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The color you eat can keep you healthier

Contributing Columnist — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:44:38 +0000

How many times growing up did your mom tell you to eat your vegetables whether you liked them or not? Perhaps you had to clean your plate before you were excused from the table, too. Now that you are an adult you realize that your mom was trying to promote healthy eating. New information is [...]

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Enjoy – don’t regret – those holiday parties

For the MBJ — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:51:26 +0000

By Melinda Duffie What’s the number one problem we all face during the holiday season? It is gaining weight! The average weight gain during the holidays is seven to 12 pounds. This is no surprise with the bombardment of food advertising on television and magazines covers displaying decadent desserts and recipes. Then, there is all [...]

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Okla. makes biggest jump, but Miss. still tops diabetes ranking

MBJ Staff — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 23:30:11 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The nation’s diabetes problem is getting worse, and the biggest jump over 15 years was in Oklahoma, according to a new federal report. It is Mississippi, though, that still has the highest rate of diabetes. The diabetes rate in Oklahoma more than tripled, and Kentucky, Georgia and Alabama also saw dramatic increases [...]

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Defense Department grant puts state-raised food in schools

Associated Press — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:05:57 +0000

DESOTO COUNTY — Either by fork or fingers, the second- and third-grade students of Chickasaw Elementary in Olive Branch dived into some Magnolia-state raised blueberries and cantaloupes as a part of a farm to school awareness program. Picking a blueberry up with her fingers, second-grader Mary Katherine Stephens, 8, liked the tiny cup of fruit [...]

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ERIC DYESS: Is sugar really as toxic as fat, cholesterol?

For the MBJ — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 06:01:48 +0000

For those who watched a recent episode on “60 Minutes” entitled “Sugar Toxic”, you might be mortified to ever drink another soda or add that carcinogen-laced sugar packet to your latte tomorrow. Maybe you should. As a physician involved with lipoprotein metabolism (think “cholesterol disorders”) for more than 25 years, my immediate reaction to the [...]

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MBJ EDITORIAL: Big questions for Kemper County coal plant come down to who knew what and when

MBJ Staff — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:29:31 +0000

In May of 2010 we wrote, “For better or worse, the economic future for the next 40 years in southeastern Mississippi will be greatly impacted by the decision of Public Service Commissioner Leonard Bentz. “ Justices with the Mississippi Supreme Court may be asking now how he came to his decision when he changed his [...]

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FBI investigating Southaven mayor Greg Davis

Associated Press — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:54:14 +0000

JACKSON — The FBI has confirmed that it is investigating the mayor of Mississippi’s third largest city who was already ordered by state officials to pay more than $170,000 for travel, stress counseling and other personal expenses billed to taxpayers. >> SEE MBJ COLUMNIST NANCY ANDERSON’S COLUMN ON DAVIS Southaven Mayor Greg Davis had already [...]

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Beef plant trial will lay bare the inner workings of complete institutional failure

Clay Chandler — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:00:33 +0000

Trial set to begin on Dec. 5 Another layer of the beef plant collapse will be peeled back starting Dec. 5 in Hinds County Circuit Court. The state of Mississippi, its now-defunct Land, Water and Timber Board and the Mississippi Development Authority are suing Facility Construction Management Inc. in effort to recoup some or all [...]

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McKinnon-Hicks wins award

MBJ Staff — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:00:30 +0000

Lil McKinnon-Hicks, a Mississippi goldsmith/silversmith and jewelry artist who produces work under the business name of Lil McKH Jewelry, was recently recognized with the circa. URBAN ARTISAN LIVING ’2011 Best Artisan Gift Award’ for best gift item in the $25 – 75 price range. circa., located in the Historic Fondren District of Jackson, features American, [...]

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Q&A: Bo Pentecost, Solve Design Studio, Ridgeland

Amy McCullough — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:00:28 +0000

Working to dispel some of the great myths of our society Bo Pentecost is owner of Solve Design Studio in Ridgeland. He earned a degree in computer art from the University of Mississippi along with minors in business, journalism and music. Pentecost is passionate about design and marketing and serves on the board of the [...]

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