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Archive for: September, 2010

Continental airlines ends complimentary meal service

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Continental Airlines will no longer provide complimentary meals and snacks to economy passengers on domestic flights shorter than 6½ hours and some international flights. Continental airlines announced a menu and pricing for its new food-for-purchase offerings, which will debut October 12. “Customers were asking for more variety,” said Mary Clark, spokeswoman for Continental. Grilled chicken [...]

Losing Weight: As simple as 1,2,3

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What’s more important: weight loss or nutrition? That’s the question Mark Haub wants people to ask themselves. The professor of nutrition at Kansas State University traded fruits and veggies for junk food to show that losing weight is simply a matter of arithmetic: calories in vs. calories out, whether they come from Twinkies or tomatoes. [...]

Ben & Jerry’s faces the music

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Ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s is dropping the phrase “all natural” from all labels after a request from a health advocacy group. The Center for Science in the Public Interest and the company confirmed the move Monday. The CSPI told the company last month it should not use “all natural” if products contain alkalized [...]

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