruits and vegetables for the purpose of supplementing the miners' diets," Cochran said. "The big surprise was that the soil here was just really, really good for that."

The exhibit will be up for about two years. Regular hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and admission is free. For more information, call 269-9036.

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Why Yesterday's Diets No Longer Work - Yesterday's best weight loss diets focused on calorie reduction, "bad foods" elimination, or restriction. This strategy actually worked in the past for 3 reasons: 1. Food was not as nutritionally deficient or chemically loaded and toxic as it is today. 2. People burned more calories with N.E.A.T. (non exercise activity thermogenesis) than they do today. 3. Life wasn't as hectic and stressful as it is today so hormones were more balanced than they are today.

Today's Weightloss Diets Need to Do More - Today's diets for weightloss need to do so much more than just cut calories and bad foods. A good weight loss diet must balance hormones and help your body detox from chemicals, additives, preservatives and toxins. It also needs to help you manage or reduce stress hormones, plus help you build or maintain lean muscles mass while burning fat stores. Most diets out there still don't address any of these important weight loss factors. They're stuck in the past which is what keeps you stuck at an unhealthy weight!

How to Choose a Weightloss Diet That Work - So if most diets don't work then how do you find a weight loss diet that gets results? The best way to choose a diet that will help you lose weight is to stay focused on the health benefits. Use the 10 questions below to determine if a diet you're considering will improve your health and your body's ability to burn fat.

Is the diet going to improve your health? Is the diet going to boost fat burning hormones? Is the diet going to help you reduce stress hormones? Is the diet going to help you have balanced eating habits? Is the diet going to boost energy levels so you can be more active? Is the diet going to help you detox on a daily basis? Is the diet going to help you have a healthy food attitude? Is the diet going to be simple and easy to follow and maintain for life? Is the diet going to help you maintain your weight loss results for life? Is the diet going to improve your lifestyle?

If you answered no to even one of the questions above then you should continue searching until you find a diet that will allow you to answer yes to most of the questions above because today's weight loss issues require a healthier more holistic approach.

Find out what your body needs to lose weight with the simple nutrition and lifestyle assessment questionnaires in How to Eat, Move and Be Healthy!.

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By Deni Rose M. Afinidad, Staff Writer

05/21/2012

he past century had been a celebration of cures. Now, the mantra prevention is better than cure has become so strong, this century has been rated PG (Prevention Generation).

If it is true that the digestive system is the culprit behind top Filipino killers heart disease, cancer, diabetes, hypertension and diarrhea, then prevention should start with what the old adage says makes you who you are: what you eat.

Now that summer break is almost over, it is now time to give a holiday to one of the busiest parts of the body your stomach. The recently held 4th HSBC Coffee Talk: Hot Summer, Hot Diets was a platform for people to meet eye to eye with the eye of todays wellness storm: diets.

Art Mendoza from The Biggest Loser; Rescina Bhagwani who lost 65 pounds on the Cohen diet; JL Martinez who lost 120 pounds on the HCG diet; Lala Agregado who credits her newly toned physique to CrossFit; and Kat Azanza, co-owner of Juju Cleanse, shared pound-per-pound pieces of advice for those thinking of tipping off the scale to get todays most sought-after Bora body.

Natural diet and CrossFit

In her childhood, Agregado used to be overweight. Her mother has a seemingly eternal hourglass figure, while every celebrity she watched on TV seemed to be always slim. These pressured her to try the extremes.

I have tried all the crazy diets and weight loss methods out there, she said. Bangkok pills, Xenical... you name it. You may lose a lot of weight in a short period of time but trust me, you will balloon back with a vengeance.

She, however, found the solution she had been looking for ever since she signed up for CrossFit.

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By Stephanie Stahl

SEWELL, NJ (CBS) Weight loss surgery is a life saver for millions and is often prescribed by doctors when diets dont work. Its routinely covered by insurance, so why did one New Jersey father get turned down? With his life in jeopardy, the family turned to 3 On Your Side desperate for help.

Its a struggle just to stand for Bill Conway. He weighs 505 pounds and cant walk on his own. But he still tries to play with his young sons.

Its killing me. You know, its justmy life has been challenging like you wouldnt believe, said Bill.

He has so much trouble doing so many things, said William, Bills son.

Bill, whos six-foot-four-inches and lives in Sewell, New Jersey, says hes always struggled with his weight, but never like this.

He broke his back in a horrific car crash 12 years ago, and then there were a series of complications and knee injuries.

From that accident to today there was continual weight gain. Initially after that first year, there was really no activity that I could really do, said Bill.

He says the weight gain got even worse because of depression, prescription drugs and being laid off. Twenty pounds turned into 50 pounds and then hundreds more.

Stephanie asked, Not to be insensitive, but Im sure youve heard people say, Why dont you just not eat so much?

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