| Interview: ‘Dorm Room Diet’ author Daphne Oz
Daphne Oz, daughter of heart surgeon and author Mehmet Oz, lost weight, and went on to write a book about it, The Dorm Room Diet. We spoke with her about her book and her diet advice for college students. CalorieLab: Why did you write The Dorm Room Diet? Oz: I have a father and two grandfathers who are heart surgeons and a grandma who is a specialist in complimentary medicine. With all these medical people in my family, I grew up hearing about what I should be eating and how I should be exercising to maintain ideal health, but from the time I was seven until I was seventeen I was overweight. I was only able to lose, and keep off, the extra pounds I was lugging around once I stopped treating food as an emotional crutch and put it back into perspective as the fuel that it is.
Bay Area companies turn kids on to healthful lunches
Government surplus wannabe cheese melted on fiber-free pizza bread, topped with greasy, preservative-laden pepperoni, may be a child's idea of a great school lunch. But that lunch is at least partly to blame for a pretty scary statistic -- a record 28 percent of California children are obese. We have the second-fattest kids in the nation. At the root of the problem, nutritionists say, is that children are oftentimes so unfamiliar with fresh foods that they fail even the simplest "name that veggie" quiz. On top of that, the majority of school lunches served this fall will continue to be made with low-cost, low-quality government commodities, mostly canned and frozen foods. The good news is that school lunch is in for a massive makeover by next July, when new federal laws regarding school lunches take effect.
Get the goods on the Western Mustangs opener
PORT STANLEY -- Four flags rustle gently in the warm summer breeze on the facade of M.E. & Suzie's -- Canada's Maple Leaf, the Ontario emblem, the Union Jack and the Foodland Ontario logo, the latter offering an insight into what this unique new eatery is all about. "Our restaurant and local produce are synonymous, "said co-owner Suzanne Van Bommel (the establishment's Suzie). "The best food -- from the meat, fish and vegetables to our beverages -- locally grown, produced and prepared to meet the most discerning of palettes. I knew that this was something I always wanted to do. "When I was with the (provincial) government, I had worked extensively with Ontario Foodland over the years, always hoping that we could do something even bigger with it. So this enterprise is really the perfect blend -- the ideal vehicle for demonstrating just why our local produce is second to none." Last December Van Bommel -- Elgin-Middlesex-London MPP Steve Peters' former executive assistant (1999-2003) and the Ontario Minister of Agriculture's chief of staff (2003-2005) -- got the proverbial ball rolling with new business partners Helen LeFrank of Elgin Community Futures and Melvin Earle Wilson (the restaurant's M.E.), then the executive chef of the Kettle Creek Inn.
INSIDE OUT Rejuvenate your skin
THE largest organ in the human body probably receives more punishment than any other part. Its job is to insulate and protect, as well as give the body its appealing package. Can you imagine yourself without your skin? We would die without it. So lets learn how we can improve, even rejuvenate, it. Here are some helpful ideas from the Philippine Dermatological Society (PDS): Basic truths Eos. Oxygen to regenerate and rejuvenate skin has been around for over a century. The application of oxygen to the skin reverses aging almost instantly. A clinic called Eos (after the Greek goddess of air) in Laguna designed the EO2S rejuvenation oxygen therapy. Some 300 million years ago the atmosphere was 21-percent oxygen. Today, the oxygen content of the air is 18 percent.
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