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Sugar-Free Foods: Not the Sweet Choice?
Special to the Los Angeles TimesThese days, the average American consumes a whopping 22 teaspoons of sugar each day, totaling about 350 calories. Thus, in the context of a national obesity problem, it's no surprise that food manufacturers have begun introducing sugar-free versions of...Tags: Diabetes, Diarrhea, Education, Overweight, Market Research
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How to Suppress Hunger Hormones
Daily Press (Newport News, Va.)Many diets fail for the simple reason of hunger. But there are ways to help control ghrelin, the appetite-boosting hormone that triggers the brain to encourage eating. Do aerobic exercise. Research has shown activities such as running on a treadmill...Tags: Hormones and Metabolism, Overweight, Healthy Diet, Comedy (genre), Stress
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Fueling around: Six energy options explained
Brand XTRANSPORTATION ISSUE: Given all the talk about electric cars, clean diesel, ethanol and more, it can be confusing to know how fuels work and their advantages and disadvantages. Here's a guide -- after the jump. GASOLINE Gasoline is ignited by a spark in... -
Come to the bazaar
Special to the TribuneSugar and spice, and lots of other things nice-olives, apricots, pistachios, medicinal herbs, fragrant oils, even purported aphrodisiacs-are for sale and for sampling at the bustling Spice Bazaar on the edge of Istanbul's Old City. The L-shaped brick...Tags: Bee (insect), Cucumbers, Chives, Chicken Breast, England
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Products derived from natural, nontoxic ingredients -- once seen as fringe -- are now mainstream.
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterFirst of two parts At first, the experimental shampoo looked like a putrid salad dressing. Its oil and its water just couldn't get along. They separated in the bottle and, over time, the shampoo took on an ugly brown hue. The team at Avalon Organics,...Tags: Waste, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Immune System, Environmental Pollution
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AQMD wants to put the brakes on polluters
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIf you think your everyday exhaust fumes are a private matter -- maybe your dirty little secret -- you haven't met up with Southern California's new pollution detectives. In recent weeks, an innocuous white van has been parked on a Los Angeles freeway...Tags: Science and Technology, Death, Companies and Corporations, Car Engine Repair, U.S. Department of Justice
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Shake it up, baby!
Special to The TimesIT'S getting hotter — and hotter, according to Al Gore. Time to turn up the AC, plan more trips to the beach, and grab yourself a seriously cool milkshake. A real shake, that is — not the synthetic kind handed to you from an anonymous drive-...Tags: Vanilla Bean, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Williams-Sonoma Inc., Matthew Perry
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Scientists seek cheap, plentiful energy alternatives
Tribune staff reporterSitting in a cluttered, windowless office here surrounded by pictures of her three grandchildren, Nancy W.Y. Ho did her best on a recent afternoon to show why everything you thought you knew about ethanol is wrong. It's not just about distilling auto...Tags: Engineering, DNA, Companies and Corporations, Turlock (Stanislaus, California), Economy, Business and Finance
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Brrrrr !! And colder tonight !
Maryland WeatherThat was bracing! Overnight lows ranged from around minus-8 degrees out in Garrett County, to about 11 degrees in Aberdeen. Here is a map with National Weather Service observer reports.We recorded a low of 10 degrees out on the WeatherDeck......Tags: Almonds, Synthetics and Plastics, Weather, Maryland, Services and Shopping
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Big Bad Neighbor
Northeast MagazineBeginning about six years ago, whenever Jean Kenny's two young grandchildren were bathed in her tub, they got severe rashes. ``At first, we didn't suspect the water,'' Kenny says. ``Babies are always getting rashes.'' Nancy, the mother of the oldest...Tags: Engineering, Weather Warnings, Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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The Collage Artist
Sun Theater CriticNEW YORK -- August Wilson sits in a scruffy, linoleum-floored eatery in the heart of the theater district holding a sheaf of discount coupons for "Miss Saigon." He's not planning on seeing the show, but he's put the coupons to good use. Neat black...Tags: Death, Eugene O'Neill, African Americans, Journalism, Broadway Theater
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