Archive for October, 2004

The importance of fiber in building muscle

There’s more to bodybuilding nutrition than carbohydrates and protein. While these are the typical nutrients upon which many nutritionists focus, others factors play an important role in building mass and shedding body fat.
One – which we always seem to disregard – is dietary fiber. Dietary fiber is classified as “a non-digestible food substance.” In [...]

Diet Crazes Sour the Sugar Business

by Bruce Horovitz (USA today article from 10/3/04)
Mary Poppins was wrong. “A spoonful of sugar” doesn’t cut it anymore. In a diet-obsessed culture, many Americans are going sour on sugar. Granulated sugar sales have dropped more than 4% this year and have hit the skids for three years running.
Even as the low-carb fad [...]

Frozen Foods, Past and Present

by Susan Bohanan, LD RD
TV Dinners. What comes to mind? For most, a TV dinner is an aluminum compartment plate covered with foil, usually turkey and mashed potatoes. Maybe thoughts of convenience, a moderately healthy meal, and old fashioned. The original TV dinners have been around for 50 years! In 1954, C.A. Swanson & Sons [...]

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