| Finding good-tasting fiber to put in your diet is easy
If you don't already know it, February is Heart Health Month. My e-mail gets clogged arteries just trying to keep up with the information sent to me about healthy eating, so cleaning out the file last week, I saved some advice from Tanya Zuckerbrot, a registered dietician, nutritionist and the creator of The F-Factor Diet, a nutritional program that incorporates more fiber into your diet as the source of permanent weight loss. We probably don't spend enough time considering fiber in our diets. Yet, eating more is one of the major changes you can make to improve cholesterol. Fiber binds with cholesterol in the GI tract and ushers it out of the body before it reaches the bloodstream, resulting in decreased cholesterol. Here are some easily available and tasty sources of fiber to work into your diet for February Heart Health Month: Artichoke -- An entire artichoke has 6 grams of fiber and only 60 calories.
Almond cakes are just right for a Lenten dessert
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Place the almonds on a baking sheet and place in the oven to toast for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, in a large bowl combine the flour, sugar, cinnamon and orange zest. When the almonds are done, remove them from the oven and transfer to a food processor. Pulse until the almonds are coarsely ground. Add the almonds to the flour mixture. Add the water and mix to form a very stiff dough. Add additional flour or water to get a tacky, but not sticky, dough. Transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface and knead several times. Form the dough into a log, then flatten to form a 6-by-18-inch rectangle. Use a knife to cut the rectangle into 1 1/2-by-6-inch bars. Carefully transfer the bars to the prepared baking sheet, leaving about 1/2 inch between them.
Yahoo pays $160M for video dominance
Yahoo claims to have the largest library of professionally produced legally licensed video content and video advertising relationships with more than 75 percent of the top TV advertisers. Additionally, the company, which is fighting a takeover of its own, says it has advertising relationships with a growing number of premium publishers including eBay, Comcast, Newspaper Consortium, Forbes.com and others. Forrester estimates that U.S. online video advertising will grow to more than $4 billion in 2011. This rapid growth in the online video market from both users and advertisers is escalating the demand for targeted premium content. TechCrunch broke the rumor of the buy earlier this month, reporting that Yahoo would spend $150M on the deal. NewTeeVee estimated the amount would be closer to $170 million.
Can Klitschko's jab keep Ibragimov from building momentum?
He is also clever at turning the jab into a quick, sharp left hook that can catch an opponent unawares. In Klitschko's three losses he twice apparently succumbed to exhaustion (Ross Puritty, Lamon Brewster) and was simply hit on the chin by South African Corrie Sanders. Although Klitschko has not lost in nearly four years he was down three times against Samuel Peter, on the floor against DaVarryl Williamson and had an early struggle against Calvin Brock. A Las Vegas big-hitter boxing gambler told me only this week that whenever he bets on Klitschko he cannot bear to watch the fight live because it is too stressful, so he asks a friend to ring him with the result. His fear is that Klitschko will somehow implode. This hasn't happened for a while but one must suppose that the possibility is there.
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The marriage of TV and e-commerce continues at HSN.com
Six months into a web site redesign HSN, formerly Home Shopping Network, is learning a few things about its web shoppers. For instance, HSN.com has high brand awareness with its shopping base, with 68% of visitors typing HSN.com directly into a browser when accessing the site. Shoppers also like the new emphasis on videos that draw on the networks celebrities, experts and hosts who function as guides throughout the site. Each storefront is hosted by an expert who leads visitors to new products, new features trends and tips. In cooking, for example, chefs Wolfgang Puck, Emeril Lagasse and Todd English appear on videos shoppers can choose to watch. The fashion section features designers Wayne Scot Lukas, Carlos Falchi and Randolph Duke. We have the advantage of a $60 million video production asset and we rebuilt the web site to take advantage of that asset, says William Lynch, executive vice president and general manager of HSN.com, No.
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