E. Coli Outbreak, Vegetable Sprouts Most Likely The Cause, Say German Authorities

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Atkins Not Happy With Dietary Guidelines; Jenny Craig Number One

A report from Consumer Reports Health has ranked diets and Jenny Craig tops the list with 85 points, while Slim Fast won 63 points and Weight Watchers third with 57 points. However, the Atkins Diet staff doesn’t agree with the methodology in the study and this week issued a statement with gripes concerning U.S

The Balanced Diet: What It Means And Why It’s Important

Whether you have diabetes or are just trying to make healthy choices, you’ve probably heard that you should follow “a balanced diet.” But what is a balanced diet? Diabetes Forecast, the consumer magazine of the American Diabetes Association, seeks to answer that question and share helpful recipes in its June 2011 issue, which focuses on summer cooking and eating…

Jenny Craig Diet Beats All Others – People Lose Weight And Stick With It

If you want to be sure to lose weight and stick to your diet for at least two years, you should seriously consider the Jenny Craig diet, according to Consumer Reports. It easily beats other diets, such as Weight Watchers, Slim Fast, Atkins, Ornish and The Zone…

Best Diets: Jenny Craig Ranks First, Weight Watchers Distant Third

A new report from Consumer Reports Health has ranked diets and Jenny Craig tops the list with 85 points, while Slim Fast won 63 points and Weight Watchers third with 57 points.

Many Dieters Eating Wrong Foods Due To Misleading Labeling

Dieters are more drawn to such words in labels as healthy than non-dieters, which would be OK if all labels were super honest, unfortunately a considerable number are misleading and dieters often end up eating the complete opposite – unhealthy foods, according to an article published in The Journal of Consumer Research…

Hopeful Consumers Make Healthier Choices Than Happy Ones

Happy people are more likely to eat candy bars, whereas hopeful people choose fruit, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. That’s because when people feel hope, they’re thinking about the future…

Why Dieters Are Easily Misled By Food Names

Dieters are so involved with trying to eat virtuously that they are more likely than non-dieters to choose unhealthy foods that are labeled as healthy, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.

Negative Stereotypes: Does Seeing Overweight People Make Us Eat More?

Consumers will choose and eat more indulgent food after they see someone who is overweight – unless they consciously think about their health goals, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.

FDA Permits Wright County Egg To Begin Shipping Shell Eggs To Consumers

FDA notified Wright County Egg LLC of Galt, Iowa, that the company has FDA’s concurrence to begin shipping shell eggs directly to the consumer market from two hen houses on one of its six farms. The firm has not shipped eggs to the consumer market since August 2010, when the company’s eggs were associated with the multi-state outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis (SE)…

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