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Kellogg agreed to settle a complaint from the Federal Trade Commission Kellogg was "misleading" the public in ads about Frosted Mini-Wheats.

Kellogg Company, the world’s leading producer of cereal, has agreed to
settle Federal Trade Commission charges that advertising claims touting

Here are four secrets to living longer.

Thrive dining is a lifelong process. It's not even steps in the same direction. It's more of bunch of events, some pleasant and rewarding, others a "learning experience." The results over time is that you eat better and better and enjoy the benefits.

My man, Gaines Adams, is a defensive lineman drafted in the first round by Tampa Bay last year. He had an ok first year, and knows he can do better. According to this article from the St. Pete Times, he's put better eating at the top of his ways-to-improve list.

When you are on the go and you are wondering just how much damage that Double Whopper with Cheese is going to do to your daily calorie count, pull out your mobile and check with Diet.com.

The site is offering text messaging nutritional info (calories, fat, carbohydrates and protein). On your cell just key in a description of what you are thinking about eating and send it to 34381. Back comes the info in a few moments.

Diet.com/mobile

This weekend I had the pleasure of visiting with a friend in a small town in central Florida called Aripeka.

We could have prepared our own food, but we chose instead to be lazy bachelors and ate out every meal. This led to eating a lot of French fries. In the restaurants that we went to, every sandwich came with French fries. And I was relaxing and enjoying getting away from my routine and saying, "what the hell. I gotta eat." So I ate a bunch of French fries.

In reviewing the popular book, “Eat This, Not That!” by Men’s Health editor-in-chief David Zinczenko, the New York Times cite the 10 worst foods for health.

If you have any doubts about what not to eat, many fast food and processed foods are listed on the site nutritiondata.com. There you can get a nutritional profile and decide for yourself what not to eat.