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Martha Filipic is a writer and editor with Ohio State University's College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences. A journalist by training, Filipic ensures accuracy by having each column reviewed by a registered dietitian, professional nutritionist or food scientist (depending on the topic) from Ohio State. Go Bucks!


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Why it’s important to eat breakfast
Published: December 03, 2012

Studies show that eating breakfast may be an important part of a weight loss plan.

Tortilla chips a whole-grain food?
Published: November 26, 2012

This week Chow Line discovers that whole grains turn up in surprising places.

When beef turns gray
Published: November 19, 2012

If ground beef is gray or brown throughout, or if you detect an off odor or the meat seems sticky or slimy, throw it away.

Teen athletes need more carbohydrates
Published: November 12, 2012

Teen athletes need more carbohydrates.

From land or sea, salt is salt
Published: November 05, 2012

Sea salt, regular salt, or kosher salt? Is there really any difference?

Keep physically fit at any weight
Published: October 15, 2012

Is obese really harmful to your health? Find out.

To be safe, be sure cider is pasteurized
Published: September 30, 2012

Anyone planning to purchase apple cider or juice should check the labels to be certain if or not it has been pasteurized.

Make healthful eating fun for kids
Published: September 24, 2012

Getting kids involved with meal preparation will increase their enthusiasm to eat the food they helped prepare.

Behavior changes in everyday life are key in weight loss and even gain
Published: September 10, 2012

Behavioral scientists studying successful weight loss have found a few strategies beyond cutting calories that seem to work for many who have lost weight and kept it off.

Understanding HDLs can be complex
Published: August 27, 2012

Many people are proud of having high HDL levels. Those high-density lipoproteins, or good cholesterol, however, are the topic of debate when it comes to heart health.



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