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Hello all,
Here is the link to the new USDA food pyramid.

http://www.mypyramid.gov/

Here is a study that is pretty straight forward...more water in your diet = better diet.

Courtesy Reuters and Yahoo! news.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091013/hl_nm/us_water_drinkers

This weeks segment of GIS Get In Shape will focus on nutrition. Yum, I mean, fun, I mean wait...is it either of those? We will be talking to some of our coworkers here at GIS to see what they are doing to battle their weaknesses and hone their strengths when it comes to food. What's your weakness? I am guessing you have some things in common with myself and the wonderful people I work with here at GIS. So be sure to check it out on Monday after News 27, and if you miss it, you can check it out here on getinshape.gis.ky.

Greg

So picture this, you are at your favourite fast food joint, or fine dining place, and....gasp!!!!! CALORIE COUNTS ON THE MENU!!! The horror! Doesn't that infringe on my personal right to caloric ignorance?
That is the situation in some states across the US. Doing some research I found two contradicting news stories about wether it affects food choices.

It doesn't affect food choices, courtesy WABC TV in New York

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=7050222&rss=rss-...

It does affect food choices, courtesy MSNBC News

I have never been a fan of portion control. (I am the one on the left in the picture.) But recently I have been adding alot of vegetables to my meals in the evening, and sometimes when I bring my lunch in the next day to work. I find that the vegetables do a great job of making the meals seem bigger. For instance, today I had some vegetables with salmon. And the portion of salmon was quite reasonable, but the vegetables added more volume. I understand this type of eating, if that is what you want to call it, is refered to as "volumetrics". So take it from me, someone who tried to eat a 5lb.

Hello All!
Here is the first segment of our Get in Shape series that aired tonight during spotlight. If you wish to see it again in all it's fullscreen television glory, you can watch GIS Spotlight which will re-air on Island 24 on thursday night at 7:30.