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Giveaways

Win Oscar Blandi Hair Products!
Five lucky winners will each receive dry shampoo spray and glossing cream (a $42 total value!).

Playlists

The Exercise Files With Annabeth Gish and Trainer Ashley Borden
As featured in the September/October 2010 issue of VIVmag, actor Annabeth Gish (FlashForward) and trainer Ashley Borden

Recipes

Chili-Lime Roasted Corn on the Cob
After a vigorous hike, nothing tastes better than sweet corn cooked to perfection over a campfire.

Healthy Eating Archive

Like a wine tasting, a cheese tasting is a sensory experience, and discussing a cheese’s personality can be an amusing icebreaker.

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August 7th, 2008

Have a No-Weight-Gain Vacation

VIV’s own diet doctor shares 10 Do’s and Don’ts for your next week off.

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March 14th, 2008

Five Nutrition Myths to Watch Out For

by Rachel Horn

Some 66 percent of the U.S. population is overweight or obese. While there are many factors contributing to the problem, it seems that misinformation — from television news sources to conflicting nutrition claims on food packaging — has left many Americans confused.

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March 3rd, 2008

Six Diet Disconnects

by Rachel Horn

Recent findings from the International Food Information Council (IFIC) Foundation’s Food & Health Survey revealed that although we want to be healthy, most of us really don’t know how to put our thoughts into action.

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February 28th, 2008

Your Summer Diet Survival Guide

by Melina B. Jampolis M.D.

25 easy tactics to fight weight gain despite BBQs, wedding receptions, picnics, vacation blowouts and fruity cocktails.

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February 8th, 2008

Which Diet Is Best?

by Melina B. Jampolis M.D.

Although Atkins won out in a short-term study, the reality of choosing a diet that works for your body type and metabolism is a little more complicated. VIVmag’s diet doc leads you to the smartest choice for you — step by step.

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February 6th, 2008

5 Fat Little Diet Mistakes You Can Avoid

by Melina B. Jampolis M.D.

It’s not the occasional six-slice pizza pig-out that packs on pounds; it’s the tiny daily slip-ups. And no one knows better what those are than the diet doctor who reads your food diary.

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April 29th, 2007

Calorie Restriction without Exercise Equals Bone Loss

by Lindsay Morris

A recent report in the Archives of Internal Medicine shows that calorie-restrictive dieters lose bone mass when weight-bearing aerobic exercise isn’t part of their program.

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April 29th, 2007

Supermarket savvy: Shop smarter, healthier

by Eric Harr

No matter how much you spend on weight-loss books, exercise machines and diet plans you are your own best friend and mortal enemy when it comes to stocking your fridge and cupboards, says Melina Jampolis, M.D., a board-certified internist and physician nutrition specialist (one of only 198 in the country).

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April 29th, 2007

Create a Smarter Shopping List

by VIV Mag

VIV Advisory Board member Melina Jampolis, M.D., a board-certified internist and physician nutrition specialist, gave us a sneak peak at her personal smart-supermarket-shopping list featured in her forthcoming book The No-Time-to-Lose Diet (Nelson Books, 2007).

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