Word: dieting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Through those moments, I learned that I could rely on my friends. I know that Dana is bound to have an extra Diet Pepsi in the fridge and that Erin's computer is probably on if I want to check my email quickly. But I relied on them for more than that. I spent the beginning of first-year parents weekend feeling sorry for myself because my family was still in California until I was taken in by Dana and Erin's parents...
...patron saint of the cult of the body: the almost mystical belief that we have the power to overcome adversity if only we submit to the right combinations of exercise, diet, meditation and weight training; that by force of will, we can sculpt ourselves into demigods. The century began with a crazy burst of that philosophy. In 1900 the Boxer rebels of China who attacked the Western embassies in Beijing thought that martial-arts training made them immune to bullets. It didn't. But a related fanaticism--on this side of sanity--exists today: the belief that the body...
...technology will be improved so that instead of buying chicken fingers, food will appear more natural," he says. "Foods will be cooked to order, there will be more individualized variety in foods geared to your own diet...
...most surprising recommendation in the new pyramid is the use of vitamin and mineral supplements, a departure from the doctrine that healthy people should get all they require from a well-balanced diet. Dr. Robert Russell, one of the Tufts authors, observes how difficult it is to get enough of some vitamins from the most conscientious diet. "Vitamin E in high dosages may help prevent some cancers and cardiovascular disease," he says. "To get that much from your diet, you'd have to consume 1 1/2 quarts of olive...
...humans' oldest dreams is to stay young. While the Fountain of Youth remains undiscovered, a PBS series, Stealing Time: The New Science of Aging, documents findings about genes, diet and exercise that hold the promise of buoyant longevity. The 3-hr. program, which airs in its entirety June 2 over most public stations and is available on videotape, explores revolutionary research that could lead to not only longer and but also healthier and more intellectually acute lives...