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Purple Possum Winery specializes in mead wine (Greater Houston Weekly)
This week in our “travels” to wineries around the greater Houston area, we will visit Purple Possum Winery near Navasota.
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A coordinated attack on hunger, obesity (Miami Herald)
The worsening economy is boosting the tab for federal food-assistance programs, and with the rising costs has come an intensifying debate over whether -- and how -- the U.S. government can tackle simultaneously the paradoxical problems of hunger and obesity.
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Yearning for fast food? Try the caveman approach (The Globe and Mail)
George Cohon, founder of McDonald's Restaurants of Canada, credits consistent, varied exercise for his longevity and success in business
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Fruits that soothe and heal (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Malay apple (macopa). In Cambodia, the Malay apple is used to treat fever, and its root is used to manage edema and as a diuretic. In Brazil, constipation, diabetes, headache, cough and other pulmonary complaints are treated with various parts of the plant.
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Fresh start (The Prague Post)
La Galerie opened Dec. 1 at the CTR Albertov complex. In the aftermath of Christmas, dining out is probably the last thing on your mind. But you just might be tempted to continue the holiday feasting, considering the crop of restaurants that have recently opened in the city.
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Iowa Considers Ban on Junk Food in Schools (KCRG-TV9 Cedar Rapids)
DES MOINES (AP) - State education officials want to ban junk food from the state's schools, and give students a nudge when it comes to nutrition.
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That apple a day could save your life (The Buffalo News)
It's hard to reconcile all the advice you get when young. “Look before you leap” contradicts “He who hesitates is lost.” But some adages, like “An apple a day keeps the doctor away,” have hung around for a good reason. It turns out that six ounces of daily prevention -- notably in the form of a crisp apple -- does yield a pound of cure. And more.
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Food assistance programs look to nutrition (Pioneer Press)
WASHINGTON — The worsening economic crunch is causing the tab for food assistance programs to balloon, and with the rising costs has come an intensifying debate over whether — and how — the U.S. government can simultaneously tackle the paradoxically linked problems of hunger and obesity.
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Tackling twin challenges of hunger and obesity (Seattle Times)
The worsening economic crunch is causing the tab for food-assistance programs to balloon. And with the rising costs has come an intensifying...
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Art history, business savvy (The Courier News)
Twenty-four-year-old Leslie Kritzberg is an unusual recent art history college graduate. Instead of looking for a job with health-care benefits like most classmates, she chose a completely different path, and a risky one in this economy: She launched her own business -- in a small town.
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