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When it comes to making healthy choices, there is a lot of information out there. As a registered dietitian and Price Chopper's corporate nutritionist, I can help you by sharing with you a few of the informative articles I've read lately. Have a question on anything you've read lately? Connect with me and I'll help you make food fit into your lifestyle.

Live Long & Caffeinated
Women who drink 2 to 3 cups of regular coffee daily have a 25 percent lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease than nondrinkers, according to researchers who tracked the habits of more than 100,000 adults. Coffee drinkers also had a 30% lower risk of death from causes other than cancer or cardiovascular disease than coffee skippers. Researchers say the protective effect may come from something other than caffeine, because decaf drinkers also had lower death rates (though not as low as those of caffeine drinkers). Our advice: Use fat-free milk and minimal sweetener to add flavor Ñ some coffee drinks can pack 300-plus calories! Source: November 2008 issue of Prevention.

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Lower Your Diabetes Risk
Eat plenty of whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and low-fat dairy products and you may cut your risk of developing type 2 diabetes, say researchers ... but eating lots of red meat, high-fat dairy and refined grains turn the tables. The research published in the September issue of Diabetes Care look at the oerall diet, not just certain foods, and hint that a healthy diet benefits even those racial and ethnic groups more prone to developing type 2 diabetes. Reassearchers at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center in Houstonlooked at 5,011 adults taking part in a long-term heart-health study. They found that people whose diets were highest in whole grains, fruits, nuts, low-fat dairy and vegetables (particularly leafy greens) were 15 percent less likely to develop type 2 diabetes over 5 years than those who ate the lowest amounts of these foods.

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