First lady dishes on fitness, french fries

Embedded video from CNN Video WASHINGTON (CNN) – Michelle Obama may be a renowned fitness fiend - but she's equally devoted to her fries. The first lady - who has spoken of her affection for the deep-fried staple - told a crowd of students Wednesday that her love affair with fast food had continued in the White House, where she's confessed sneaking out for an occasional run to the Five Guys burger joint. My favorite food in the whole wide world are french fries, Obama told a crowd of

Healthier Kid Food

Sneak This, Swap That: 9 Healthier Kid Foods By Jennifer Gruenemay, Special to LifescriptPublished October 16, 2009Mac ‘n’ cheese, hot dogs and French fries can be healthy — with a few clever tweaks. Learn how to turn your kid’s favorite junk foods into nutritious meals. Plus, find out the top 8 supermarket snacks to avoid… What would childhood be without grilled cheese, pizza and brightly-colored fast food wrappers? One in which kids aren’t tipping the scales: 12.5 million U.S. children are obe

Trusty Old Crockpot Recipes for a New Generation!

Fast food s may have been the meal of choice for many busy families through the last couple of decades. But now the slow cooked, home -prepared meals are gaining in popularity! Crock pots, with their wafting aromas and ‘ready to eat’ meals, entice health -conscious, busy people. And it doesn’t take super human talent, skill, or effort to make a delicious meal in a crockpot – in fact there are quite a few crockpot recipes that require 5 or less ingredients! And crockpot cooking can b

Making Healthy Restaurant Choices

Oct.05, 2009 in UncategorizedAt a popular pizza chain, the personal pan pizza with sausage packs 740 calories and 39 grams of fat. And at one major fast-food joint, a triple cheeseburger with everything has 810 calories and 47 grams of fat — two meals’ worth of calories and more fat than most of us should scarf down in an entire day. The bright spots in this grease-spattered scenario? First, you. Your power as a restaurant patron lies in your order. The waiter, cook, and manager want you t

A Purposeful Fast: A Yom Kippur Sermon on Food

Thanks so much to Rabbi Dov Gartenberg who shared his Kol Nidre sermon with us. Rabbi Gartenberg is the Spiritual Leader of Temple Beth Shalom in Long Beach, California. You can find more of his writings on his blog or listen to audio files of some of his other sermons. As Jews we can speak with authority about the importance of health care. We come from a tradition that has great reverence for healers and the art of healing. “Two ethicists are debating about abortion. One says

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