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My daughter rather dried apricot...

Francine @beenice2 (2967) • Sackville, New Brunswick 6 Jan 17

I can understand why my daughter likes dried apricots. Because she is not able to eat anything with dairy , she found lots of other good things that she can put hands on and have no problems digesting it. The nutrients...

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World's first food fat tax

bhanusb @bhanusb (5709) • India 2 Oct 11

Denmark has introduced what is believed to be the world's first fat tax- a surcharge on foods that are high in saturated fat. Butter,milk,cheese,pizza,meet,oil and processed food are now subject to tax if they contain more than...

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Are you Addicted to Ice Cream?

coffeegurl @coffeegurl (1467) • United States 12 Apr 10

I luv Ice Cream. Don't You? I just found out that my cholesterol is a bit hi and I should avoid saturated fats and eat a bunch of garlic. Yick! I have had a hard time trying to avoid saturated fats. They are in like everything, at...

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Fats: Saturated, Unsaturated, Mono, Poly, Trans.

camar_lyn @camar_lyn (1028) • Singapore 28 Mar 07

How well do you really know about the fats we eat? The old school of thought is that fat is unhealthy. Now they say good fats help with cell walls. What is so bad about trans fats that made New York ban this substance from all its...

monounsaturated

polyunsaturated

unsaturated fat

Butter or Margerine?

Karyee @Karyee (56) • Malaysia 1 Jan 07

We are advised to reduce the consumption of butter as scientists believe the saturated fat is responsible to the increase of LDL-bad cholesterol-in blood. Then, margerine-a prosessed unsaturated fat, mostly vegetable oil-become...

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Hypertension

pinaki1971 @pinaki1971 (352) • India 26 Nov 06

What is hypertension? Sustained rise of Blood Pressure (B.P)above 140/90mm.of Hg. What is essential Hypertension? Where the cause of hypertension is not definitely known. Types of essential...

diabetes mellitus

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