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Milken, for one, isn't waiting for confirmation of that theory. "You should feel comfortable knowing that everything we eat here is nonfat and vegetarian," he tells visitors to his Santa Monica, California, offices. A typical lunch, prepared by his private dietitian, consists of mushroom barley soup, a tofu egg-salad sandwich (the "egg" is actually tofu with mustard and spices ) with carrots and lettuce, and a black-bean-and-corn salad with a soy-based drink. One of Milken's favorites, an Egg McNothing, consists of a fat-free crumpet with soy cheese, vegetarian Canadian bacon and scrambled...
...calories; 2) it tends to be eaten quickly, which means more of it is consumed; and 3) it tends to get eaten, all of it, no matter how much of it there is. "I've found that people have no idea what they're eating," says Claudia Plaisted, a dietitian at Duke University's Center for Living, a health camp for adults. "They just eat until they clean their plates...
...surprise, though still a shock, when in 1990 doctors found she had ovarian cancer. Thanks to aggressive surgery and intensive chemotherapy, Fisher, a 41-year-old dietitian living in Pittsburg, California, made a remarkable recovery and became tumor-free. But she knew her future was still menacing. Scientists had recognized for several years that ovarian and breast cancer sometimes ran together in families, as if linked in some way. Fisher's oncologist proposed a once unthinkable step: a "prophylactic" double mastectomy. Removing her breasts, the doctor said, could save her life...
...improve communication with students, HDS has hired a nutrition specialist-dietitian who will tour dining halls, interpret student demands and evaluate the success of the menu in providing diverse options...
...capitalizing on a backlash against diet plans that take pounds off but rarely keep them off. "People want their old favorites, and they're questioning the harsh diets more and more," observes Lynne Scott, director of the Baylor College of Medicine's Diet Modification Clinic. Says Lyn Almon, a dietitian at Emory University Hospital: "There are so many mixed messages bombarding dieters that some people are throwing up their hands and going back to their old eating habits. There's a feeling, 'If I'm going to lose the weight and then just regain it, why start?' " The fast-food...