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McDonald’s 4 Year Old Cheeseburger Video

must see for anyone who eats fast food

Is salt the secret ingredient in KFC’s original recipe?

You already worry about the calories in fast food (at least, you know you should). Now the good folks at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene are giving us something else to agon

The report couldn’t be more timely. Just last week, the Institute of Medicine released a report urging the Food and Drug Administration to set limits on the amount of sodium that’s acceptable in processed foods, and the FDA pledged to put pressure on the food industry. Sodium intake is important because too much salt can cause high blood pressure, an important risk factor for heart disease.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’scurrent dietary guidelines suggest that Americans limit their salt intake to 2,300 milligrams per day – about the equivalent of one teaspoon. The American Heart Assn. says a better cap is 1,500 mg per day. At the moment, both recommendations are a fantasy – the average Americanconsumes 3,500 mg of sodium each day.

More than 75% of that salt comes from prepared foods, including restaurant offerings. So the health department sent interviewers out to 300 restaurants throughout New York City’s five boroughs and asked lunchtime patrons to show them their receipts. They got 6,580 receipts for meals that included at least one entrée.

How salty were those meals? The average lunch contained 1,750 mg of sodium, and 20% topped the 2,300 mg the government recommends for an entire day, the researchers report in Tuesday’s edition of Archives of Internal Medicine.

The saltiest meals were purchased at Kentucky Fried Chicken and Popeye’s – 55% of chicken chain lunches exceeded 2,300 mg of salt. The average chicken lunch had 66 more calories than the average burger-chain lunch (999 vs. 933) but contained 900 mg of additional salt, the researchers calculated.

Is it possible to eat at fast-food chains without going overboard on sodium? Apparently so. One in every 36 meals was limited to 600 mg of salt, an amount the FDA considers healthy. But the researchers didn’t say what was in those healthier meals.

In addition to KFC and Popeye’s, the researchers collected receipts from patrons of Burger King, McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Au Bon Pain, Subway, Domino’s, Papa John’s Pizza Hut and Taco Bell.ize over – the salt content of those calorie-laden fast-food meals.

Health: 10 foods to Detoxify Your body

When it comes to detoxing your body, there are many techniques you can follow and supplements you can take. But, the best way, is to eat lots of foods that detox the body. Below is a list of detox foods that I thought would be an great addition to everybody’s diet.

1. Fruits

Fruits are extremely high in liquid-content, helping the body wash out toxins. They are also very easy to digest and are high in antioxidants, nutrients, fiber and many important vitamins like vitamin C.

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Health:Drinks to Avoid

If your looking to keep your body rite for the summer you should definitely avoid drinks of these types. Read ingredients its your health take control of it

Worst Drive-Thru Shake
McDonald’s Triple Thick Chocolate Shake (large, 32 fl oz)

1,160 calories
27 g fat (16 g saturated, 2 g trans)
168 g sugars

Sugar Equivalent: 13 McDonald’s Baked Hot Apple Pies

There are very few milk shakes in America worthy of your hard-earned calories, but few will punish you as thoroughly as this Mickey D’s drive-thru disaster. Not only does it have more than half your day’s caloric and saturated fat allotment and more sugar than you’d find in Willy Wonka’s candy lab, but Ronald even finds a way to sneak in a full day of cholesterol-spiking trans fat. The scariest part about this drink is that it’s most likely America’s most popular milk shake.

Worst Juice Imposter
Arizona Kiwi Strawberry (1 can, 23 fl oz)

345 calories
0 g fat
81 g sugars

Sugar Equivalent: 7 bowls of Froot Loops

The twisted minds at the Arizona factory outdid themselves with this nefarious concoction, a can the size of a bazooka loaded with enough of the sweet stuff to blast your belly with 42 sugar cubes. The most disturbing part isn’t that it masks itself as some sort of healthy juice product (after all, hundreds of products are guilty of the same crime), but that this behemoth serving size costs just $.99, making its contents some of the cheapest calories we’ve ever stumbled across.

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Healthy Cooking Alternatives

To Transform Your Traditional Food Favorites

The Healthy Soul Food Recipes Guide is your answer to transforming your traditional recipes into healthy adaptations.

Warning, your Grandma’s recipes may be hazardous to your health. It’s a known fact that those mouthwatering recipes that were handed down from generation to generation contain some unwanted ingredients that don’t mix well with today’s lifestyle.

So what is a cook to do about this unfortunate situation? The quick answer is use healthy soul food recipes that remove or reduce bad cholesterols, fats, sodium and sugars. I know what you’re thinking at this point, if you’ve experienced some great tasting soul food and know your way around the kitchen. My food will surely lose its flavor and appeal if I remove all the cholesterol, fat, sodium and sugar.

Yes that’s true if you strip out everything all at once. And that’s not what I’m going to ask you to do. Why not you ask? Because if I do you want take action and you’ll miss out on a life altering change.

For the tips and techniques I’m going to explain to be effective, you must proceed very cautiously…more to follow on this subject. But for now, let me tell you how to transform your traditional family recipe favorites into healthy soul food recipes.

There are numerous ways to reduce the cholesterol, fat, sodium and sugar in your favorite recipes. The secret to reworking your old recipe into a new healthier recipe is substitution of ingredients and a change in your cooking methods. Use the following simple and easy cooking methods and substitutions to make healthier adaptations of your favorite soul food meals.

