Why is this night different than all other nights?
A weeklong commemoration of Passover begins at sundown tonight. In Jewish homes around the world, families will gather for the Seder meal, the youngest child will ask four questions, in addition to the one above, and the story of the Hebrew exodus from [...]
A boy from Sydney, Australia has gone from victim to Internet hero practically overnight. A recently posted video shows the 16-year-old Casey Heynes absorbing abuse from a much smaller (and younger) bully before finally snapping, lifting the other boy in the air and slamming him to the concrete [...]
A healthy diet filled with high intakes of nutrient rich foods could make kids smarter.
Research just published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health says a poor diet high in fat, sugar and processed foods in early childhood may be associated with lower IQ’s later.
The new [...]
Women who are poor are much more likely to be obese but men are not, U.S. government researchers said on Tuesday in a report that contradicts some common perceptions.
They found income does not greatly affect whether a man is obese but that education seems to affect both sexes.
“Among men, [...]
It’s official: McDonald’s has a little over a year to change its Happy Meals if it wants to offer a toy with the meals in San Francisco.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 8-3 today to give final approval to a proposal that would set nutritional guidelines for children’s meals in the [...]
Cooking a turkey isn’t rocket science, but you’d be surprised at how many birdbrained questions people have when it comes to actually preparing the Thanksgiving staple.
“What do I do if my turkey is on fire?” “When do I have to put my turkey in the oven to have it [...]
Everyone knows that brown rice is healthier than white, but is black rice the fairest of them all?
Like its paler sibling brown rice, black rice is high in vitamin E, iron, fiber and antioxidants, but a new study suggests that it may also alleviate inflammation associated [...]
No, that’s not a misprint. The behemoth pizza chain, Domino’s, is embarking on quite the marketing gimmick. For its 25th Anniversary in Japan, the company is offering up 25 different offers ranging from free food and discount coupons to a delivery job at the rate of $31K (2,500,000 yen) an hour.
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A White Plains, N.Y. man is suing Bumble Bee Foods alleging mercury poisoning from eating the company’s canned tuna.
Forty-eight-year-old Lee Porrazzo says he ate about 10 cans of tuna a week for nearly two years because he thought it was a healthy way to obtain protein. When [...]
We’ve followed all of the weight-loss rules, trading our lunchtime burger and fries for a salad, cutting back on snack foods and sweets, choosing fat-free over full-fat whenever possible. So if we’re doing everything right, why is the needle on the scale stuck — or worse, moving in the wrong direction?
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