http://clipmarks.com/popular/date/2007/7/2/http://rss.clipmarks.com/popular/date/2007/7/2/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/E80D213D-DA00-443A-860C-B57DAC0EB96C/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/CarnivalBorn/">CarnivalBorn</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.bspcn.com/2007/06/15/10-surprising-nutrition-facts/" title="http://www.bspcn.com/2007/06/15/10-surprising-nutrition-facts/">www.bspcn.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Hunter-gatherers in the Australian outback today live on 800 varieties of plant foods. Modern Americans live principally on three: corn, soy and wheat.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>One third of Americans get 47 percent of their calories from junk foods.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>The average American is eating 300 more calories each day than he or she did in 1985. Added sweeteners account for 23 percent of those additional calories; added fats, 24 percent.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Vitamin D deficiency is widespread.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">In real dollars, the price of fresh fruits and vegetables has risen nearly 40 percent since 1985. In real dollars, the price of soft drinks has dropped 23 percent.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Ten cups per day of green tea delayed cancer onset 8.7 years in Japanese women and three years in Japanese men.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Maternal limitation of seafood consumption to less than 340 grams per week during pregnancy did not protect children from adverse outcomes.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Chocolate…may have a mild hypotensive [blood-pressure lowering] effect.</P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/health/" rel="tag">health</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/nutrition/" rel="tag">nutrition</a></div>http://www.bspcn.com/2007/06/15/10-surprising-nutrition-facts/Mon, 02 Jul 2007 19:45:27 GMT