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All posts with subject: nutrition

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Colorize your diet for a healthier you

Juanita Watts, MD, is our women’s health leader in Southern California. She explains how the colors of the rainbow can help you prevent cancer, maintain your weight, and sharpen your mind.

There’s an easy way to help maintain a healthy weight and reduce your risk for health conditions such as heart [...]

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Thursday, January 7, 2010

Meet Rosa Soto, health advocate featured in “Food, Inc.”

Our goal is for people to thrive. Part of that effort involves diet. And that’s not just the food you prepare, but the food that’s offered to you through the food industry — which isn’t always healthy. This is the message of a new film called “Food, Inc.” The film was produced with the help of Rosa Soto, regional director of the California Center for Public Health Advocacy in Los Angeles, a nonprofit agency funded in part by a grant from Kaiser Permanente as a community health initiative.

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Friday, November 20, 2009

Spreading good health one farmers’ market at a time

Much like a modern-day Johnny Appleseed, Preston Maring, MD, is on a mission—a mission to bring fresh fruits and vegetables to more people across the country.

Dr. Maring’s quest began back in 2003 with the founding of the first Kaiser Permanente farmers’ market: the Friday Fresh Market at our Oakland Medical [...]

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Wednesday, November 4, 2009

How a food diary can help you lose weight

Can you write away the pounds? Dietician Nora Norback lets you in on a weight loss secret: Keeping a food diary could double your weight loss!

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