Obesity ups risk of painful fibromyalgia (Reuters)

Reuters – To help guard against the pain syndrome fibromyalgia, best to maintain a healthy weight and stay active, according to a new study from Norway.

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Pairing Wine and Food

Many food connoisseurs fuss over incorrect pairing of wine and food. Wine is part and parcel of fine dining and experimenting is always a must. Here are a few tips to help you get started:

Why is wine an integral part of fine dining?
It has become an important part of a fine meal not because of its ability to make you tipsy, but depending on the meal, the right choice of wine can enhance the flavours of the meal. Wine is known to accentuate flavours, bringing it up front, clearing the palate and neutralizing strong salty or bitter flavours. It is also used as an ingredient when cooking.

Why is pairing wine with food so important?
While wine does accentuate the flavour of fine foods, if paired wrongly it can make your meal taste bitter, horribly sweet or even metallic. Sommeliers of top, fine-dining restaurants are employed for their fine tongue, able to discern the flavours of each wine. However, this does not mean you need to be a sommelier to choose wines to match food items.

What do you consider when matching wine with food?

• Body – rich, strongly flavoured foods should be accompanied with a wine consisting of a rich body, otherwise the wine could possibly overpower the flavour of the meal. If serving up spicy lamb, then a merlot is a good choice of wine.

• Flavour – sweet dishes and desserts are best paired up with sweet wines. The more acidic wines go well with salad dressings, salty foods and even tart, sharp sauces. Remember, the flavour of the wine must be less strong than the meal you serve. Otherwise you run the risk of the wine appearing to be sour or even rather dull.

• Alcohol – wines containing a lower content of alcohol are best to pair up with food.
The rule really with food and wine is that like is paired with like; like white meat with white wines and red meats with red wines.

Is Sushi Fattening?

Sushi, meaning ‘vinegared’ rice is considered a novelty food in many countries around the world. Sushi was initially a simple preservative method of fish in ‘vinegared’ rice in Japan – in which the fish was eaten, and the rice discarded. Sushi was not even remotely popular in Japan in the 19th century.

Sushi makes up a good portion of Japanese fast food, but unlike the fast foods we are usually used to, it is healthy and will not make you fat.

Sushi was made popular in the 1960 in North America, by a Japanese sushi chef who made the sushi roll, which became an instant hit. Taking into consideration people’s general dislike to raw fish, he replaced it with avocado – and thus that is how the California roll gets its name.

Here is why eating sushi is healthy:

• Sushi does not contain any cholesterol or unhealthy fats
• Sushi contains ‘good’ fats such as Omega 6 fatty acids
• Contains vitamins, minerals and antioxidants
• The rice in the sushi contains zinc, which helps enhance your immune system
• Eating sushi gives you a better sex drive
• Healthy hair
• The sea weed used for sushi contains antioxidants and sea minerals
• Sushi contains a fairly good amount of protein
• It contains Vitamin E, which helps to ward off any cardio-vascular disease
• It brings on lesser health risks compared to that of eating cooked beef or chicken

Due to its health benefits and the novelty attached to it, the number of sushi bars in North America increased quite rapidly.

Mothers’ obesity tied to newborn heart defects (Reuters)

Reuters – The more obese a woman is when she becomes pregnant, the greater the likelihood that her baby will be born with a heart defect, a U.S.

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Mothers’ obesity tied to newborn heart defects
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Obesity, smoking may raise blood clot risk (Reuters)

Reuters – Obesity and smoking may each raise a person’s risk of potentially dangerous blood clots in the veins, but certain other suspected risk factors seem to have no impact, a new study finds.

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California county bans fast-food toys to stem child obesity (AFP)

AFP – A California county is stopping restaurants from using toys to lure children to high-calorie, salt-laden food such as popular “Happy Meals” hawked by fast-food giant McDonald’s.

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California county wants to ban toys in kids’ meals (Reuters)

Reuters – County lawmakers in California’s famed Silicon Valley have passed a law that would prevent restaurants from giving away free toys and other incentives with unhealthy kids’ meals.

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OTC Drugs May Work Differently in Obese Kids (HealthDay)

HealthDay – TUESDAY, April 27 (HealthDay News) — Children who are overweight or obese appear to metabolize over-the-counter drugs differently than normal-weight children, a new study finds.

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OTC Drugs May Work Differently in Obese Kids (HealthDay)

HealthDay – TUESDAY, April 27 (HealthDay News) — Children who are overweight or obese appear to metabolize over-the-counter drugs differently than normal-weight children, a new study finds.

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Childhood Obesity and Diabetes: Two Sides of the Same Coin (Time.com)

Time.com – Dr. Howard Shapiro’s new book, Eat & Beat Diabetes with Picture Perfect Weight Loss: The Visual Program to Prevent and Control Diabetes is an action plan for both adults and children.

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