Nutrition drinks: key to a healthy diet?
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Five drinks are compared: Ensure; Suscatal; Boost; Resource; and Carnation Breakfast. Most Americans' average dietary needs, eating patterns, and food budgets do not need such drinks. A table determining whether one's health demands nutrition drinks.
Publication Name: Mayo Clinic Health Letter
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0741-6245
Year: 1996
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Frozen dinners: how to choose and use 'healthy' fast-food meals
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The healthiest frozen dinners are those that have 300 milligrams of cholesterol or less and 2,400 milligrams of sodium or less. Fat should comprise no more than 30% of the calories. High-fiber, high-nutrient side dishes can supplement these dinners.
Publication Name: Mayo Clinic Health Letter
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0741-6245
Year: 1992
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Nutrition quackery: how to spot a food fraud
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Consumers should be suspicious of salespeople who sell nutritional products. The indicators of fraud include excessive self-confidence of sales personnel and the use of vague phrases. Most claims that seem too good to be true usually are fraudulent.
Publication Name: Mayo Clinic Health Letter
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0741-6245
Year: 1992
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