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The funny part is not that the customers are upset that their favorite foods are bad for them, but that they are being forced to acknowledge the crap they are eating. … “I’m so upset,” she said, noting some entrees — like the Jack Daniels ribs and shrimp dinner — contain almost 2,000 calories, and the desserts were more of the same (the brownie obsession is 1,500 calories).

To lose weight and keep it off, eat a big breakfast packed with carbohydrates and protein, then follow a low-carb, low-calorie diet the rest of the day, a small study suggests. … But at eight months, the low-carb dieters regained an average of 18 pounds, while the big breakfast dieters continued to lose weight, shedding another 16.5 pounds.

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Read original story Kim Mayorga was confused when her 2-year-old started making funny faces and pushing away the apple juice he had ordered at Applebee’s. The explanation came when she opened the lidof the sippy cup and was hit by the smell of tequila and Triple Sec. The restaurant staff accidentally gave Julian Mayorga a [...]

- A woman said she was so worried about reports of tainted pet food she spent more than $1,000 buying all the product she could find at her local Wal-Mart. Margaret Trask said she filled a shopping cart full of canned pet food made by Canadian company Menu Foods at the Beaufort Wal-Mart after hearing about the recall Friday.She returned Wednesday morning to buy more food and came back that night to buy even more, but Trask said store officials asked her to leave…. She figures she spent more than $1,000.Some of the 60 million cans and pouches of food have been blamed for kidney failure in scores of animals and killed at least 16 pets.Not all the food Trask bought was included in the recall.Trask also took out classified ads in at least two local newspapers, listing all of the recall pet food brands.”A lot of people don’t know about the recall,” Trask said.