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  If you have been following the news, you’ve noticed there is a lot of controversy about what cereal options are healthy and what advertisements are misleading.  A good rule of thumb is to not be fooled by advertising.  ALWAYS read and compare food labels to really understand which choice is the healthier option for you. Read more

If you exercise more, you're going to eat more, right? Not so fast. According to a new study, adding more exercise to your life will indeed rev up your premeal appetite. But here's the cool news: You may find yourself getting full faster, so you end up eating less. Flex Your AppetiteWhen overweight men andRead more

What you pick from the bread basket might have an impact on your pearly whites. You're probably (hopefully) already grabbing the whole-grain goodies for their fiber and nutrition content. But now here's another reason to be choosy: Whole grains may also help defend against gum disease. The Grain/Gum ConnectionIn a 14-year study, men who ateRead more

Cutting back on salt and hitting the gym are fine ways to drop your blood pressure (BP). But here's another: Drink grape juice. When hypertensive men in an 8-week study drank a couple of servings of Concord grape juice each day, they enjoyed a significant drop in their blood pressure compared with the placebo-sipping group.Read more

Kick your slim-down efforts into high gear by starting each meal with about 16 ounces of water. In a study of dieters, those who started each meal with a tall glass of water dropped more weight over 12 weeks — and shed it more quickly — compared with the dieters who skipped the water andRead more