Calcium

Seeking the right recipe for food labels

2012-02-20 00:00:00

You can give people all sorts of useful information, but that doesn't mean they'll use it. Case in point: the Nutrition Facts panels inscribed on nearly every can, box, jug, carton and plastic wrapper in which food has been sold since 1994. These small,...

Vitamin D linked to stronger bones in girls

2012-03-05 13:09:00

Vitamin D may be helpful in protecting highly active pre-teen and teen girls, such as those who play sports, from stress fractures, researchers reported Monday. The study was surprising because calcium has long been considered the nutrient most vital...

Weight-loss surgery effective against diabetes, studies show

2012-03-26 19:55:00

In findings that promise radical changes in the care of the 20 million U.S. patients with Type 2 diabetes, two new clinical trials have shown that weight-loss surgery brings about dramatically greater improvement of blood sugar control in obese...

'Pizza vegetable' controversy is hot potato

2011-11-28 00:00:00

A law blocking new regulations of tomato paste, spuds and salt in school meals causes a stir. If you've been following the headlines recently, you could be forgiven for thinking that pizza is now considered a vegetable in the cafeterias of American...

Toward better school lunches

2011-12-01 00:00:00

Pets join in on the organic food trend

2011-07-18 00:00:00

When Gabriel, a 10-year-old rescue cat from Chinatown, tucks into his morning meal, you won't see any Friskies or Meow Mix in his bowl. Ahi tuna and duck are more the ticket. "I think there's more than enough pesticides and chemicals and that kind of...

Wrinkles might be linked to bone density in post-menopausal women

2011-06-08 08:41:00

As if wrinkles weren’t enough to worry about: Deepening smile lines and crow’s feet just might indicate weak bones, a risk for future fractures, new research suggests. The study that led to such a conclusion hasn't been published yet, and...

Skeleton in the Closet

2011-03-20 00:00:00

Young people don’t give much thought to their bones unless they’ve broken one. Yet maintaining strong bones is arguably one of the most important things men and women can do to guarantee a robust old age. Seventy-five percent of skeletal...

Ladies First

2011-03-20 00:00:00

Equality of the sexes in the boardroom? It’s about time. The kitchen and the classroom? Absolutely. The doctor’s office? Now there’s a novel idea.... Men and women experience health in fundamentally different ways. Did you know that a...

Ticket Replay: Michelle Obama's health reform plan for restaurant menus and families dining out

2010-12-20 16:34:33

California a cornucopia of natural beauty products

2010-11-21 00:00:00

As families sit down at the table Thursday to give thanks for a bountiful feast, we can also give thanks for the bounty of California, where the harvest is diverse and year-round. And — more thanks — many of California's abundant crops and...

Letters: Different views on the need for vitamin D

2010-12-13 00:00:00

I was deeply saddened with the Institute of Medicine report that we are a healthy nation in regard to our calcium and vitamin D intakes ["Sweeping Away the Hype About Vitamin D," Dec. 6]. As a physician keenly interested in my patients' nutrition status...

Add raisins; set aside. In small microwavable bowl, microwave 1 tablespoon of the butter on High 10 to 20 seconds or until melted. Stir in agave sweetener; set aside. Chop enough cilantro to measure 1 tablespoon; set aside.

2012-03-27 00:00:00

Unroll dough sheet; press into 10 x 14-inch rectangle. Cut dough in half lengthwise. Cut salmon lengthwise into 6 pieces. To make each roll, spoon half of rice evenly down 1 long edge of each dough piece in a 1-inch strip to within 1/4 inch of edge.

2012-03-27 00:00:00

Place asparagus and red pepper in ungreased 13x9-inch pan; drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with sea salt. Bake vegetables 12 to 16 minutes or until crisp-tender, turning once halfway through baking. Cool 5 minutes.

2012-03-27 00:00:00