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Dispelling the myths

 By Karen Wilk Rubin MS, RD, LD on Sep. 14, 2005

Is butter worse than margarine? Does protein build muscle? Read on for answers to these and other nutrition falsehoods.

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Pain in the grain

 By Karen Wilk Rubin MS, RD, LD on Aug. 14, 2005

How can you help customers eat more whole grains, since not many do?

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Low-carb lowdown

By Karen Wilk Rubin MS, RD, LD on Jun. 14, 2005

Does the term ‘low-carb’ have any significance any longer? Did it ever?

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Kids Embrace Healthy Effort

Jun. 14, 2005

School tunes in to students’ need for health, nutrition and companionship. A program designed to get students to eat healthier in a Gainesboro, TN, middle school has resulted in a 10% increase ...

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Pasta perfection

By Karen Wilk Rubin MS, RD, LD on Apr. 14, 2005

People love pasta and most consider it to be a healthy part of a balanced diet. FSD breaks down the different types of pasta, including the nutritional makeup to help operators decide when and how to menu pasta dishes at their operations.

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Institute prescribes fix for hospital food

Dec. 06, 2004

Hospital foodservice operations can and should improve their menu offerings in a manner that both supports local agriculture and sets an example for consumers to follow, according to a report released last month by Occidental College's Urban and Environmental Policy Institute (UEPI) and the Center for Food and Justice.

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'Bountiful' pear crop prompts buys

Aug. 14, 2003

USDA has announced plans to purchase chicken fajita strips for school lunch and other programs.

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Hospital conference mulls mgmt. style pros, cons

Aug. 14, 2003

The pros and cons of being an independent operator vs. working for a contractor were presented by long-time healthcare fsds Dale Evert and Regina Toomey-Bueno during the American Society for Healthcare F/S Administrators (ASHFSA) annual conference recently held in Braselton, GA.

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Grants for farm to cafeteria

Aug. 14, 2003

New legislation would provide one-time grant funds (up to $100,000) for school districts establishing "farm-to-cafeteria" programs.

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Hospital FS going wireless

Aug. 14, 2003

The tablets function similarly to palm-size handheld computers, also known as personal digital assistants, or PDAs, in that data is entered on the computer's screen via stylus, or touch, input.

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