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Health & Nutrition : Benefits of Xylitol

01 Apr

Xylitol is a naturally occurring substance that’s found in different fruits and vegetables and often used as a sugar substitute. Discover how Xylitol can help to lower calorie intake as a sugar substitute with tips from a licensed dietitian in this free video on health and nutrition.

Expert: Christine Marquette
Bio: Christine E. Marquette is a registered and licensed dietitian with the Austin Regional Clinic in Austin, Texas.
Filmmaker: Todd Green

Duration : 0:1:23

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Marketing Junk Food to Kids – Marion Nestle

20 Mar

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/08/14/Marion_Nestle_What_to_Eat

NYU nutritionist Dr. Marion Nestle examines the controversial food industry practice of creating advertising directed at children.

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Marion Nestle, NYU Professor of Nutrition and author of Food Politics, Safe Food, and What to Eat, gives a talk entitled What to Eat: Personal Responsibility or Social Responsibility.

Nestle discusses the U.S. food system including supermarket strategies. She informs and advises the audience at the Chautauqua Institution’s 2008 program about what and how to eat.

Marion Nestle is Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, which she chaired from 1988-2003. Her degrees include a Ph.D. in molecular biology and an M.P.H. in public health nutrition, both from the University of California, Berkeley.

Duration : 0:6:45

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Health & Nutrition : How to Prevent Kidney Stones

05 Mar

The best way to prevent kidney stones for those who have never had them is to drink a lot of water. Prevent calcium stones, stervite stones, uric stones and kidney stones caused by hormonal imbalance with tips from a licensed dietitian in this free video on health and nutrition.

Expert: Christine Marquette
Bio: Christine E. Marquette is a registered and licensed dietitian with the Austin Regional Clinic in Austin, Texas. She conducts nutrition therapy at the clinic.
Filmmaker: Todd Green

Duration : 0:2:43

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Nutrition Tips : Health Benefits of a Pomegranate

22 Oct

The health benefits of pomegranates include providing fiber for the digestive track, blood sugar regulation and support of the vascular and inflammatory systems. Eat pomegranates instead of drinking pomegranate juice to get the full health benefits with advice from a nutritionist and herbalist in this free video on nutrition.

Duration : 0:1:44

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