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Diet & Weight Management
Orlando Diet's Detox Day
An Orlando doctor suggests one day a week of consuming nothing but liquid and fresh fruit.
Juiced Up
 OJ with omega-3 fatty acids |
“The overall strategy behind adding omega-3s to Tropicana Healthy Heart was to hit the Baby Boomer trifecta of convenience, taste and meaningful nutrition,” says Mark Andon, Tropicana’s director of nutrition.
The company is hoping to tap into a vast market. Andon says that “fewer than 25%” of Americans consume the recommended daily amount of 160 milligrams of omega-3, but that nearly half of Baby Boomers say they want to eat more omega-3. An 8-ounce serving of the specialty juice — which he says tastes just as good as the company’s regular juice — contains 50 milligrams of omega-3.
RESEARCH
» Adolescent girls who diet to lose weight double the odds that they’ll also start smoking, according to University of Florida researchers. The UF study focused on the dieting and smoking habits of 7,795 teens in grades 7, 8 and 9. The study didn’t find the same diet-smoking link in boys.
» A Florida State clinical study is under way to determine if eating up to 10 prunes each day will help reverse bone loss among postmenopausal women who have osteoporosis or osteoarthritis.
