1) Where do I find the potassium content of foods? (source: Nutrition Data)
Q. My husband needs to reduce potassium/sodium levels in what he eats. I find the sodium levels but potassium is rarely listed. How do I find this?
A. Information about sodium is required on the nutrition facts label but information about potassium is optional–and many manufacturers don’t include it. The ingredient list won’t contain many clues, either. Products that are marketed as “heart-healthy” are more likely to list potassium content, by the way. Usually, these are foods that are relatively high in potassium and low in sodium.
Bloodline
(source: Media Storm)
The AIDS pandemic continues to devastate sub-Saharan Africa. Two million people died from the disease in 2005 alone. Twelve million children have lost at least one parent. The statistics are staggering.
“But we are not only talking of numbers here,” says Paddington Mazarura of Zimbabwe, a career professional infected with HIV. “We are talking of people.”
Kristen Ashburn’s BLOODLINE: AIDS and Family is the story of these men, women and their children.
Ashburn’s photographs are heartbreaking. But they also tell us of something more. They remind us of how tenuous our connection is to each other. In doing so, they show that what matters most is the care we give to those in need.
Original New York Times Article
(source: NY Times)
For any industry, there has to be at least some good news any time Congress votes to expand the market by tens of millions of customers. But the business world found plenty to complain about Sunday, as it assessed the House bill that would make sweeping changes in the health care system and extend insurance coverage to millions more Americans.
Original Post
(source: Kaiser Family Foundation)
On Wednesday, November 4, at 1 p.m. ET, this Today’s Topics In Health Disparities live webcast examined how ready the health care system is for the influx of newly covered individuals that health reform aims to deliver. In the health care proposals being considered by Congress, changes to Medicaid alone could mean as many as 15 million people would become newly eligible for the program and many live in medically under served areas. The program will address how health reform could improve or exacerbate the existing issues that people living in under served areas, including many people of color, face in getting access to needed health care. The panelists also discussed provisions in the bills that address the need for increasing the health care workforce and maintaining the safety net, as well as potential gaps in the legislation, and the possible impact on racial and ethnic health disparities.
1) Cornell Study: Half Of US Children — And Most Black Children — Will Use Food Stamps (source: Medical News Today)
Nearly half of American children – including 90 percent of black children and 90 percent of children who spend their childhoods in single-parent households – will eat meals paid for by food stamps at some point during childhood, reports a Cornell researcher.
2) Metabolic mysteries: why some people can’t lose weight even when they eat less (source: Nutrition Data)
It’s a familiar complaint: “I simply can’t lose weight, no matter how little I eat.” As a nutritionist, I’ve worked with patients who fail to lose weight even when their food diaries show that they are being diligent about their diets. They assure me that they are accounting for every bite of food and correctly estimating portion sizes. They’re convinced that a faulty metabolism makes it impossible for them to lose weight.
3) How Posted Calories Affect Food Orders (source: New York Times)
Just a few weeks ago, independent researchers reported that New York City’s ground-breaking calorie labeling law had had absolutely no effect on the caloric content of meals bought at chain restaurants in poor neighborhoods. Last week, city health officials delivered a more upbeat assessment, saying New Yorkers ordered fewer calories at four chains — Au Bon Pain, KFC, McDonald’s and Starbucks — after the law went into effect last year.
