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Thankfully, my blocking group was assigned to Kirkland House, close enough to Herrell's and Scoops and Beans for my taste. That year was the low point of my time at Harvard, but I learned to treat myself to ice cream on the way home. Herrell's serves marshmallow fluff--a rare topping--and when I paired it with the low-fat cookies-and-cream ice-cream and chocolate sprinkles, nirvana was within reach. At the end of the year, I had lost all my shame and even ordered my special on a date...
Feeling besieged by all those low-fat, low-carb best sellers? Picking virtuously at salads when you crave a steak seared in butter and oil? The grande dame of American cookery is here to help. In June's Esquire, JULIA CHILD shares 25 truths she has learned in her 87 years. On food, she offers soothing words--"Fat gives things flavor"--and announces bluntly, "There is nothing worse than grilled vegetables." But she also offers pronouncements on such wide-ranging subjects as golfing with men (Don't; "[they] can throw off your stroke"), marriage, world leaders and diva attitude...
FOOD RX Wondering if any dietary recommendation has merit these days? Well, a report on 42,000 women shows that the current federal guidelines--lots of fruits, veggies, low-fat protein and grains--can indeed reduce the risk of dying from cancer, heart disease or stroke. May sound familiar, but this is one of the few reports that look at the health effects of overall diet, not just a single food or food group. The message? Fill your plate with the good stuff...
...colleagues recruited 2,079 men and women ages 35 and older who had had a precancerous polyp removed from their colon in the previous six months. (About 5% to 10% of such polyps eventually become malignant.) The volunteers were then randomly divided into an "intervention group," which ate a low-fat diet that included five to eight servings of fruits and vegetables each day, and a control group, which consumed more red meat, fewer beans and less fish...
...relaxing than the vessels of rabbits fed the same diet but deprived of the extract. Cocoa contains powerful antioxidants called flavonoids that sweep up damaging molecules in cells. The rabbit news isn't license to drown in hot chocolate. But food companies are working on cocoa-extract supplements--and low-fat cocoa-packed drinks...