• When a recipe calls for dairy products choose a low-fat, reduced fat or non-fat version. For instance instead of whole milk opt for 1% or 2% milk.
• Remove or reduce salt from your recipes. Most foods actually require little to no salt, so give your food a taste test to determine if salt is needed. Salt should be substituted with herbs, lemon or lime juice and spices.
• Use fresh fruit, fresh vegetables and fresh meats in your recipe, because canned products are high in sodium. If you must use canned products choose the healthier reduced sodium or sodium free versions.
• Try a different cooking method when you cook up your next chicken or pork chop dinner. Baked, broiled, roasted or grilled meats are a much healthier alternative to pan and deep fried foods that contain too much fat and cholesterol.
• Use lean cuts of meat and remove any visible fat from you meat before cooking. Also, by removing the skin from poultry before cooking you can eliminate fat and cholesterol.
• If you must fry your meat and vegetables, avoid cooking in lard and oils high in saturated fat. Substitute with a vegetable oil that’s low in saturated fats and high in healthy fats.
• Cut back on the amount of meat in your recipes and add more vegetable and whole grain products. Use ground turkey when the recipe calls for ground beef. If you have not substituted turkey for beef in your chili or meatloaf recipes, you’re missing out on a great tasting low fat meal.

Now back to the more to follow subject. The key to preparing healthy soul food recipes is not to go cold turkey all at once. You have to ease your way into the process and only make small changes until you are comfortable with the taste of the newly prepared food.

Healthy Soul Food Recipes Practical Example:

Let’s say you want to reduce your intake of fat and cholesterol by grilling your chicken instead of deep frying. Initially you will only make this change. Later on you might want to remove the skin before cooking for greater health benefits. Even much later down the line, you might reduce your sodium intake by using a herb and spice seasoning blend that doesn’t use salt.

Health :11 snacks to Silence your Stomach

In this Fast paced world we live in Snacks have become the new meals. Heres a book that gives u cheap and healthy snacks that will end your hunger and keep you running at top speed.

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The 13th Annual Entertainment Industry Foundation Revlon Run/Walk For Women

Halle Berry attends the 13th Annual Entertainment Industry Foundation Revlon Run/Walk For Women at Times Square on May 1, 2010 in New York City.

Revlon brand ambassadors Halle Berry, Jessica Alba and Jessica Biel joined hosts Dr. Oz and Jesse L. Martin for the 2010 NYC Run/Walk, which began in Times Square and ended in Central Park. The event also featured a performance by Trey Songz. Donations raised will support cutting-edge women’s cancers research, help provide diagnostic treatment services for medically under-served women, and deliver psycho-social services and financial support to women with cancer and their families.

A black Woman with “immortal Cells”

Peace yall.

i want to pass on something i recently discovered, a woman named Henrietta Lacks. She is a true example of Black History. She was a tobacco farmer from Virginia was “diagnosed” with cancer at the age of 30. A doctor at john Hopkins hospital basically jacked a piece of the tumor without even letting her know. The tissue was giving by the doctor to one of his scientist “bro bros” whos beennn trying to grow cells for years and all of them would die or before cancerous.Henrietta’s cells were the first immortal human cells ever grown in culture. They were mando to developing the polio vaccine. They even shot her cells up in the first space missions to see what would happen to cells in zero gravity.  Scientific landmarks since then have used her cells, including cloning, gene mapping and in vitro fertilization.

Theres a lot more to the story check it out for your self. but i will say this we don’t die we multiply

and for yall that think im making shit up heres some links

The Smithsonian Magazine have recently posted at article on this subject check it out
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Henrietta-Lacks-Immortal-Cells.html##ixzz0eVdcNurr

Also for the visual Learners here a reallllyyyyy goood documentary on this whole thing called “immortal black woman”

Also heres a link to the book by Rebecca Skloots “the immortal life of Henietta Lacks

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Organic Foods

We are definitely living in a time where the reasoning behind “green living” is chic but, not completely overstood.  Don’t get me wrong, I am thankful to see a shift in the world’s consciousness, however we can get it, is good.  We do however, need to be informed on the what’s and the why’s.  How much do we really know about Pesticides?  And do we know that it takes a lot more than a fruit and vegetable wash to get rid of them.  A report from the Pesticide  Action Network of North America reveals that most of us are exposed to toxic pesticides from foods, up to 70 times a day.  They work their way into our bodies faster than they can be eliminated, resulting in allergies, respiratory, and nervous conditions.  Pesticide sprays encourage life-threatening bacteria to grow on crops, posing a real threat for the folks who eat fresh commercial produce.(especially strawberries, raspberries, and lettuce.)  New studies also link pesticides and pollutants to hormone dysfunctions, psychological disorders, and birth defects. The U.S. is one of the largest sellers of DDT (a pesticide) to the rest of the world.  Many food producing countries that supply the U.S. do not have pesticide bans, so imported foods can still carry a toxic threat.  Studies show that consistent exposure to PCB residues from our foods has resulted in a rise in breast cancer, pollutants are stored in fatty tissue areas, like breast tissue.  Please begin to take steps to protect yourself and your family from chemical residues in food.  We suggest that you buy organic, local, and seasonal produce whenever possible.  Organic food standards require that no food labeled organic can be treated w/ chemical pesticides, radiation, or genetic engineering.  Some fruits and vegetables with low pesticide residues are avocados, onions, broccoli, bananas, cauliflower, sweet potatoes, corn, and watermelon.  Please wash all your food thoroughly, especially these because their residues are a bit higher, strawberries, cherries, spinach, bell peppers, cucumbers, and grapes. Enjoy all the fruits of the season.  Be well…