It’s easy to blame fast food for making Americans fat, since the extreme calorie counts are posted as proof right on the menu. But restaurants too small to be required to report calories and nutrition information often get a pass. There’s no way your favorite Italian restaurant can be worse for you than a drive-thru—right?
Wrong, suggests a new study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, which joins other recent research finding that restaurant food is as unhealthy as the fast kind. Read More...
For a country that features the word United so prominently in its name, the U.S. is a pretty fractious place. We splinter along fault lines of income, education, religion, race, hyphenated origin, age and politics. Then too there’s temperament. We’re coarse or courtly, traditionalist or rebel, amped up or laid-back. And it’s no secret that a lot of that seems to be determined by — or at least associated with — where we live. Read More...
Eva LaRue became a household name after she started starring on the TV series All My Children as Dr. Maria Santos. The California native began her quest for the limelight at six-years-old. From participating in jingles to being a great Hollywood actress, she has had an exciting career.
When she is not solving murder cases on TV, the star can be found traveling all around the world with her teenage daughter. Read More...