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...Harvard community, though progressive in many aspects, has not yet accepted those who, like Dartboard, have made the choice to openly embrace their love for Red Bull. Dartboard still gets stares and snickers when he goes to CVS to pick up his weekly supply of sugar-free. Concerned friends cite vague “statistics,” which “prove” that Red Bull...
...officers tell the Marines to be ready to move out at 4 the next morning. The Marines are temporarily diverted by the arrival of care packages from home. Staff Sergeant Chris Bailey, gruff and tattooed, opens a massive parcel of honey buns, potato chips, Winn-Dixie sugar drink and cigarettes. "I miss my mother," he says. He is interested only in cigarettes. Pantano, a former commodities trader and television producer from New York City, receives clippings from the New York Times and cigars "rolled by a Cuban guy on Ninth Avenue...
Next door to Schaps' Illinois shop, another starch purveyor has launched a counteroffensive. The Homemade Pizza Co. is whetting local interest with reformulated, reduced-carb pies. The shop claims to slice 40% off the carb load by replacing white flour with whole wheat and eliminating sugar from the dough. But those modifications surely won't cut it for some. Bearno's pizza chain, based in Louisville, Ky., is finding a ravenous market for entirely crustless creations that feature a base of mozzarella cheese to support the sauce and toppings. "It's pretty flimsy," admits managing partner Robert Mooney...
That's the bad news. The good news is that there are good carbs and bad. All foods can be divided into combinations of three different nutritional categories based on their chemical components: carbohydrates, proteins and fats. Carbs are broken down by the body into sugars that course through the bloodstream and serve as the body's key source of energy. White bread, pasta and potatoes earn a bad rap because they are simple carbs that are very quickly broken down into sugar in the body. Most excess sugar is stored as fat. Some fruits, vegetables, beans and whole grains...
...necessary to constrain runaway medical costs. Surveys show that employees consistently want higher-quality health care, and so far, unions have not objected. To safeguard privacy, assistance is offered under strict guidelines, and compliance is voluntary. Pactiv Corp., the Chicago-based manufacturer of Hefty trash bags, may add some sugar to the medicine by offering chronically ill employees incentives to get well. "What if diabetic patients were to get free health-club benefits if they were willing to see a dietitian to control weight and check for eye problems, a frequent complication of the disease?" asks Michael Aldrich, head...