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		<title>Local, Sustainable, Gluten-Free Still at Top of 2012 Restaurant Trends</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Melissa Diane Smith Good news for those of us who eat against the grain of the Standard American Diet: Trends we saw last year – locally sourced meat and seafood, locally grown produce, sustainable foods, healthful kids’ meals, and gluten-free cuisine – continue to be on the top ten list of restaurant trends for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want to Lose Weight? This Year Set Yourself Up for Success</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Melissa Diane Smith (Opinion) &#8211; If your New Year’s resolution is to lose excess weight in 2012, don&#8217;t make the mistake that virtually everybody makes and follow a weight-loss strategy that’s destined to fail. Most people believe that exercise is the key to losing weight. Unfortunately, that’s dead wrong. It&#8217;s nice to believe we can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.againstthegrainnutrition.com/newsandnotes/2012/01/01/want-to-lose-weight-this-year-set-yourself-up-for-success/</link>
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		<title>Start 2012 with 2 Short Films about Genetically Modified Foods</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you starting 2012 off not knowing the basics about genetically modified foods and the health risks associated with them? If so and if you live in Tucson, there’s an easy way to remedy that situation: Attend a couple of short movies. The GMO Free Project of Tucson will show “Hidden Dangers in Kids’ Meals” [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.againstthegrainnutrition.com/newsandnotes/2011/12/31/start-2012-with-2-short-films-about-genetically-modified-foods/</link>
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		<title>Eating Gluten Free &amp; Healthy The Topic of My Speech on Jan. 14th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Melissa Diane Smith The gluten-free diet is one of the most talked-about and followed diets these days for good reason: It’s the nutritional answer for the growing number of people who learn they are gluten intolerant. However, few people realize it, but eating gluten free can harm health in other ways when we focus [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.againstthegrainnutrition.com/newsandnotes/2011/12/23/eating-gluten-free-healthy-the-topic-of-my-upcoming-speech/</link>
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		<title>Your Most Pressing Questions about Gluten &amp; the Gluten-Free Diet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reprinted from the “Just the Facts” Q&#38;A with me in the January 2012 issue of Better Nutrition magazine. We’re a few years into the “gluten-free” diet revolution in this country, yet many people still don’t understand the basics about celiac disease, gluten sensitivity, and the ins and outs of going gluten free. To give us [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.againstthegrainnutrition.com/newsandnotes/2011/12/23/your-most-pressing-questions-about-gluten-the-gluten-free-diet/</link>
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		<title>A New Trend in Health &amp; Beauty Items</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Melissa Diane Smith Consumer demand has led to the growth of gluten-free personal care products. If you’re gluten intolerant, you’re well aware of the need to avoid ingesting this problematic protein. But what about topical applications? Nearly all doctors, researchers and organizations in the celiac community will tell you that external application of a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.againstthegrainnutrition.com/newsandnotes/2011/10/04/a-new-trend-in-health-beauty-items/</link>
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		<title>Class on GMOs in Tucson Oct. 20</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Maybe you’ve never heard the term “GMOs.” Maybe you’ve heard the term but don’t know what GMOs are, how they are created, or how they got into some of our foods without our knowledge. Or maybe you know what GMOs are, but have sketchy information about them and would like to hear more details so [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.againstthegrainnutrition.com/newsandnotes/2011/10/04/class-on-gmos-in-tucson-oct-20/</link>
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		<title>Say “NO” to GMOs in the Gluten-Free Diet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Melissa Diane Smith How to avoid genetically modified organisms when you also avoid gluten. When Marcia Popp, a 50-year-old graphic artist, began a nutrition coaching program with me last year, she had numerous health problems, including multiple food and environmental allergies. She also had been diagnosed in 1990 with a systemic immune condition known [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.againstthegrainnutrition.com/newsandnotes/2011/10/03/say-%e2%80%9cno%e2%80%9d-to-gmos-in-the-gluten-free-diet/</link>
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		<title>Test Your GMO Knowledge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Melissa Diane Smith Quiz yourself with these eleven True-False questions. Many of us have heard the term, GMOs. But how much do you really know about them, their health risks, and how to avoid them? There’s no better time than now, National Non-GMO Month, to find out. Take our quiz and test your knowledge, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.againstthegrainnutrition.com/newsandnotes/2011/10/03/test-your-gmo-knowledge/</link>
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		<title>Learn about Nutrition for Improved Weight &amp; Health at a Tucson Festival</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am happy to announce that Tucson Meet Yourself Folklife Festival, which has a special Health and Wellness focus this year, has selected me to speak on two different but related topics. My first presentation will be about “Going Against the Grain to Combat Obesity and Diabetes” on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011, at 3 p.m. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.againstthegrainnutrition.com/newsandnotes/2011/09/26/tucson-meet-yourself-with-good-nutrition/</link>
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