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...you can lose weight and become healthier by becoming a semi-vegetarian? A semi-vegetarian is someone who supplements a regular diet of vegetables, beans, grains, fruit and dairy products with small occasional servings of meat, poultry and fish. A serving of meat is one egg, 2-3 ounces of cooked, lean, ground beef, fish or poultry (about the size and thickness of a new deck of playing cards).

...some new brands of bread are not being pumped up with more calcium? A single slice of white bread has 40 milligrams of calcium and whole wheat bread has 25 milligrams, the new brands boast 140 mg per slice. That means two fortified slices contains as much calcium as an 8 ounce glass of milk. Two to three daily servings of calcium rich food is essential for healthy teeth and bones.

...the number of people stricken with E.coli 0157:H7 after eating at a Sizzler restaurant in Miluwakee, WI, has increased to 63, according to the Milwaukee Health Department? Two other people were infected with E. coli after eating at a different Sizzler in Milwaukee. The health department said that cross-contamination by a raw beef product with a fruit or vegetable item may be the culprit for the illnesses at both restaurants.

 

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