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...SKINNY ON DIETS Yes, popular diets work, says the USDA, for the simple reason that they limit the number of calories you eat. Whether the calories come from lollipops or luncheon meats, if they total fewer than 1,500 a day, you will lose weight. But to keep it off--and stay healthy--you will need to boost your fruit, veggie and complex-carbohydrate intake and consume no more than 30% of calories from fat and 20% from protein...
Sources: Good News--USDA; Bad News--New England Journal of Medicine (1/11/01); Neurology (1/9/01); JAMA (1/10/01...
...four in the afternoon, Bush named three further nominees in quick succession. First, Ann Veneman, the former secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, was brought forward for the top job at the USDA. Veneman earned strong praise from California farmers' groups during her tenure in state office...
...guideline, for example, was supposed to read "choose beverages and foods that limit your intake of sugars." But after challenges from the sugar industry and a letter of protest to Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman from 30 Senators, the USDA and HHS decided to split the difference. A headline was changed to...MODERATE YOUR INTAKE OF SUGARS, but the stronger advice to "limit your intake of beverages and foods that are high in added sugars" was left in the text...
...dinner? With a little genetic tinkering, fast-growing fish and freeze-resistant fruits will help feed an overpopulated planet, but such hybrids could unwittingly wipe out the food chain. Eco-scouts will be on the lookout for so-called Trojan gene effects, and bounty hunters will help the USDA eliminate transgenic species that get out of hand...