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10 great health foods
Don't waste your time and taste buds on empty calories. Explore a bounty of foods packed with vitamins, minerals and fiber. They can help lower your risk of heart disease, cancer and diabetes, as well as promote healthy aging. Sample 10 great health foods
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   Sample 10 great health foods!

                 • 15 healthy snacks for your grocery list
                 • Best bets for low-calorie snacking
                
Superfoods: Exotic fruits to know and love

The food pyramid
One size no longer fits all when it comes to a balanced diet. Today, healthy eaters angle for nutrients from a wide range of foods and a wide range of ethnic, religious, cultural and personal preferences. Is there a pyramid plan that works best for you?  Review the facts

                • Mediterranean food pyramid: Gift from the Greeks?                         • Asian food pyramid: Back to Far East basics
               
4 keys to balanced nutrition              

Grocery shopping
Hate to grocery shop? Make a list (and check it twice). Then pencil in a few healthy snack foods, fill up your stomach, and head out the door armed with these top tips.
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                             • Tips to get the most from what you buy  
                            
Selecting safe and healthful seafood
                            

Smart food choices: The power of 10
These Why waste your time with empty calories when you can enjoy tasty foods that pack a nutritional wallop? Try a new food or recipe from each of our Top 10 lists, and soon your diet will rate a 10!
                 
                             

                             • 10 great health foods  
                            
10 foods that should be in every dad's fridge
                         

 

 

 

 

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Restaurant food has more calories than advertised
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Extending time of stroke drug treatment OK
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Once-a-day heart combo pill shows promise in study
It's been a dream for a decade: a single daily pill combining aspirin, cholesterol medicine and blood pressure drugs — everything people need to prevent heart attacks and strokes in a cheap, generic form.
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Senate's 10-year health fix would cost $856B Sen. Max Baucus on Wednesday brought out the much-awaited Finance Committee version of an American health-system remake — a landmark $856 billion, 10-year measure that starts a rough ride through Congress without visible Republican backing.

 

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